Thursday 12 December 2013

831. Behold the Lord High Executioner - Gilbert & Sullivan





Behold the Lord High Executioner
A personage of noble rank and title
A dignified and potent officer
Whose functions are particularly vital
Defer, defer
To the Lord High Executioner
Defer, defer
To the noble Lord, to the noble Lord, to the Lord High Executioner!

KOKO:
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances
Liberated then on bail
On my own recognizances
Wafted by a favoring gale
As one sometimes is in trances
To a height that few can scale
Save by long and weary dances
Surely, never had a male
Under suchlike circumstances
So adventurous a tale
Which may rank with most romances
Taken from the county jail (CHORUS: Taken from the county jail)
By a set of curious chances (CHORUS: Liberated then on bail)
Surely never had a male (CHORUS: Surely never had a male)
(KOKO & CHORUS): So adventurous a tale