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An aria from [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s [[Mikado]]. This piece is performed by [[Ko-Ko]], the Mikado's Lord High Executioner and the Male Chorus. Within this play this song is performed in Act One, Scene One. |
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'''Lyrics''' |
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Ko-Ko. |
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As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,<br> |
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I've got a little list — I've got a little list<br> |
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Of society offenders who might well be underground,<br> |
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And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!<br> |
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There's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs — <br> |
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All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs —<br> |
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All children who are up in dates, and floor you with 'em flat —<br> |
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All persons who in shaking hands, shake hands with you like that — <br> |
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And all third persons who on spoiling tête-á-têtes insist — <br> |
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They'd none of 'em be missed — they'd none of 'em be missed!<br> |
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Chorus.<br> |
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He's got 'em on the list — he's got 'em on the list;<br> |
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And they'll none of 'em be missed — they'll none of 'em be missed.<br> |
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Ko-Ko.<br> |
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There's the banjo serenader, and the others of his race,<br> |
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And the piano-organist — I've got him on the list!<br> |
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And the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face,<br> |
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They never would be missed — they never would be missed!<br> |
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Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,<br> |
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All centuries but this, and every country but his own;<br> |
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And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy,<br> |
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And who "doesn't think she dances, but would rather like to try";<br> |
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And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist — <br> |
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I don't think she'd be missed — I'm sure she'd not he missed!<br> |
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Chorus.<br> |
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He's got her on the list — he's got her on the list;<br> |
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And I don't think she'll be missed — I'm sure she'll not be missed!<br> |
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Ko-Ko.<br> |
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And that Nisi Prius nuisance, who just now is rather rife,<br> |
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The Judicial humorist — I've got him on the list!<br> |
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All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns of private life —<br> |
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They'd none of 'em be missed — they'd none of 'em be missed.<br> |
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And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind,<br> |
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Such as — What d'ye call him — Thing'em-bob, and likewise — Never-mind,<br> |
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And 'St— 'st— 'st— and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who — <br> |
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The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you.<br> |
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But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list,<br> |
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For they'd none of 'em be missed — they'd none of 'em be missed!<br> |
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Chorus.<br> |
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You may put 'em on the list — you may put 'em on the list;<br> |
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And they'll none of 'em be missed — they'll none of 'em be missed!<br> |
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