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AND  MUSIC  OF  THE  PRINCIPAL  AIRS 

THE  MIKADO 


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LIBRETTO  OF  THE 

JAPANESE  COMIC  OPERA 

IN  TWO  ACTS 


THE  MIKADO 


BY 


ARTHUR  SULLIVAN 


WITH  ENGLISH  TEXT 
BY 

W.  S.  GILBERT 


BOSTON 

OLIVER  DITSON  COMPANY 


NEW  YORK 
CHAS.  H  DITSON  &•  CO 


CHICAGO 
LYON  &-  HEALY 


jjnmaiis  ttiruna. 


fn  MKAJDO  ov  JAPAN 

(  J3«  Son,  disguised  at  a  VMM-  ) 

NAion-Poo  •<     faring    minstrel,    and   faf 

(     love  wftA  YUM- YUM  ) 

Ko-Ko  (Lord  flij^A  Executioner  of  TYttjw) 

POOH-BAH  (Lord  High  Everything  Else} , 

PI8H-TU0H  (A  Noble  Lord) 

YUM- YUM \  t   

Prrn-SiNo...  >  T*™    &*&**  —  Wardt  1  

I               of  Ko-Ko              ) 
Pmmr-Bo J  (  

An  elderly  lady,  in  love  teitA  ) 
(  NAma-Poo  »  ' ' 

CHOBUS  or  SoHOOL-Ontu,  NOBLJU*,  QUABDA, 


ACT  I.  —  Coortyard  of  Ko-Ko'«  offleUl 
Aor  n 


THE 

OR. 

THE    TOWN     OF    TITIPU. 


JLCJT    I. 


Sane*.  —  Courtyard  of  Ro-Ko's  Palace  in   Titipv,      Japan** 
tMntrtd  standing  mud  fitting  in  attitude*  luggated  by  native*1  rmvrinf* 


CMOEUK. 

If  700  want  to  know  who  we  are, 

We  are  gentlemen  of  Japan  : 
On  many  a  vase  and  jar, 

On  many  a  screen  and  fan, 
We  figure  in  lively  paint  : 
Oar  attitude  's  qneer  and  quaint  — 
Ton're  wrong  If  you  think  It  ain't. 

If  you  think  we  are  worked  by  strings, 

Like  a  Japanese  marionette, 
Ton  don't  understand  these  things  : 

It  is  simply  court  etiquette. 
Perhaps  yon  suppose  this  throng 
Can't  keep  it  up  all  day  long  ? 
If  that's  your  idea,  you  're  wrong. 

fnter  NANKI-POO  in  great  excitement.     He  carries  a  n+ti+i  pirttar  <>• 
fcoefc,  and  a  bundle  of  ballads  in  hit  \**d. 

Bncrr.  —  N'ANKI-POO 

Gentlemen,  I  pray  you  tell  me, 
Where  a  lovely  maiden  dwelleth, 
Named  Yum-  Yum,  the  ward  of  Ko-Kof 
In  pity  speak  —  oh  speak,  I  pray  you  ! 

A  Noau.     Why,  who  are  yon  who  ask  this  qnestloa  ' 
Cosne,  gather  round  me,  and  I  '11  tell  roo. 

8owo.  — 


A  wandering  minstrel  I  — 
A  thing  of  shreds  and  patches  ; 
Of  ballads,  songs,  and  •natch**. 

And  dreamy  lullaby  ! 


My  catalogue  is  long, 

Through  every  passion  ranging. , 

And  to  your  humors  changing 
I  tone  my  supple  song ! 

AM  you  in  sentimental  mood  t 
I  '11  sigh  with  you, 

Oh,  willow,  willow  1 
On  maiden 's  coldness  do  you  brood? 
I  '11  do  so,  too  — 

Oh,  willow,  willow  I 
I  '11  charm  your  willing  ears 
With  songs  of  lover's  fears, 
While  sympathetic  tears 
My  cheeKS  bedew  — 
Oh,  willow,  willow  I 

•tat  if  patriotic  sentiment  i*  wanted, 

I've  patriotic  ballads  cut  and  dried; 
For  where'er  our  country's  banner  may  be  plaato£ 

All  other  local  banners  are  defied  I 
Our  warriors,  in  serried  ranks  assembled, 

Never  quail  —  or  they  conceal  it  if  they  do  — 
And  I  should  n't  be  surprised  if  nations  trembled 

Before  the  mighty  troops  of  Titipu. 

And  if  you  call  for  a  song  of  the  sea, 

We  '11  heave  the  capstan  round, 
With  a  yeo  heave  ho,  for  the  wind  is  free, 
Her  anchor's  a-trip  and  her  helm's  a-lee, 

Hurrah  for  the  homeward  bound  I 
Yeo-ho  —  heave  ho  — 

Hurrah  for  the  homeward  bound ! 
To  lay  aloft  in  a  howling  breeze 

May  tickle  a  landsman's  taste, 
But  the  happiest  hoars  a  sailor  sees 

Is  when  he 's  down 

At  an  inland  town, 
With  his  Nancy  on  his  knees,  yeo  hoi 

And  his  arm  around  her  waist  I 

Then  man  the  capstan  —  off  we  go, 

As  the  fiddler  swings  as  round, 
With  B  yeo  heave  ho. 
And  a  ruin  below, 

Hurrah  for  the  homeward  bound  1 

A  wandering  minstrel  I,  etc. 

(Enter  PisH-Tusa.) 
Aad  what  may  be  your  business  with  Tum-Tu»» 

Van.  Ill  tell  you.  A  year  ago  I  wa«  a  member  of  the  Tittpv 
town  tend.  It  wac  my  duty  to  take  the  cap  round  for  contribatioui. 
While  AiMhargln*  this  delicate  onto,  I  saw  Two-Tarn.  We  ton* 


aach  other  at  once,  bat  she  WM  betrothed  to  her  guardian,  Ko-Ko,  • 
cheap  tailor,  and  I  saw  that  mj  salt  was  hopeless.  Overwhelmed  with 
despair,  I  quitted  the  town.  Judge  of  my  delight  when  I  heard,  • 
month  ago,  that  Ko-Ko  had  been  condemned  to  death  for  flirting!  I 
harried  back  at  once,  in  the  hope  of  finding  Tum-Yum  at  liberty  to 
listen  to  my  protestations. 

PUB.  It  is  true  that  Ko-Ko  was  condemned  to  death  far  flirting,  bet 
t»«  was  reprieved  at  the  last  moment,  and  raised  to  the  exalted  ran* 
of  Lord  High  Executioner  under  the  following  remarkable 
tUnoes:  — 

SONG.  —  FISH-TUSH. 

Oar  great  Mikado,  virtuous  man, 

When  he  to  rule  our  land  began. 

Resolved  to  try 

A  plan  whereby 

Young  men  might  best  be  steadied. 
So  he  decreed,  in  words  succinct, 
That  all  who  flirted,  leered,  or  winked, 
(Unless  connubially  linked), 

Should  forthwith  be  beheaded. 
And  I  expect  yon  '11  all  agree 
That  he  was  right  to  so  decree. 
And  I  am  right, 
And  you  are  right, 
And  all  is  right  as  right  cam  be  I 

CVOBUS.     And  I  expect,  etc. 

This  stern  decree,  you  '11  understand, 
Caused  great  dismay  throughout  the  land; 
For  young  and  old 
And  shy  and  bold 
Were  equally  affected. 
Hie  youth  who  winked  a  roving  eye, 
Or  breathed  a  non-connubial  sigh, 
Was  thereupon  condemned  to  die  — 
He  usually  objected. 

And  you  '11  allow,  as  I  expect, 
That  he  was  right  to  so  object 
And  I  am  right, 
And  you  are  right, 
And  everything  is  quite  correct  I 

CBOBUS.     And  you  '11  allow,  as  I  expect,  ett 

f 

And  so  we  straight  let  out  on  bail 
A  xmvlct  from  the  county  jail, 
Whose  head  was  next 
On  some  pretext 
Condemned  to  be  mown  off, 
And  made  him  Headsman,  for  we  taM 
"  Who's  next  to  be  decaplted 
Cannot  cut  off  another's  head 
Until  he's  cut  his  own  off  * 


And  we  are  right,  I  think  yon  11  My, 
To  argue  in  this  kind  of  way. 

And  I  am  right, 

And  you  are  right, 
And  all  is  right  —  too-looral-lay  I 

CHOKUS.    And  they  were  right,  etc. 

[Exeunt  CvoBct 
(Enter  POOH-BAH.) 

NAM.  Ko-Ko,  the  cheap  tailor,  Lord  High  Executioner  of  Tltipu  ! 
Why,  that  '0  the  highest  rank  a  citizen  can  attain ! 

POOH.  It  is.  Our  logical  M'kado,  seeing  no  moral  difference  be- 
tween the  dignified  judge,  who  condemns  a  criminal  to  die,  and  the 
Industrious  mechanic  who  carries  out  the  sentence,  has  rolled  the  two 
offices  into  one,  and  every  judge  is  now  his  own  executioner. 

NANK.  But  how  good  of  you  (for  I  see  that  you  are  a  nobleman  of 
the  highest  rank)  to  condescend  to  tell  all  this  to  me,  a  mere  strolling 
minstrel ! 

POOH.  Don't  mention  it.  I  am,  in  point  of  fact,  a  particularly 
haughty  and  exclusive  person,  of  pre-Adamite  ancestral  descent.  You 
win  understand  this  when  I  tell  you  that  I  can  trace  my  ancestry  back 
to  a protoplasmal,  primordial,  atomic  globule.  Consequently,  my  family 
pride  is  something  inconceivable.  I  can't*  help  it.  I  was  born  sneer- 
ing. But  I  struggle  hard  to  overcome  this  defect.  I  mortify  my 
pride  continually.  When  all  the  great  officers  of  State  resigned  in  a 
body,  because  they  were  too  proud  to  serve  under  an  ex-tailor,  did  I 
not  unhesitatingly  accept  all  their  posts  at  once? 

PISH.     And  the  salaries  attached  to  them?    Ton  did. 

POOH.  It  is  consequently  my  degrading  duty  to  serve  this  upstart 
as  First  Lord  of  the  Treasury,  Lord  Chief  Justice,  Commander-in- 
Chief,  Lord  High  Admiral,  Master  of  the  Buck  Hounds,  Groom  of  the 
Back  Stairs,  Archbishop  of  Titipu,  and  Lord  Mayor,  both  acting  and 
elect,  all  rolled  into  one.  And  at  a  salary!  A  Pooh-Bah ' paid  for  his 
services !  I  a  salaried  minion !  But  I  do  it  1  It  revolts  me,  but  I  do 
tt. 

