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The Pirates of Penzance
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When Federic Was a Little Lad
When Frederic was a little lad he proved so brave and daring His father thought he'd prentice him to some career seafaring I was, alas, his nurserymaid, and so it fell to my lot To take and bind the promising boy apprentice to a pi-lot A life not bad for a hearty lad though surely not a high lot Though I'm a nurse, you might do worse, than make your boy a pi-lot.
I was a stupid nurserymaid, on breakers always steering And I did not catch the word a'right, through being hard of hearing Mistaking my instructions which within my brain did gyrate I took and bound this promising boy apprentice to a pi-rate Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com A sad mistake it was to make, and doom him to a vile lot I bound him to a pirate, YOU, instead of to a pi-lot.
I soon found out beyond all doubt the scope of this disaster But I hadn't the face to return to my place and break it to my master A nursing maid is not afraid of what you people call work So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid of all work And that is how you find me now a member of this shy lot Which you wouldn't have found had he been bound apprentice to a pi-lot.
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