D'oyly Carte Opera Company
D'oyly Carte Opera Company - I Am So Proud lyrics
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POOH-BAH: I am so proud, If I allowed My family pride To be my guide, I'd volunteer To quit this sphere Instead of you In a minute or two, But family pride Must be denied, And set aside, And mortified. KO-KO: My brain it teams With endless schemes Both good and new For Titipu; But if I flit, The benefit That I'd diffuse The town would lose! Now every man To aid his clan Should plot and plan As best he can, PISH-TUSH: I heard one day A gentleman say That criminals who Are cut in two Can hardly feel The fatal steel, And so are slain Without much pain. If this is true, It's jolly for you; Your courage screw To bid us adieu, KO-KO - POOH-BAH - PISH-TUSH My brain it teams - I am so proud, - I heard one day With endless schemes - If I allowed - A gentleman say Both good and new - My family pride - That criminals who For Titipu; - To be my guide, - Are cut in two But if I flit, - I'd volunteer - Can hardly feel The benefit - To quit this sphere - The fatal steel, That I'd diffuse - Instead of you - And so are slain The town would lose! - In a minute or two, - Without much pain. Now every man - But family pride - If this is true, To aid his clan - Must be denied, - It's jolly for you; Should plot and plan - And set aside, - Your courage screw As best he can, - And mortified. - To bid us adieu, KO-KO: And so, Although I'm ready to go, Yet recollect 'Twere disrespect Did I neglect To thus effect This aim direct, So I object-- POOH-BAH: And so, Although I wish to go, And greatly pine To brightly shine, And take the line Of a hero fine, With grief condign I must decline-- PISH-TUSH: And go And show Both friend and foe How much you dare. I'm quite aware It's your affair, Yet I declare I'd take your share, But I don't much care-- KO-KO - POOH-BAH - PISH-TUSH I object-- I must decline-- But I don't much care-- So I object-- I must decline-- I don't much care-- So I object-- I must decline-- I don't much care-- ALL: To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock, Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock, From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block! [Exeunt Pooh. and Pish.