NANK.     And  it  does  you  credit. 

POOH.  But  I  don't  stop  at  that.  I  go  and  dine  with  middle-clasa 
people  on  reasonable  terms.  I  dance  at  cheap  suburban  parties  for  a 
moderate  fee.  I  accept  refreshment  at  any  hands,  however  lowly.  I 
also  retail  State  secrets  at  a  very  low  riirure.  For  instance,  any  further 
Information  about  Yum- Yum  would  come  under  the  head  of  a  Stat« 
MCret.  (NANKi-Poo  taka  the  hint  and  gives  him  money.)  (A»ide.\ 
Another  Insult,  and  I  think  a  light  one  t 

SONG.  —  POOH-BAH. 

Young  man,  despair, 

Likewise  go  to. 
Yum- Yum  the  fair 
You  must  not  woo. 
It  will  not  do : 
I'm  sorry  for  you, 
You  very  imperfect  ahlutioner  J 


Tki*  Terr  day 

From  school  Yom-Ym 
Will  wend  her  way, 
And  homeward  cone 
With  beat  of  dram, 
And  a  rum-tum-tum, 
Y»  wed  the  Lord  High  Executioner! 
And  the  brass  will  crash, 
And  the  trumpet*  bray, 
And  they  '11  cat  a  dash 

On  their  wedding  day. 
From  what  I  say,  you  may  Infer 
It  '•  as  good  as  a  play  for  him  aad  hsv 
She'll  toddle  away,  as  all  aver, 
With  the  Lord  High  Executioner' 

It  'e  a  hopeless  ca»e. 

A s  yon  ma;  see. 
And  in  your  place 
Away  I'd  flee; 
But  don't  blame  me  — 
I'm  sorry  to  be 
Of  your  pleasure  a  dlmlnutioMr. 

They'll  TOW  their  pact 
Extremely  soon, 

In  point  of  fact 
This  afternoon 
Her  honeymoon 
With  that  buffoon 
At  seren,  commences,  so  y<w  ahum  her  I 

AIA.     The  brass  will  crash,  etc. 

RECTT. 

And  hare  I  journeyed  for  a  month  or  nearly 
To  learn  that  Yum-Yum,  whom  I  love  so  dearl; 
This  day  to  Ko-Ko  i.s  to  he  united ! 
The  fact  appears  to  be  as  you  've  recited :   • 
Bat  here  he  comes,  equipped  as  salts  his  static* 
Hell  give  you  any  farther  Information. 

Knur  Ko-Ko,  •ttetUed. 
CHOBVS. 

Behold  the  Lord  High  Executioner  t 
A  personage  of  noble  rank  aad  titk  — 

A  dignified  and  potent  officer, 
Whose  functions  are  particularly  vital 

Defer,  defer! 
To  the  noble  Lord  High  Ixecntioaer  I 

SOLO.  —  Ko-Ko. 

Taken  from  the  county  jail 

By  a  set  of  curious  chanoM ; 
Liberated  then  oc  bail, 

On  my  own  recognizances : 


Wafted  by  a  favoring  f  ale 

As  one  sometimes  IB  IB  trance*, 
To  a  height  tiiat  few  can  scale, 

Bare  by  long  and  weary  dances ; 
Sorely,  never  had  a  male 

Under  such  like  circumstances 
Bo  adventurous  a  tale, 

Which  may  rank  with  most  romance* 

CHORUS. 
Behold  the  Lord  High  Executioner,  etc. 

Ko.  Gentlemen,  I'm  much  touched  by  this  reception.  I  can  onij 
trust  that  by  strict  attention  to  duty  I  shall  ensure  a  continuance  oJ 
those  favors  which  it  will  ever  be  my  study  to  deserve.  If  I  should 
ever  be  called  upon  to  act  professionally,  I  am  happy  to  think  that 
there  will  be  no  difficulty  in  finding  plenty  of  people  whose  deaths  wll] 
be  a  distinct  gain  to  society  at  large. 

Snter  PoOH-BlH. 
SONO.  —  Ko-Ko. 

4s  some  day  it  may  happen  that  a  victim  must  be  fonnd, 

I've  got  a  little  list,  —  I've  got  a  little  list 
Of  social  offenders  who  might  well  be  underground, 
And  who  never  would  be  missed  —  who  never  would  be  missed ! 
There 's  the  pestilential  nuisances  who  write  for  autographs. 
All  people  who  have  flabby  hands  and  irritating  laughs, 
All  children  who  are  up  in  dates,  and  floor  you  with  'em  flat, 
All  persons  who  in  shaking  hands  shakes  hands  with  you  like  that, 
And  all  third  persons  who  on  spoiling,  tett-b-tetea  insist  — 
They  'd  none  of  'em  be  missed  —  they  *d  none  of  'em  be  missed  I 

CHOKCS. 

He 's  got  'em  on  the  list  —  he 's  got  'era  on  the  list ; 

And  they  '11  none  of  'em  be  missed  —  they  '11  none  of  'em  be  mlMad 

There's  the  nigger  serenader,  and  the  others  of  his  race, 

And  the  piano  organist,  I  've  got  him  on  the  list ; 
And  the  people  who  eat  peppermint  and  puff  it  in  your  face,  — 

They  never  would  be  missed  —  they  never  would  be  missed  I 
Then  the  idiot  who  praises,  with  enthusiastic  tone, 
All  centuries  but  this,  and  every  country  but  his  own; 
And  the  lady  from  the  Provinces,  who  dresses  like  a  guy, 
And  who  "doesn't  think  she  waltzes,"  but  would  rather  like  to  try; 
And  that  singular  anomaly,  the  lady  novelist,  — 

I  don't  think  she  'd  be  missed  —I'm  sure  she  'd  not  be  ml  Mod ! 

CHORUS. 

He 's  got  her  on  the  list  —  he 's  got  her  on  the  list ; 

And  I  don't  think  she  '11  be  missed  —I'm  sure  she  '11  not  be  mlissd ' 

And  that  Nisi  Prlus  nuisance,  who  just  now  is  rather  rife, 

The  judicial  humorist,  I  've  got  him  on  the  list  t 
ill  funny  fellows,  comic  men,  and  clowns  of  private  life  — 

They  'd  none  of  'em  be  missed  —  they  'd  none  of  'em  be  missed ) 


And  apologetic  statesmen  of  a  compromising  kind, 

Such    as,    What-d  •ye-caU-hlm,    Thing- 'em-bob,  and    likewise    Nevet 

Mind, 

And  'St — 'st— 'st,  and  What  's-hls-name,  and  also  Tou-know-who, 
The  task  of  filling  up  the  blanks  I  'd  rather  leave  to  you. 
But  it  really  does  n't  matter  whom  yoa  pat  upon  the  list, 
For  they  'd  none  of  'em  be  missed  —  they  'd  none  of  'm  br  mlsend? 

CHOEUS 

Too  may  pot  'em  on  the  list  —  yoa  may  pot  'em  on  the  list , 
And  the?  '11  none  of  em  be  missed  -  they  '11  none  of  'em  b«  ml  mi  I 
Pool-Bab.    It  seems  that   the    festivities   In    cnnnerrinn   with    mv    »p 
•roacrung  marriage  must  last  a  week      T  -honid  like  to  do  it  hand- 
somely, and  T  want  to  consult  yoa  a*  to  the  amount  1  ought  to  spend 
upon  them 

POOH.  Certainly  In  which  of  my  capacities?  As  First  Lord  oi 
the  Treasury,  Ix>rd  Chamterlain  Attorney-General,  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer,  Privy  Purse,  or  Private  Secretary? 

Ko.     Suppose  we  say  as  Private  Secretary 

POOH.  Speaking  as  your  Private  Secretary,  I  should  say  that  as  the 
lity  will  have  to  pay  for  it.  don't  stint  yourself,  do  it  well. 

Ko.  Exactly  :  as  the  city  will  have  to  pay  for  it.  That  Is  your 
4dvice. 

POOH.  As  Private  Secretary.  Of  course  you  will  understand  that 
as  Lord  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  I  am  bound  to  see  that  due  econ- 
omy is  observed. 

Ko.    Oh.     But  yon  said  just  now.  ".don't  stint  yourself,  do  it  well." 
POOH.     As  Private  Secretary. 

Ko.     And  now  you  say  that  due  economy  must  be  observed. 
POOH.     As  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer. 

Ko.  I  see.  Come  over  here  where  the  Chancellor  can't  hear  us 
nhey  cross  stige}.  Now,  as  my  Solicitor,  how  do  you  advise  me  to  deal 
with  this  difficulty? 

POOH.  Oh,  as  your  Solicitor,  1  should  have  no  hesitation  in  saying. 
'  chance  it .** 

Ko.    Thank  yon  (shaking  hit  hand).    I  will. 

POOH.  If  it  were  not  that  as  Lord  Chief  Justice,  I  am  bound  to  see 
t*at  the  law  is  n't  violated. 

Ko.  I  see.  Come  over  here  where  the  Chief  Justice  can't  hear  us 
(itoy  crest  the  stage).  Now,  then,  as  First  Lord  of  the  Treasury  ? 

POOK.  Of  course,  as  First  Lord  of  the  Treasury,  I  could  propose  s 
special  rote  that  would  cover  all  expenses,  if  it  were  not  that,  as  leader 
sf  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,  then,  as  Archbishop 
•f  Titipu ,  it  would  be  my  duty  to  announce  my  dishonesty  and  git  e  my 
self  into  my  own  custody  as  First  CommlMtoner  of  Police 

Ko.    That's  extremely  awkward. 


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POOH.  I  dont  say  that  all  these  people  couldn't  be  squared;  bat 
tt  Is  right  to  tell  you  that  I  should  n't  be  sufficiently  degraded  in  ny 
own  estimation  unless  I  was  insulted  with  a  very  considerable  bribe. 

Ko.  The  matter  shall  have  my  careful  consideration.  Bat  my  bride 
and  her  sisters  approach,  and  any  little  compliment  on  your  part,  such 
as  an  abject  grovel  in  a  characteristic  Japanese  attitude,  would  be  es- 
teemed a  favor. 

Enter  procession  of  YuM-YuM's  schoolfellows,  heralding  Yen-Yin 
PKMP-BO,  and  PTTNI-SIMO. 

