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Titel - A wand'ring minstrel I


Countertenor 1: David Hurley Countertenor 2: Alastair Hume Tenor: Bob Chilcott Bariton 1: Bruce Russell Bariton 2: Simon Carrington Baß: Stephen Connolly



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A wand'ring minstrel I --
A thing of shreds and patches,
Of ballads, songs, and snatches,
And dreamy lullaby!
My catalogue is long,
Thro' ev'ry passion ranging,
And to your humours changing
I tune my supple song!
I tune my supple song!
Are you in sentimental mood?
I'll sigh with you,
Oh, sorrow!
Oh maiden's coldness do you brood?
I'll do so, too -
Oh, sorrow, sorrow!
I'll charm your willing ears
With songs of lovers' fears.
While sympathetic tears
My cheeks bedew -
Oh, sorrow, sorrow!

But if patriotic sentiment is wanted,
I've patriotic ballads cut and dried;
For where'er our country's banner may be planted,
All other local banners are defied!
Our warriors, in serried ranks assembled,
Never quail - or they conceal it if they do -
And I shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled
Before the mighty troops, the troops of Titipu!


I shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled, trembled in alarm
Before the mighty troops, the troops of Titipu!


And if you call for a song of the sea,
We'll heave the capstan round,
With a yeo heave-ho, for the wind is free,
Her anchor's a-trip and her helm's a-lee,
Hurrah for the home-ward bound!


Yeo-ho, heave-ho,
Hurrah for the home-ward bound!


To lay a-loft in a howling breeze
May tickle a lands-man's taste,
But the happiest hour a sailor sees
Is when he's down
At an inland town,
With his Nancy on his knees, yeo-ho!
And his arm around her waist!


Then man the capstan - off we go,
As the fiddler swings us round,
With a yeo heave-ho,
And a rum be-low,
Hurrah for the home-ward bound!
With a yeo-heave-ho,
And a rum below,
Yeo-ho, heave-ho,
Yeo-ho, heave-ho, heave-ho, heave-ho, yeo-ho!


A wand'ring minstrel I -
A thing of shreds and patches,
Of ballads, songs, and snatches,
And dreamy lullaby,
And dreamy lulla-, lullaby, lullaby!

Produzent: Daryl Runswick

Arrangement: Daryl Runswick

Aus "The Mikado"




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