The Mikado Page #3

# To the noble lord

To the noble Lord High Executioner #

# Bow down, bow down

to the Lord High Executioner #

# Defer, defer #

# To the noble Lord

High Executioner ##

Oh, Pooh-Bah, Pooh-Bah.

It seems that the

festivities in connection...

...with my approaching

marriage must last a week.

Now I should like to do the thing

handsomely, and I want to consult you...

as to the amount I ought to spend

upon them.

Certainly. In which

of my capacities?

As first lord of the treasury,

lord chamberlain...

attorney general,

chancellor of the exchequer...

privy purse or private secretary?

Suppose we say as private secretary.

Speaking as your private secretary...

I should say that, as the city will have

to pay for it, don't stint yourself.

- Do it well.

- Exactly.

As the city will have to pay for it -

that is your advice.

Of course,

as chancellor of the exchequer...

I am bound to see that

due economy is observed.

Oh, but you said just now,

"Don't stint yourself. Do it well. "

As private secretary.

And now you say

that due economy must be observed.

As chancellor of the exchequer.

I see.

Come over here where the

chancellor can't hear us.

Now then, as my solicitor...

how would you advise me to

deal with this difficulty?

Oh, as your solicitor, I should have

no hesitation in saying "Chance it. "

- Thanks. I will. - If it were not

that, as lord chief justice...

I am bound to see

that the law isn't violated.

Now then,

as first lord of the treasury?

Of course,

as first lord of the treasury...

I could propose a special vote

that would cover all expenses -

if it were not that,

as leader of the opposition...

it would be my duty

to resist it tooth and nail.

Or, as paymaster general,

I could so cook the accounts...

that, as lord high auditor,

I should never discover the fraud.

But... as archbishop of Titipu...

it would be my duty

to denounce my dishonesty...

and give myself into my own custody

as first commissioner of police.

That's extremely awkward.

I don't say that all these distinguished

people couldn't be squared.

The matter shall have

my careful consideration.

# Comes a train of little ladies #

# From scholastic trammels free #

# And we wonder

How we wonder #

# We wonder

How we wonder #

# What on earth the world can be #

# What on earth #

# The world can be ##

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# Three little maids

from school are we #

# Pert as a schoolgirl well can be #

# Filled to the brim

with girlish glee #

# Three little maids from school #

# Everything is a source of fun #

# Nobody's safe,

for we care for none #

# Life is a joke that's just begun #

# Three little maids from school #

# Three little maids who all unwary

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