CHORUS. 

Comes  a  train  of  little  ladies 

From  scholastic  trammels  free, 
Each  a  little  bit  afraid  is, 

Wondering  what  the  world  can  be ! 

Is  it  bst  a  world  of  trouble  — 

Sadness  set  to  song  ? 
Is  iti<i  beauty  but  a  bubble 

Bound  to  break  ere  long? 

Are  its  palaces  and  pleasures 

Fantasies  that  fade? 
And  the  glory  of  its  treasures 

Shadow  of  a  shade  ? 

Schoolgirls,  we,  eighteen  and  under, 

From  scholastic  trammels  free, 
And  we  wonder  — how  we  wonder  — 

What  on  earth  the  world  can  be  I 


TRIO. 
YUM- YUM,  PKKP-BO,  and  Prm-Sura. 

Tn  THBKK.         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  I 

YUM- YUM.  Everything  is  a  source  of  fun.     (Chuckle., 

PKKP-BO.  Nobody's  safe,  for  we  care  for  none  1 

Prrn-SiNG.  Life  is  a  joke  that's  just  begun  I    (C7k*cAIe.) 
THJC  THRKK.  Three  little  maids  from  school  '• 

ALL.     (Dancing.)    Three  little  maids  who,  all  unwwf, 
Come  from  a  ladies'  seminary, 
Freed  from  its  genius  tutelary. 

THE  THRKK.  (Suddenly  demure.)    Three  little  maid*  from 

YUM-YUM.  One  little  maid  is  a  bride,  Yum- Yum  — 

PncrBo-.  Two  little  maids  in  attendance  come  — 

Prrn-Snro.  Three  little  maids  is  the  total  sum. 


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Turn  THUB.  Three  little  Maid*  fr 


YUM-YUM.  From  three  little  maids  take  one  away  — 

Pnr-Bo.  Two  little  maids  remain,  and  they  — 

Prm-8iNG.  Won't  have  to  wait  very  long,  they  say  — 
THE  THEM.  The  three  little  maids  from  school  I 

ALL.     (D*nnng.)   Three  little  maids  who,  all  unwary, 
Come  from  a  ladies',  seminary, 
Freed  from  its  genius  tutelary  — 

THK  THREE.     (Suddenly  demure.)    Three  little  maids  from  school* 

Ko.     At  last,  my  bride  that  is  to  be  1     (About  to  embrace  her.) 

YUM.    You  're  not  going  to  kiss  me  before  all  these  people  t 

Ko     Well,  that  was  the  idea. 

YUM      (Aside  to  PEKP-HO.)     It  seems  odd,  don't  it? 

PEEP.     It  's  rather  peculiar. 

Pirn.     Oh,   I   expect  It  's  all  right.     Most  hare  a  beginning,  JOB 
know. 

YUM.     Well,  of  coarse,  I  know  nothing  about  these  thing*  ;  bat  I  *ve 
no  objection  If  It  's  asaal. 

Ko.    Oh,  it  's  quite  usual,  I  think.     Eh,  Lord  Chamberlain  !    (Appeal- 
ing to  POOH-BAH.) 

POOH-BAH.     I  have  known  it  done.     (Ko-Ko  embrace*  her.) 

YUM.    That's  over!     (Sees  NANKI-POO  ana  rushes  to  him.)    Why, 
that  's  never  yon?     (  The  three  girls  rush  to  him  and  shake  his  hand*,  all 

peaking  at  once.) 

/  YUM.  Oh,  I  'in  so  glad  !  I  have  n't  seen  you  for  ever  so  long,  and 
/I'm  right  at  the  top  of  the  school,  and  I  got  three  prizes,  and  I've 
I  come  home  for  good,  and  I  'm  not  going  bacir  any  more. 

j  PBKP.  And  have  you  got  an  engagement?  Yum.Yun.  t  got  one, 
/  bat  she  don't  like  it,  and  she  'd  ever  so  much  rather  it  was  yon.  I  *v« 
1  come  home  for  good,  and  I  'm  not  going  nack  any  more  ! 

/  PTTTI.  Now,  tell  us  all  the  news,  !>»•«  «  use  yon  go  about  everywhere, 
I  and  we've  been  at  school,  but  than*  goodness  that's  all  over  now, 
\  and  we  've  come  home  for  good,  ana  »-e  're  not  going  back  any  more  ' 


( These  three  speeches  art  spoken  together  in  one  breath.) 

Ko.     I  beg  your  pardon.     Will  you  present  me? 
YUM.        /  Oh,  this  is  the  musician  who  used  — 
PEEP.      -J  Oh,  this  is  the  gentleman  who  used  — 
Pirn.      (  Oh,  It  is  only  Nanki-Pco  who  used  — 
Ko.     One  at  a  time,  if  you  please. 

YUM.     He 's  the  gentleman  who  ased  to  play  M  beaatifolly  am  the  - 
tn  the  — 

Pirn.    On  the  Marine  Parade. 

TUM      Yet,  I  think  that  was  the  name  of  fee  lastrum«nt 


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KAJTK.    Sir,  1  hare  the  misfortune  to  IOTO  yewr  ward,  Ywm  Ynst 
•k,  I  kmow  I  deserve  your  anger  t 

Ko.  Anger  1  Not  a  bit,  my  boy.  Why,  I  lore  her  myself.  Chi 
lag  little  girl,  la  n't  she?  Pretty  eyes,  nice  hair.  Taking  little  thing, 
altogether.  Very  glad  to  hear  my  opinion  backed  by  a  competent 
authority.  Thank  yon  very  much.  Good-bye  (to  PISH-TUBH.)  Take 
him  away.  (Pisa-TusH  remove*  Aim.) 

Frrn.  (Who  hat  betn  examining  POOH-BAH.)  I  beg  your  pardon,  but 
What  is  this?  Customer  come  to  try  on? 

Ko.     That  is  a  Tremendous  Swell.     (She  itarts  back  in  alarm.) 

POOH.  Go  away  little  girls,  can't  talk  to  little  girls  like  you.  Gto 
away,  there's  dears. 

Ko.  Allow  me  to  present  you,  Pooh-Bah.  These  are  my  three 
wards.  The  one  in  the  middle  is  my  bride  elect. 

POOH.  What  do  you  want  me  to  do  to  them?  Mind,  I  will  not  klsu 
them. 

Ko.  No,  no,  you  shan't  kiss  them  :  a  little  bow,  a  mere  nothing,  you 
needn  't  mean  it,  you  know. 

POOH.  It  goes  against  the  grain.  They  are  not  young  ladies,  they 
are  young  persons. 

Ko.    Come,  come,  make  an  effort,  there's  a  good  nobleman. 

POOH.  (Aside  to  Ko-Ko.)  Well,  I  shan't  mean  it.  (  With  a  great  effort.) 
How  de  do,  how  de  do,  little  girls  !  (Aside.)  Oh,  my  protoplasmal 
ancestor  ! 

Ko.    That  's  very  good.    (  Qirlt  indulge  in  supprested  laughter.  ) 

POOH.  I  see  nothing  to  laugh  at.  It  is  very  painful  to  me  to  have 
to  say,  "  How  de  do,  how  de  do,  little  girls,"  to  young  persons.  I'm 
not  in  the  habit  of  saying,  "  How  de  do,  how  de  do,  little  girls,"  to 
anybody  under  the  rank  of  a  Stockbroker. 

Ko.  (Aside  to  girlt.)  Don't  laugh  at  him,  he's  nnder  treatment  foi 
It.  (Afide  to  POOH-BAH.)  Never  mind  them,  they  don't  understand 
the  delicacy  of  your  position. 

POOH.    We  kmow  how  delicate  it  is,  don't  we? 

Ko.  I  should  think  we  did!  How  a  nobleman  of  your  importaaot 
can  do  it  at  all  is  a  thing  I  never  can,  never  shall  understand. 

(Ko-Ko  retires  up  and  goet  of.* 

QUARTET  AND  CHOBUS. 

,  Pnr-Bo,  AJTD  Pirn-Saw. 


So  please  you,  sir,  we  much  regret 
If  we  have  failed  in  etiquette 
Towards  a  man  of  rank  so  high,  — 
We  shall  know  better  by  and  by. 
tut  youth,  of  course,  must  have  its  ftia«, 

So  pardon  us, 

So  pardon  ua. 


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And  don't,  in  girlhood's  happy  spring, 

Be  bard  on  as, 

Be  hard  on  n§, 
If  we  're  disposed  to  dance  and  slag, 

Tra  la  la,  etc.    (Dancinf). 

Omotan  or  Gnu.    Bat  youth,  of  coarse,  etc. 

FOOM.     I  think  yon  ought  to  recollect 

Ton  cannot  show  too  much  respect 
Towards  the  highly-titled  few ; 
Bnt  nobody  does,  and  why  should  yoml 
That  youth  at  us  should  have  Its  fli*f , 

Is  hard  on  us, 

Is  hard  on  us ; 
To  oar  prerogative  we  cling, 

So  pardon  us, 

So  pardon  us, 
If  we  decline  to  dance  and  sing, 

Tra  la  la,  etc.  (dancing.} 

CHOKU*  or  GIRI-S.    Bat  youth,  of  coarse,  mast  have  iu  Aing,  etc. 

Exeunt  all  but  TuM-Tuit 
Enter  NAXKI-POO. 

N  AXK.  Yam-Turn,  at  last  we  are  alone  1  I  have  sought  you  nigbt 
ind  day  for  three  weeks,  In  the  belief  that  your  guardian  was  beheaded 
and  I  find  that  yop  are  about  to  be  married  to  him  this  afternoon ! 

TUM.  Vlas,  yes ! 

NANK.  But  you  do  not  lore  him? 

TUM.  Alas.no! 

NANK.  Modified  rapture  t    But  why  do  you  not  refuse  him? 

TUM.  What  good  would  that  do?  He's  my  guardian,  and  to 
wouldn't  let  me  marry  you ! 

NANK.    But  I  would  wait  until  you  were  of  age  ? 

TUM.  You  forget  that  in  Japan  girls  do  not  arrive  at  yean  of  dis- 
cretion until  they  are  fifty. 

NANK.  True  :  from  seventeen  to  forty-nine  are  considered  yean  of 
Indiscretion. 

TUM.  Besides,  —  a  wandering  minstrel,  who  plays  a  wind  Instru- 
ment outside  tea-houses,  ia  hardly  a  fitting  husband  for  the  ward  of  a 
Lord  High  Executioner. 

NANK.  But  —  (Aside.)  Shall  I  tell  her?  Tesl  See  will  not  betray 
me!  (Aloud.)  What  If  It  should  prove  that,  after  all,  I  am  n« 
musician ! 

TUM.     There  1     I  was  certain  of  It,  directly  I  heard  you  play ! 

NAVK.  What  if  it  should  prove  that  I  am  no  other  than  the  son  ol 
bis  Majesty  the  Mikado? 

TTTM.  The  son  of  the  Mikado  I  Bnt  why  Is  your  Highness  disguised? 
And  what  has  your  Highness  dona  ?  And  will  your  Highness  promiM 
m»ver  to  do  it  again  ? 


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NANK  Some  years  ago  I  had  the  misfortune  to  captivate  lacuna 
an  elderly  lady  of  my  father's  court.  She  mlsconstructed  my  custom 
ary  affability  into  expressions  of  affection,  and  claimed  me  In  marriage, 
ander"my  father's  law.  My  father,  the  Lucius  Junin»  Brutus  of  hii 
race,  ordered  me  to  marry  her  within  a  week,  or  perish  ignominously 
on  the  scaffold.  That  night  I  fled  his  court,  and,  assuming  the  dis- 
guise of  a  Second  Trombone.  I  joined  the  band  in  which  you  found  ma 
when  I  had  the  happiness  of  seeing  you  !  (Approaching  her.) 

YUM.  (Retreating.)  If  you  please,  I  think  your  highness  had  better 
net  come  too  near.  The  laws  against  flirting  are  excessively  severe. 

NANK.     But  we  are  quite  alone,  and  nobody  can  see  us. 

YUM.  Still  that  don't  make  it  right.  To  flirt  is  Illegal,  and  we  mart 
•bey  the  law. 

NANK.     Deuce  take  the  law  1 

YUM.     I  wish  it  would,  but  it  wo  n't  I 

N  ANK      If  it  were  not  for  that,  how  happy  we  might  be  \ 

YUM.     Happy  indeed  1 

NANX.  If  it  were  not  for  the  law,  we  should  now  be  sitting  side  by 
side ,  like  that.  (Sits  by  her.) 

YUM.  Instead  of  being  obliged  to  sit  half  a  mile  off,  like  that 
( Crosses  and  tits  at  other  side  of  ttage. ) 

NANK.  We  should  be  gazing  into  each  other's  eyes,  like  that 
(Ajyproaching  and  gassing  at  her  sentimentally. ) 

YUM.  Breathing  vows  of  unutterable  love  —  like  that.  (Siyhinf 
*nd  gating  lovingly  at  him.) 

NANK.  With  our  arms  round"  each  other's  waists,  like  that.  (Jfm 
bracing  her.) 

YUM.     Yes ;  If  it  was  n't  for  the  law. 

NANK.     If  It  was  n't  for  the  law. 

YUM.     As  it  is,  of  course,  we  could  n't  do  anything  of  the  kind. 

NANK.    Not  for  worlds ! 

YUM.     Being  engaged  to  Ko-ko,  you  know  I  K 

NANK.    Being  engaged  to  Ko-ko ! 

Dc*r.  —  YuM-YuM  and  NANKI-POO. 

Were  you  not  to  Ko-Ko  plighted. 

I  would  say  in  tender  tone, 
"  Loved  one,  let  us  be  united  — 

Let  us  be  each  other's  own  ?  " 
I  would  merge  all  rank  and  station, 

Worldly  sneers  are  naught  to  us, 
And  to  mark  my  admiration, 

I  would  kiss  you  fondly  thus  —  [  £!«•••  JUr 

J      would  kiss  j  f?"  1  fondly  thus  —  (MM), 
tie  (  me  j 

*      would  kiss   \  1°?  I  fondly  thu»  —  (M*)- 
Me  c  me    > 


Bat  as  I'm  engaged  to  Ko-Ko, 
To  embrace  you  thus  can  fuoc«, 
Would  distinctly  be  no  JTJ'OCO, 
And  for  yam  I  should  get  toco  — 

•on.  Toco,  toco,  toco,  toco  I 

NAMK  So,  In  spite  of  all  temptation*, 

Such  a  theme  I  '11  not  discuss, 
And  on  no  consideration 

Will  I  kiss  yon  fondly  thus  — 
Let  me  make  it  clear  to  you, 

This,  oh  this,  oh  this,  oh  this  (MMtftf  tor) 
This  is  what  I'll  never  do ! 

(Exeunt  in  oppotitt  direction*.} 

(Enter  Ko-Ko.) 

Ko.  (Looking  after  YUM- YUM.)  There  she  goes!  To  think  how 
entirely  my  future  happiness  is  wrapped  up  In  that  little  parcelj 
Really,  it  hardly  seems  worth  while !  Oh,  matrimony !  —  Enter  POOH 
BAH  and  FISH-TUSH.)  Now,  then,  what  is  it?  Can 't  you  see  I'm  solil- 
oquizing? Yon  have  interrupted  an  apostrophe,  sir. 

PISH  .     I  am  the  bearer  of  a  letter  from  His  Majesty  the  Mikado ! 

Ko.  (Taking  it  from  him  reverentially.")  A  letter  from  the  Mikado! 
What  in  the  world  can  he  have  to  say  to  me?  (Reads  letter.)  Ah, 
here  it  Is  at  last !  I  thought  it  would  come  1  The  Mikado  is  struck 
by  the  fact  that  no  executions  have  taken  place  in  Titipu  for  a  year, 
and  decrees  that  unless  somebody  is  beheaded  within  one  month,  th« 
post  of  Lord  High  Executioner  shall  be  abolished,  and  the  city  reduced 
to  the  rank  of  a  village ! 

PUH.    But  that  will  Involve  us  all  In  Irretrievable  ruin  I 

Ko.  Yes.  There 's  no  help  for  it,  I  shall  have  to  execute  somebody. 
The  only  question  is,  who  shall  it  be? 

POOH.  Well,  it  teems  unkind  to  say  so,  but  as  you  're  already  under 
sentence  of  death  for  flirting,  everything  seems  to  point  to  you. 

Ko.  Tome?  What  are  you  talking  about?  I  can't  execute  my- 
•elf,  Recorder  f 

POOH.    Why  not? 

Ko.  Why  not?  Because,  in  the  first  place,  self-decapitation  is  ai 
extremely  difficult,  not  to  say  dangerous,  thing  to  attempt;  and,  In  tb« 
second,  it's  suicide,  and  suicide  is  a  capital  offence. 

POOH.     That  is  so,  no  doubt. 

PISH.     We  might  reserve  that  point. 

POOH.  True,  it  could  be  argued  six  months  hence,  before  the  ful, 
court. 

Ko.     Besides,  I  don't  see  how  a  man  can  cut  off  his  own  head. 

POOH.    A  man  might  try. 

PUH.     Even  if  you  only  succeeded  in  cutting  it  half  off,  that 
to  something. 


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POOH,  it  will  be  taken  M  an  earnest  of  your  desire  to  comply  wlu 
the  Imperial  will. 

Ko.  No.  Pardon  me,  but  there  I  am  adamant.  As  official  heads 
nan,  my  reputation  is  at  stake,  and  I  can't  consent  to  embark  OB  • 
professional  operation  unless  I  see  my  way  to  a  successful  result. 

POOH.  This  professional  conscientiousness  is  highly  creditable  to 
you,  but  it  places  ns  in  a  very  awkward  position. 

Ko.  My  good  sir,  the  awkwardness  of  yonr  position  is  grace  itoeli 
compared  with  that  of  a  man  engaged  in  the  act  of  cutting  off  his  own 
head. 

PISH.    I  am  afraid  that,  unless  yon  can  obtain  a  substitute  — 

Ko.  A  substitute?  Oh,  certainly  —  nothing  easier  (to  POOH-BAH) 
Poo-Ban,  I  appoint  you  my  substitute. 

POOH.  I  should  like  it  above  all  things.  Such  an  appointmeat 
would  realize  my  fondest  dreams.  But  no,  at  any  sacrifice,  I  must  Mt 
bounds  to  my  insatiable  ambition ! 


Ko-Ko. 

M*  brain  It  teems 

With  end!e«»  scheme* , 

Both  good  and  new 

ForTitipu; 

But  If  I  flit, 

The  benefit 

That  I  'd  difftue 

The  town  would  IOM! 

Now  every  man 

To  aid  his  clan 

Should  plot  and  plan 

A»  well  at  he  can, 
And  so, 
Although 

I  'm  ready  to  go, 

Yet  recollect 

*T  were  dl§r«»p«ct 

did  I  neglect 

To  thus  effect 

This  aim  direct, 

Bo  I  object  — 

80  I  object  — 

80 1  object  — 


TRIO. 

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. 
Bat  family  pride 
Must  be  denied, 
And  aet  aaide, 
And  mortified, 
And  BO, 
Although 
I  wish  to  go, 
And  greatly  pine 
To  brightly  thine, 
And  take  the  line 
Of  a  hero  flue, 
With  grief  condign 
I  mu«t  decline  — 
I  must  decline  — 
I  mutt  decline  — 


PiM-Tun. 

I  oeard  one  day, 
A  gentleman  »ay 
That  criminal*  who 
Are  cut  In  two 
Can  hardly  feel 
The  fatal  steel, 
And  so  are  slain 
Without  much  pain. 
If  this  Is  true 
It  '•  jolly  for  yon ; 
Tour  courage  screw 
To  bid  us  adieu, 
And  go 
And  show 
Both  friend  and  foe 
How  much  you  dare. 
I  'm  quite  aware 
It  '•  your  affair, 
Yet  I  declare 
I  'd  take  your  share, 
Bnt  I  don't  mnch  ear 
I  don't  much  care  — 
I  don't  much  care  — 


ALL.     To  sit  in  solemn  silence  in  a  dull,  dark  dock, 
In  a  pestilential  prison,  with  a  lifelong  lock, 
Awaiting  the  sensation  of  a  short,  sharp  shock, 
From  a  cheap  and  chippy  chopper  on  a  big  black  block  t 

Exeunt  all  but  Ko-Ko. 

Ko.  This  is  simply  appalling !  1 ,  who  allow  myself  to  be  respited 
at  the  last  moment,  simply  in  order  to  benefit  my  native  town,  am  now 
required  to  die  within  a  month,  and  that  by  a  man  whom  I  have  loaded 
with  honor!  Is  this  public  gratitude?  Is  this  —  (Enter  NA.VKI-POO 
with  a  rope  in  his  handt}.  Go  away,  sir!  how  dare  you?  Am  1  new 
to  be  permitted  to  soliloquize  ? 

NAKK.    Oh,  go  on  —  don't  mind  me. 

Ko.    What  are  you  going  to  do  with  that  rooa  ? 


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HAKK.     I  am  about  to  terminate  AH  unendurable  exljtenc*. 
Ko.    Terminate  yonr  existence?    Oh,  nonsease  !    What  foi  t 
NANK.     Because  you  are  going  to  marry  the  girl  I  adore. 

Ko.  Nonsense,  sir.  I  won't  permit  it.  I  am  a  humane  man,  and  U 
yon  attempt  anything  of  the  kind,  I  shall  order  your  instant  arrest. 
Oome,  sir,  desist  at  one*,  or  I  summon  my  guard. 

NANK.  That  's  absurd.  If  yon  attempt  to  raise  an  alarm,  I  instantly 
perform  the  happy  despatch  with  this  dagger. 

Ko.  No,  no,  don't  do  that.  That  is  horrible]  (Suddenly.')  Why, 
you  cold-blooded  scoundrel,  are  you  aware  that,  in  taking  your  life. 
you  are  committing  a  crime  which  —  which  —  which  —  U  —  Ok ! 
(Struck  by  an  idea.')  ' 

NANE.     What'a  the  matter? 

Ko.    la  it  ab»olutely  certain  that  you  are  resolved  to  die? 

NAKK.    Absolutely ! 

Ko.    Will  nothing  shake  yonr  resolution? 

NANK.    Nothing. 

Ko.    Threats,  entreaties,  prayers  —  all  useless  ? 

NANK.     All  I    My  mind  is  made  up. 

Ko.  Then,  if  you  really  mean  what  you  say,  and  if  yon  are  abso- 
lutely resolved  to  die,  and  if  nothing  whatever  will  shake  your  deter- 
mination —  don't  spoil  yourself  by  committing  suicide,  but  be  beheaded 
handsomely  at  the  hands  of  the  Public  Executioner ! 

NANK.    I  don't  see  how  that  would  benefit  me. 

Ko.  Ton  don't?  Observe :  you  '11  have  a  month  to  live,  and  you  11 
live  like  a  fighting  cock  at  my  expense.  When  the  day  comes  there'll 
be  a  grand  public  ceremonial  —  you  '11  be  the  central  figure  —  no  one 
will  attempt  to  deprive  you  of  that  distinction.  There  Ml  be  a  proces- 
sion —  bands  —  dead  march  —  bells  tolling  — all  the  girls  in  tears- 
Turn- Yum  distracted  —  then,  when  it's  all  over,  general  rejoicings,  and 
a  display  of  fireworks  in  the  evening.  You  won't  see  them,  but  they  '11 
be  there  all  the  same. 

NANK.  Do  yon  think  Turn-Turn  would  really  be  distracted  at  my 
death? 

Ko.  I  am  convinced  of  it.  Bless  you,  she 's  the  most  tender-hearted 
little  creature  alive. 

NANK.  I  should  be  sorry  to  cause  her  pain.  Perhaps,  after  all,  if  I 
were  to  withdraw  from  Japan,  and  travel  In  Europe  for  a  couple  of 
years,  I  might  contrive  to  forget  her. 

Ko.  Oh,  I  don't  think  you  could  forget  Yum-Tum  so  easily,  and, 
after  all,  what  is  more  miserable  than  a  love-blighted  life? 

NANK.    True. 

Ko.    Life  without  Yum- Yum,  why  It  seems  absurd  t 
NANK.    And  yet  there  are  a  good  many  people  IB  the  world  v  W 
tare  to  endure  it. 
Ko.    Poor  devils,  yes  1   Tou  are  quite  right  not  to  be  of  kheir  nnml 


I* 

NAH».     (/Suddenly.)    I  won't  be  of  their  number  I 

Ko.    Noble  fellow ! 

NANK.  I  '11  tell  you  how  we  '11  manage  it.  Let  me  marry  Yam-Yam 
la-morrow,  and  in  a  month  yon  may  behead  me. 

Ko.    No,  no.     I  draw  the  line  at  Yum-Yum. 

NANK.  Very  good.  If  you  can  draw  the  line,  so  can  I.  (Prepmrinf 
rope.} 

Ko.  Stop,  stop.  Listen  one  moment,  be  reasonable.  How  can  I 
consent  to  your  marrying  Yum-Yum  if  I  'm  going  to  marry  her  myself? 

NANK.  My  good  friend,  she  '11  be  a  widow  in  a  month,  and  you  can 
marry  her  then. 

Ko.  That's  true,  of  course.  I  quite  see  that;  but,  dear  me,  my 
position  during  the  next  month  will  be  roost  unpleasant  —  most  un- 
pleasant ! 

NANK.    Not  half  so  unpleasant  as  my  position  at  the  end  of  it. 

Ko.  But  —  dear  me — well — I  agree  —  after  all,  it's  only  putting 
off  my  wedding  for  a  month.  But  you  won't  prejudice  her  against  me, 
will  you  ?  You  see  1'  ve  educated  her  to  be  my  wife ;  she 's  been  taught 
to  regard  me  as  a  wise  and  good  man.  Now  I  should  n't  like  her  view* 
on  that  point  disturbed. 

NANK.     Trust  me,  she  shall  never  learn  the  truth  from  OQB. 

riNALK. 

tnter  CHOBUS,  POOH-BAH,  and  Pun-Tun. 
CHORUS. 

With  aspect  stern 

And  gloomy  stride, 
We  come  to  learn  . 

How  yon  decide. 

Don't  hesitate 

Your  choice  to  name, 
A  dreadful  fate 

You  '11  suffer  all  the  same. 

POOH  .     To  ask  you  what  you  mean  to  do  we  punctually  appear 

Ko.     Congratulate  me,  gentlemen,  I  'ye  found  a  volunteer  I 

ALL.     The  Japanese  equivalent  for  Hear,  Hear,  Hear! 

Ko.     (Presenting  him.")     'T  is  Nanki-Poo ! 

ALL.  Hail  Nanki-Poo! 

Ko.  I   think  he  '11  do? 

Au..  Yes,  yes,  he  '11  do  ! 

Ko.  He  yields  his  life  if  I'  11  Yum-Yum  surrender; 

Now  I  adore  that  girl  with  passion  tender, 
And  could  not  yield  her  with  a  ready  will, 

Or  her  allot 

If  I  did  not 
Adore  myself  with  passion  tenderer  still  I 


It 


ALL.  A*,  y  e§  I 

H«  IOTM  hlmaelf  with  passl*!  traaarar  still  t 
Co.     (  To  NAJTO-POO.)     Take  her,  she  '•  yours  I 

AUer  TtDf-ToM.  Pccr-Bo.  and  Prrn-Sara. 
NAMK  mud  Tun-Tun  Oh.  rapture! 

KNSKMBLB. 

TuM-Trw  and  NINKI-POO.     The  threatened  cloud  hM  p****4 
And  brightly  shines  the  dawning  day  ; 
What  though  the  night  may  come  too 
There  's  yet  a  month  of  afternoon  ! 
Then  let  the  throng 
Our  Joy  advance, 
With  laughing  song. 
And  merry  dance, 

With  joyous  shout  and  ringing  cheer, 
Inaugurate  oar  brief  career  I 

CHORUS.     Then  let  the  throng,  etc. 

Prrn-SiNG.     A  day,  a  week,  a  month,  a  year,  — 
Or  be  It  far,  or  be  it  near, 
Life's  eventime  comes  ranch  too  _ 
Yon  '11  live  at  least  a  honey  moos  I 

Then  let  the  throng,  etc. 

SOLO.  —  POOH-BAH. 

As  in  three  weeks  yon  've  got  to  dU. 

If  Ko-Ko  tells  us  true, 
T  were  empty  compliment  to  cry 

Long  life  to  Nanki-Poo  ! 
Bnt  as  you  've  got  three  waeks  to  live 

As  fellow  citizen, 
This  toatit  with  three  times  three  well  fir*, 

"  Long  life  to  you  —  till  then  !  " 

OHOBUB.     May  all  good  fortune  prosper  you, 

May  yon  hare  health  and  riches  too, 
May  yon  succeed  in  all  you  do. 
Long  life  to  yon  —  till  then  t 


Enter  K  ATIBH  A 
CAT.  Tour  revels  cease,  assist  me  all  of  you  1 

CHOBUS.     Why  who  is  this  whose  evil  eyes 

Rain  blight  on  our  festivities? 
HAT.  I  claim  my  perjured  lover,  Nankl-Poo! 

Oh,  fool  t  to  shun  delights  that  never  cloy  I 
Come  back,  oh,  shallow  fool  I  come  back  to  Joy  ' 

CBOBUI.     Go,  leave  thy  deadly  work  undcme  ; 
Away,  away  I  Ill-favored  one  » 


20 

IT  AM-  (Atid*  to  YUM-YUM.)    Ah! 
TlaKatisha! 
The  maid  of  whom  I  told  yon.    (Abovt  to  p»y 

KAT.     (Dttmininff  Aim.)  No! 

Ton  shall  not  go, 

These  arms  shall  thus  enfold  yon  t 

SONG.  —  KATISHA. 

(AMrmfaf  NAUD-POO.)    Oh  fool,  that  flees  t 

My  hallowed  joys  I 
Oh  blind,  that  seest 

No  equipoise  I 
Oh  rash,  that  judges, 

From  half,  the  whole  1 
Oh  base,  that  grudgest 
Love's  lightest  dole  ! 
Thy  heart  unbind, 
Oh  fool,  oh  blind  ! 
Give  me  my  place, 
Oh  rash,  oh  base  ! 

CMOHTT*.    If  she's  thy  bride,  restore  her  place, 
Ob  fool,  oh  blind,  oh  rash,  oh  b*s«  ! 


Yuu-YuM.)     Pink  cheek  thai  rulest 

Where  wisdom  serve*  1 
Bright  eye,  that  Coolest 

8tccl-tempere<i  nerves; 
Rose-lip,  that  scornest 

Lore-laden  years, 
Sweet  tongue,  that  warn**. 
Who  rightly  hears, 
Thy  doom  is  nigh, 
Pink  cheek,  bright  eye  I 
Thy  knell  is  rung, 
Rose-lip,  sweet  tongue 

CMOBTTS.    If  true  her  tale,  thy  knell  is  rung,     . 

Pink  cheek,  bright  eye,  rose-lip,  sweet  tongue  I 

Prrn-8me.    Away,  nor  prosecute  your  quest, 

From  our  intention  well  expressed, 

You  cannot  turn  us  ! 
The  state  of  your  connubial  views 
Towards  the  person  you  accuse 

Does  not  concern  us  ! 
For  he's  going  to  marry  Ynm-Yum. 

Yum-  Yum  I 


Pirn.  Your  angry  pray  bury, 

For  all  will  be  merry, 
I  think  you  had  better  succumb. 
Cumb  —  comb! 


Pi  1  11.  And  Join  our  expressions  of  gle«, 

On  this  subject  I  pray  you  be  dumb. 


II 


Dumb  -  dumb  I 

Pirn.  Ton  '11  find  there  are  many 

Who  '11  wed  for  a  penny  — 
The  word  for  your  guidance  is  "  Mum"  — 

AM..  Mam  —  mam! 

Prrn  There '*  lot  '8  of  good  fish  in  th«  seal 

Atjt.  There 's  lota  of  good  flub  in  the  sea ! 

And  yon  '11  find  there  are  many ,  •*» 

Soix>.  —  KATIBHA. 

The  hoar  of  gladness 

Is  dead  and  gone ; 
In  silent  sadness 

I  live  alone ! 
The  hope  1  cherished 

All  lifeless  lies, 
And  all  has  perished 

Sare  love,  which  never  diet  I 

Oh,  faithless  one,  this  insult  700  shall  me : 

In  rain  for  mercy  on  your  knees  yon  11  so* 

I  '11  tear  the  mask  from  your  disguising ! 

NAJK-     (Atide.i  Now  comes  the  blow  1 

KAT.  Prepare  yourself  for  news  surprising  t 

SAM.  (Atidf,.}  How  foil  ray  foe? 

KAT.  No  minstrel  he,  despite  brarado  1 

YUM.  (Aside  ttruck  by  an  idea.)    Ha!  ha!     I  know ! 
KAT.  He  is  the  son  of  your  — 

NAsn-Poo  end  Ytm-YCM,  interrupting,  ting  Japan***  wenb  to 

her  voice.) 

O  ni !  bikkuri  shakknri  to  I 
O  sal  bikkari  shakkuri  to! 

CAT.  In  Tain  yon  interrupt  with  this  torn«d»  > 

He  is  the  only  son  of  yonr  — 

A  LJL.  O  ni !  bikkuri  shakknri  to ! 

KAT.  I '11  spoil  — 

AIJU  Oni!  bikkuri  shakkuri  to! 

K.AT  Yonr  gay  gamb*d»i 

He  is  the  son  — 

Aio.  O  ml!  bikkurt  shakkurl  to i 

KAT.  Of  yomr— 

Omil  bikkuri  shakkmrl  v* ' 


Si 


KATTSHA. 

T«  torrents  roar  I 

Te  tempests  howl  1 
Tour  wrath  outpour 
With  angry  growl ! 
Do  ye  your  worst,  my  vengeance 

call 

Shall  rise  triumphant  over  all ! 
Prepare  for  woe, 

Te  haughty  lords, 
At  once  I  go 

Mikado- wards, 
Aod  when  he  learns  his  son  la 

found, 

liy  wrongs  with  vengeance  will 
be  crowned ! 


THB  OTHBB*. 

We  '11  hear  no  more 

Ill-omened  owl  1 
To  joy  we  soar, 

Despite  your  scowl 
The  echoes  of  our  festival 
Shall  rise  triumphant  over  all 
Away  you  go, 

Collect  your  hordes  j 
Proclaim  your  woe 
In  dismal  chords ; 
We    do    not   heed   their   diaoaai 

sound, 
For  joy  reigns  everywhere  aroud  t 


ru»ke»  fwioutly  uf  rtope,  clearing  tie  crowd  away  riekt 
itfl,  jf nfeMitf  •*  ittft  mt  tk»  tat*  of  ita^e. } 


A.OT  IX. 

-I  u  M  dtowwred  Mated  at  tier  bridal  toilet,  turrvunded  fry 
w*0  ar«  dreMt'n?  *«r  hair,  and  painting  \er  foot  and  lip*,  at  »kt  judgtt 
tftkt  «f*A  in  a  mirror. 

•CKNE.  —  Ko-Ko's   iJardsn. 

CBJMM. 

Braid  the  raven  hair, 

Weare  the  supple  tress. 
Deck  the  maiden  fn'r, 

In  her  loveliness. 
Paint  the  pretty  fac«. 

Dye  the  coral  Up, 
Emphasize  the  grace 

Of  her  ladyship  I 
Art  and  nature  thus  allied, 

Go  to  make  a  pretty  brio*. 

SOLO.  —  Prrn-Swo. 

Sit  with  downcast  eye, 

Let  It  brim  with  dew.  , 

Try  If  you  can  cry, 

We  will  do  so,  too. 
When  yon  're  summoned  start, 

Like  a  frightened  roe  . 
Flutter,  little  heart. 

Color,  come  and  go  ' 
Modesty  at  marriage- t.'de 
Well  becomes  a  pretty  I  ride. 

CHORU* 
Braid  the  raven  hair,  etc,  Sz^unt  C\or*». 

Tun.  (Looking  at  herttlf  in  glass.)  Yes,  I  am  Indeed  beautlfal! 
Sometimes  I  sit  and  wonder,  In  my  artless  Japanese  way,  why  It  ti 
that  I  am  so  much  more  attractive  than  anybody  else  In  the  whole 
world  ?  Can  this  be  vanity?  No ;  Nature  Is  lovely,  and  rejoices  l» 
her  loveliness.  I  am  a  child  of  Nature,  and  take  after  my  mother. 

SONG.  —  TUM-TUM 

The  SOB  whose  ray* 
Are  all  ablaze 
With  ever-living  flory 


14 

DON  not  deny 

His  majesty, 

He  scorns  to  tell  a  story  \ 
He  don't  exclaim, 
"  I  blush  for  shame 

So  kindly  be  indulgent." 
Bat,  fierce  and  bold, 
In  flery  gold, 
He  glories  all  effulgent ! 
I  mean  to  rale  the  earth 

As  he  the  sky, 
We  really  know  oar  wont 
The  son  and  I. 

Observe  his  flame, 
That  placid  dame, 

The  moon's  Celestial  HlgkMM , 
There's  not  a  trace 
Upon  her  face 

Of  diffidence  or  shyness 
She  borrows  light 
That,  through  the  night, 

Mankind  may  all  acclaim  bar  ' 
And,  truth  to  tell, 
She  lights  op  well, 
So  I,  for  one  don't  blame  her  1 
Ah,  pray  make  no  mistake. 

We  are  not  shy ; 
We  're  very  wideawake, 
The  moon  and  I. 

Tent.  Ye*,  everything  seems  to  smile  upon  me.  I  am  to  be  mar- 
ried to-day  to  thfc  man  I  love  best,  and  I  believe  I  am  the  very  hap  pie* 
firl  in  Japan. 

PKXP.  The  happiest  girl  indeed,  for  she  is  indeed  to  be  envied  who 
has  obtained  happiness  in  all-bat  perfection. 

YUM.    Is  "  all-bat "  perfection? 

Pro.    Well,  dear,  it  can't  be  denied  that  the  fact  thai  yoor  husband 
Is  to  be  beheaded  in  a  month  is,  in  its  way,  a  drawback 
Pirn.    I  don't  know  about  that.    It  all  depends ! 
Pncr.    At  all  events  he  will  find  it  a  drawback. 
Pirn.    Not  necessarily.    Bless  you,  it  all  depends ! 

Ten.    (In  tears.}     I  think  It  very  Indelicate  of  you  to  refer  to  rock  • 
•abject  on  such  a  day.     If  my  married  happiness  it  to  be  —  to  be  — 
Pur     Cat  short. 
Tim.     Well,  cat  short  —  in  a  month,  can 't  you  let  me  forget  it? 

(Weeping.} 

(Enter  N AND- Poo  follrwtd  by  PiBH-Tvn.) 
HAHK.     run-Turn  in  tears  —  and  on  her  wedding  morn? 

Tux.  (Sobbing.)  They  've  been  reminding  me  that  In  a  month  you  'r» 
t»  to  toksaded  (Burnt  into  teart. ^ 


15 

Pirn.    TM,  we  *re  been  reminding  her  that  700  "re  to  be  behead**. 

(Muntt  into  tear*.) 

PMKP.    It's  quite  true,  700  know  ;  700  are  to  be  beheaded. 


NANK.  (Artfo.)  Humph!  How  some  bridegrooms  would  be  de- 
pressed by  this  sort  of  thing!  (Aloud.)  A  month?  Well,  what's  a 
Month?  Bah!  These  divisions  of  time  are  pa  rely  arbitrary.  Wa* 
says  twenty-four  hoars  make  a  day  ? 

Pirn.    There  's  a  popalar  impression  to  that  effect. 

NAXK.  Then  we  '11  efface  It.  We  '11  call  each  second  a  mlnote  — 
each  minute  an  hour  —  each  hoar  a  day  —  and  each  day  a  year.  Ai 
that  rate  we  'ye  about  thirty  years  of  married  happiness  before  a*  I 

PKKP.  And  at  that  rate,  this  interview  has  already  lasted  four  hoar* 
and  three  quarters  1  (Exit  PEEP-BO.) 

YUM.  (Still  tabbing.)  Yes.  How  time  flies  when  one  is  thenmghly 
enjoying  one's  self! 

NANK.  That's  the  way  to  look  at  it  !  Do  n't  let  's  be  dowmhearted  : 
There  's  a  silver  lining  to  every  cloud. 

Yuif.  Certainly.     Let  's  —  let  's  be  perfectly  happy  I  .  (Alt 
tear*.) 

PISH.  By  all  means.     Let  's  —  let  's  thoroughly  enjoy  ouiselvt 

Pirn.  It  's  —  It  's  absurd  to  cry  I     (  Trying  to  font  m  la-*gk.) 

YUM.  Quite  ridiculous  1     (Trying  to  laufk.) 

(All  break  into  a  forced  and  melancholy  laugh.) 

—  YUM-YUM,  Prrn-Sura,  Nxmti-Poo,  and  PMH-TI 

Brightly  dawns  oar  wedding  day  ; 
Joyous  hoar,  we  give  thee  greeting  I 
Whither,  whither  art  thou  fleeting? 

Fickle  moment,  prithee  stay  ! 
What  though  mortal  joys  be  hohewf 
Pleasures  come,  If  sorrows  follow; 

Though  the  tocsin  sound,  ere  long, 
Ding  dong  !     Ding  dong  ! 

Yet  until  the  shadows  fall 

Over  one  and  over  all, 

Stag  a  merry  madrigal  — 
A  madrigal  ! 

Pal-la  —  fal-la!  etc.     (Ending  in  tear*.) 

Let  as  dry  the  ready  tear, 

Though  the  hours  are  surely  rrseplag. 

Little  need  for  wofnl  weeping, 
Till  the  sad  sundown  is  near. 

All  must  sip  the  cup  of  sorrow, 

I  to-day,  and  thou  to-morrow; 
Thii  the  close  of  every  song  — 

Dtajr  dong  f     Ding  dong  ; 


if 

What,  though  solemn  shadow*  fall, 
Sooner,  later,  over  all  1 
Sing  a  merry  madrigal  — 

A  madrigal  — 
Fal-la  —  fal-la  I  etc.    (Ending  in  tean.) 

[Exeunt  Prrn-SiNO  and  PBM-Twam 

Ram-Poo  embrace  YuM-YuM.  —  Enter  Ko-Ko  —  N  ANn-Poo  retawM 

YtTM-TUM. 

Ko.     Gk>  on  —  don 't  mind  me. 

NAUK.    I  'm  afraid  we  're  distressing  you. 

Ko.  Never  mind ;  I  must  get  used  to  it.  Only  please  do  it  by  de- 
gree*. Begin  by  putting  your  arm  round  her  waist  (N ANTCI-POO  d&et 
to.)  There ;  let  me  get  used  to  that  first. 

YUM.  Oh,  would  n't  you  like  to  retire  ?  It  must  pain  yon  to  see  as  w 
affectionate  together  I 

Ko.  No ;  I  must  learn  to  bear  it  t  Now  oblige  me  by  allowing  her 
head  to  rest  on  your  shoulder.  (He  doe*  so  —  Ko-Ko  much  affected.)  I 
am  much  obliged  to  you.  Now  —  kiss  her!  (He  does  so  —  Ko-Ke 
writhes  with  anguish.)  Thank  you  —  it 's  simple  torture  I 

YUM.     Come,  come,  bear  up.    After  all  it 's  only  for  a  month. 
Ko.     No.    It 's  no  use  deluding  oneeelf  with  false  hopes. 
What  do  you  mean  ? 


Ko.  ( To  YUM-YUM.)  My  child  —  my  poor  child !  (Aside.)  How  shall 
I  break  it  to  her?  (Aloud.)  My  little  bride  that  was  to  have  been  — 

YUM.     (Delighted.)  Was  to  have  been ! 
Ko.     Yes,  yon  never  can  be  mine  I 
YUM.     (In  ecstacy.)    What !  !  ! 

Ko.  I  have  just  ascertained  that,  by  the  Mikado's  law,  when  a  Mar- 
ried man  is  beheaded  his  wife  is  buried  alive. 

YUM*'}  Buriod*1!™1 

Ko.     Buried  alive.     It 's  a  most  unpleasant  death 
NAN*.    But  whom  did  you  get  that  from  ? 
Ko.     Oh,  from  Pooh-Bah.    He 's  my  solicitor 
YUM.    But  he  may  be  mistaken. 

Ko.  So  I  thought,  so  I  consulted  the  Attorney-General,  the  Lord 
Chief  Justice,  the  Master  of  the  Rolls,  the  Judge  Ordinary  and  the 
Lord  Chancellor.  They  're  all  of  the  same  opinion.  Never  knew  such 
unanimity  on  a  point  of  law  in  my  life ! 

NANK.     But  stop  a  bit !    This  law  has  never  been  put  in  force  ? 

Ko.  Net  yet.  Yon  see,  flirting  is  the  only  crime  punishable  witk 
decapitation,  and  married  men  never  flirt. 

NAN*.  Of  course  they  don't.  I  quite  forgot  that !  Well,  I  flap 
•oee  I  may  take  tt  that  my  dream  of  happiness  is  at  an  end  I 


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YUM.  Darling,  I  don't  want  to  appear  selfish ,  and  I  lore  700  wit* 
all  my  heart ;  I  don't  suppose  I  shall  ever  lore  anybody  else  half  as 
mnch  —  but  when  I  agreed  to  marry  you  —my  own  —  I  had  mo  Idea  — 
pet  —  that  I  should  hare  to  be  buried  alive  In  a  month ! 

NANK.    Nor  II    It 's  the  very  first  I  're  heard  of  It  I 

Y  KM      It  —  it  makes  a  difference,  don't  it? 

NAM*      It  doe*  make  a  difference,  of  course. 

Yen.  You  see  — burial  alive  — It's  such  a  stuffy  death!  Yn«  SM 
mj  difficulty,  don't  you  ? 

SANK.  Tea,  and  I  see  my  own.  If  I  insist  on  your  carrying  oat 
four  promise,  I  doem  you  to  a  hideous  death;  if  I  release  yon,  yo« 
•airy  Ko-Ko  at  once ! 

Two.  —  YUM-TUM,  NANKI-PO,  and  Ko-Ko. 

YUM  Here 's  a  how-de-d«  I 

If  I  marry  you, 

When  your  time  has  come  to  perish. 
Then  the  maiden  whom  you  cherish 

Must  be  slaughtered  too ! 

Here 's  a  how-de-do  1 

H  AM*.  Here 's  a  pretty  mess ! 

In  a  month  or  less, 
I  must  die  without  a  wedding ! 
Let  the  bitter  tears  I  'in  shedding 

Witness  my  distress. 

Here 's  a  pretty  mess  I 

Kc  Here 's  a  state  of  things ! 

To  her  life  she  clings  I 
Matrimonial  devotion 
Does  n't  seem  to  suit  her  notion. 

Burial  it  brings  I 

Here 's  a  state  of  things ! 

ENSKMBLB. 
YUM- YUM  and  NAinn-Po.  Ko-Ko. 

With  a  passion  that 's  intense  With  a  passion  that 's  intense 

I  worship  and  adore,  You  worship  and  adore, 

Bat  the  laws  of  common  sense          But  the  laws  of  common  sense 

We  ought  n't  to  ignore.  You  ought  n't  to  Ignore. 

If  what  he  says  is  true,  If  what  I  say  is  true, 

It  is  death  to  marry  you  I  It  is  death  to  marry  yoa ! 

Here 's  a  pretty  state  of  things  I       Here  's  a  pretty  state  of  things  I 

Here  's  a  pretty  how-de-do  I  Here  's  a  pretty  how-de-do  I 

Exit  YUM  YUM 

Ko.     (0»mf  «»p  to  NAina-Poo. )     My  peor  boy,  I'm  really  very  sorrj 
tor  70*. 

HAWK.     Thamks,  old  fellow      1  m  sure  yoa  are 

to.     You  see  I  *m  qnlte  belple— 


RAJTK.     I  quit*  wjt  that. 

Ko.  I  can't  conceive  anything  more  distressing  than  u>  ti»ve  one'i 
•uuriage  broken  off  at  the  last  moment.  But  yon  shan't  be  disap- 
pointed of  a  wedding,  you  shall  come  to  mine. 

NANK  .     It '»  awfully  kind  of  yon,  bnt  that 's  impossible. 
Ko.     Why  so? 
NANS.     To-day  1  die. 
Ko.    What  do  you  mean  ? 

NANK.  I  can 't  live  without  Yam-Yum.  This  afternoon  I  pcrfom 
die  Happy  Despatch. 

Ko.    No,  no  —  pardon  me  —  I  can 't  allow  that. 
NANK.    Why  not? 

Ko.  Why,  hang  it  all,  you  're  under  contract  to  die  by  the  hand  of 
the  Public  Executioner  in  a  month's  time?  If  you  kill  yourself,  what 's 
to  become  of  me  ?  Why,  I  shall  have  to  be  executed  in  your  place ! 

NANK.     It  would  certainly  seem  so  I 

(Enter  POOH-BAH.) 

Ko.    Now,  then,  Lord  Mayor,  what  is  it? 

POOH.  The  Mikado  and  his  suite  are  approaching  the  city,  and  will 
be  here  in  ten  minutes. 

Ko.  The  Mikado  I  He's  coming  to  see  whether  his  orders  have 
been  carried  out  I  (To  NANKI-POO.)  Now  look  here,  you  know  this 
is  getting  serious  —  a  bargain 's  a  bargain,  and  yon  really  must  n't  frus- 
trate the  ends  of  justice  by  committing  suicide.  As  a  man  of  honor 
and  a  gentleman,  you  are  bound  to  die  ignominiously  by  the  hand*  of 
the  Public  Executioner. 

NAKK.    Very  well,  then  —  behead  me. 

Ko.    What,  now? 

NANK.    Certainly ;  at  once. 

Ko.  My  good  sir,  I  do  n't  go  about  prepared  to  execute  gentlemen 
at  a  moment's  notice.  Why,  I  never  even  killed  a  blue-bottle ! 

±*OOH.    Still,  as  Lord  High  Executioner,  — 

Ko.  My  good  sir,  as  Lord  High  Executioner,  I  're  got  to  beheaa 
him  in  a  month.  I'  m  not  ready  yet.  I  don't  know  how  It 's  done.  I  *m 
going  to  taKe  lessons .  I .  mean  to  begin  with  a  guinea  pig,  and  work 
my  way  through  the  animal  kingdom  till  I  come  to  a  second  trombone. 
Why,  you  don't  suppose  Chat,  as  a  humane  man,  I  'd  have  accepted  the 
post  of  Lord  High  Executioner,  if  I  had  n't  thought  the  duties  were 
purely  nominal  ?  I  can 't  kill  yon  —  I  can 't  kill  anything  I  (  Weep*. ) 

NAOTL  Come,  my  poor  fellow,  we  all  have  unpleasant  duties  to  dis- 
charge at  times ;  after  all,  what  is  It?  If  I  don't  mind,  why  should 
you?  Remember,  sooner  or  later  it  must  be  done. 

Ko.     (8pri*fi*f  q»  MtdtfetUy.)     Must  ttf    I'm   not   M>   van  ab 
I 


tt 

M  AXE.      What  do  you  iae*n  ? 

Ko.  Why  should  1  kill  yoa,  whea  making  an  affidavit  that  700  T« 
been  executed  will  do  Just  a*  well?  Here  are  plenty  of  witneases— 
the  Lord  Chief  Justice  and  Lord  High  Admiral,  Commander-in-chief. 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department,  First  Lord  of  the  Treas- 
ury, and  Chief  Commissioner  of  Police.  They  '11  all  swear  to  it  —  wont 
TOO ?  (To  POOH-BAH.) 

POOH.  Am  I  to  understand  that  all  of  us  high  Officers  of  State  an 
required  to  perjure  ourselves  to  ensure  your  safety  ? 

Ko.    Why  not  ?    Ton  '11  be  grossly  Insulted,  as  usual. 
POOH.    Will  the  Insult  be  cash  down,  or  at  a  date? 
Ko.    It  will  be  a  ready  money  transaction. 

POOH.  (Aside.}  Well,  it  will  be  a  useful  discipline.  (Aloud.)  Very 
good.  Choose  your  fiction,  and  I'll  endorse  it  I  (Aridc.)  Hal  ha) 
Family  pride,  how  do  you  like  that,  my  buck? 

NANK.     But  I  tell  you  that  life  without  Turn-Turn  — 

Ko.  Oh,  Turn-Turn,  Yum-TumI  Bother  Turn-Turn  I  Here  Com- 
missionaire (to  POOH-BAH),  go  and  fetch  Yum- Yum.  (Exit  POOH-BAH.) 
Take  Turn-Turn,  and  marry  Turn-Turn;  only  go  away  and  never  comt 
back  again.  (Enter  POOH-BAH  with  YUM- YUM  and  Pirn-Seta.)  Hen 
•he  is.  Turn-Tom,  are  you  particularly  busy? 

YUM.    Not  particularly. 

Ko.    Tou  're  fire  minutes  to  spare  ? 

TUM.    Tes. 

Ko.  Then  go  along  with  mis  Grace  the  Archbishop  of  Tltlpu ;  he  'U 
marry  you  at  once. 

YUM.     But  if  I  'm  to  be  buried  alive  ? 

Ko.     Now,  don i  ask  any  questions,  bat  do  as  T  tell  yon,  and  Nankl 
Poo  will  explain  all. 
NAKK.     But,  one  moment  — 

Ko.  Not  for  worlds.  Here  comes  the  M  .do,  no  doubt  to  ascertaia 
whether  I  're  obeyed  his  decree ;  and  if  he  tads  you  alive,  I  shall  bar* 
ihe  greatest  difficulty  in  persuading  him  that  I  've  beheaded  yon. 
(Xxeunt  NAND-POO  and  TuM-Tuii,  followed  6y  POOH-BAH.)  Clo»« 
thing  that,  for  here  he  comes. 

.  —  Enter  proceuion,  keraWnf  MlKADO  trftA  KATOBA 

CHOBUS. 

("  JfcreA  ,//  the  Mikado'*  troop*.*) 

Miya  sama,  ralya  aama, 

On  ma  no  maye  ni 

Pira-Plra  surn  no  wa 

Nangiana 

Toko  tony ar6  toe var6  na  I 


Dun.  —  Mix  A»O  and  KATUBA. 

From  every  kind  of  man 

Obedience  I  expect ; 
I  'm  the  Emperor  of  Japan  — 

And  I  'm  MM  daughter-in-law  elect! 
He  '11  marry  his  son 
(He  has  only  got  one), 

To  his  daughter-in-law  elect. 

Mm  My  morals  have  been  declared 

Particularly  correct. 

CAT  But  they  're  nothing  at  all,  compare! 

With  those  of  his  daughter-in-law 

Bow  —  Bow  — 
To  his  daughter-in-law  elect. 

ALL.  Bow  —  Bow  — 

To  his  daughter-in-law  elect. 

Mm  In  a  fatherly  kind  of  way 

I  govern  each  tribe  and  sect, 
All  cheerfully  own  my  sway  — 

KAT.  Except  his  daughter-in-law  elect! 

As  tough  as  a  bone, 
With  a  will  of  her  own, 
Is  his  daughter-in-law  elect! 

Mix  My  nature  is  love  and  light  — 

My  freedom  from  all  defect  — 

EAT.  Is  insignificant  quite, 

Compared  with  his  daughter-in-law 

Bow  —  Bow  — 
To  his  daughter-in-law  elect  I 

B*w  —  Bow  — 
To  his  daughter-in-law  elect  I 

SONG.  —  MIKAPO 

A  more  humane  Mikado  never 
Did  In  Japan  exist, 

To  nobody  second, 

I  'm  certainly  reckoned 
A  true  philanthropist. 
It  la  my  very  humane  endeavor 
To  make  to  some  extent, 

Each  evil  liver 

A  running  river 
Of  harmless  merriment. 

My  object  all  sublime 
I  shall  achieve  in  time  — 
To  let  the  punishment  fit  the  crta»e  - 
The  punishme  'm»  — 


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And  make  each  prisoner  peat 
Unwillingly  represent 
4  source  of  innocent  merriment, 
Of  Innocent  merriment. 

411  prosy  dull  society  sinners 
Who  chatter  and  bleat  and  bore. 

Are  sent  to  hear  sermons 

From  mystical  Germans 
Who  preach  from  ten  to  four. 
The  amateur  tenor,  whose  vocal 
All  desire  to  shirk, 

Shall,  during  off- hours. 

Exhibit  his  powers 
To  Madame  Tussaud's  wax-work. 

The  lady  who  dies  a  chemical  yellow 
Or  stains  her  gray  hair  puce, 
Or  pinches  her  figger, 
Is  blacked  like  a  nigger 
With  permanent  walnut  Juice. 
The  idiot  who,  in  railway  carriage*, 
Scribbles  on  window  panes. 
We  only  suffer 
To  ride  on  a  buffer 
!n  parliamentary  trains. 

My  object  all  sublime,  etc. 

The  advertising  quack  who  wearies 
With  tales  of  countless  cures. 

His  teeth  I  'v«  enacted, 

Shall  all  be  extracted 
By  terrified  amateurs. 
The  music-hall  singer  attends  a  series 
Of  masses  and  fugues  and  "  opp*  " 

By  Bach  interwoven 

With  Spohr  and  Beethoven. 
At  classical  Monday  Pops. 

The  billiard  sharp,  whom  any  one  catch**, 
His  doom 's  extremely  hard  — 

He's  made  to  dwell. 

In  a  dungeon  cell 
On  a  spot  that's  always  barred. 
And  there  he  plays  extravagant  matches 
In  fltless  finger  stalls 

On  a  cloth  unirue 

With  a  twls'cd  cue, 
And  elliptical  billiard  balls! 

My  object  all  sublime,  etc. 

(Enter  POOH-BAH,  who  handt  a  paper  to  Ko-Ko.) 

JU>.  I  am  honored  In  being  permitted  to  welcome  your  Majesty, 
[fuess  the  object  of  your  Majesty's  visit, —your  wishes  have  bee* 
attended  to.  The  execution  has  taken  place. 


3* 

Mix.    Oh,  you're  had  an  execution,  hare  you? 

Kb.    The  coroner  has  just  handed  me  his  certificate. 

POOH.    I  am  the  Coroner.     (Ko-Ko  hands  certificate  to  MIKADO.) 

Mix  (Reads).  "  At  Titipu,  in  the  presence  of  the  Lord  Chancellor, 
Lord  Chief  Justice,  Attorney-General,  Secretary  of  State  for  the  HOOM 
Department,  Lord  Mayor  and  Groom  of  the  Second  Floor  Front." 

POOH.  They  were  all  present,  your  Majesty.  I  counted  them  my 
•elf. 

MIK.  Very  good  house.  I  wish  I'd  been  in  time  for  the 
performance. 

Ko.  A  tough  fellow  he  was,  too,  —  a  man  of  gigantic  strength ;  kif 
struggle*  were  terrific.  It  was  really  a  remarkable  scene. 

TRIO.  —  Ko-Ko,  Prrn-SiNG  and  POOH-BAH. 

Ko.  The  criminal  cried,  as  he  dropped  him  down. 

In  a  state  of  wild  alarm ; 
With  a  frightful,  frantic,  fearful  frown 

I  bared  my  big  right  arm. 
I  seized  him  by  his  little  pig-tail, 

And  on  his  knees  fell  he, 

As  he  squirmed  and  straggled 

And  gurgled  and  guggled, 
I  drew  my  snickersnee ! 

Oh  never  shall  I 

Forget  the  cry, 
Or  the  shriek  that  shrieked  a«, 

As  I  gnashed  my  teeth, 

When  from  its  sheath 
I  drew  my  snickersnee. 

CHOBUS. 

We  know  him  well, 

He  cannot  tell 
Untrue  or  groundless  tales , 

He  always  tries 

To  utter  lies, 
And  every  time  he  fails. 

Prm-8iHO.     He  shivered  and  shook  as  he  gave  the  siga 

For  the  stroke  he  didn't  deserve ; 
When  ail  of  a  sadden  his  eye  met  mine, 

And  it  seemed  to  brace  his  nerve, 
For  he  nodded  his  head  and  kissed  hie  hand 
And  he  whistled  an  air,  did  he ! 

As  the  sabre  true 

Cut  cleanly  through 
His  servical  vertebrae ! 

When  a  man's  afraid, 

A  beautiful  maid 
!•  a  cheering  sight  to  see 

And  its  oh,  I'm  glad. 

That  moment  sad 
WM  soothed  by  sight  of  m*  i 


CKQBBft. 

Her  terrible  tale 

Too  cant  assail. 
With  troth  It  quite  agrees . 

Her  taste  exact 

For  faultle.sH  fact 
Amounts  to  a  disease. 

Now  though  you'd  have  said  that  head  was 

(For  its  owner  dead  was  he), 
It  stood  on  its  neck  with  a  smile  well  bred, 

And  bowed  three  times  to  me  I 
It  was  none  of  your  Impudent  off-hand  nod*. 
But  as  humble  as  could  be. 
For  it  clt  arly  knew 
The  deference  due 
To  a  man  of  pedigree ! 
And  its  oh.  I  TOW, 
This  deathly  bow 
Waa  a  touching  sight  to  see ; 
Though  trunkless,  yet 
It  couldn't  forget 
Tho  deference  due  to  me  J 

CHORUS. 

This  haughty  youth 
He  speaks  the  truth 
Whenever  he  finds  it  pays, 
And  in  this  case 
It  all  took  place 
Exactly  as  he  says  I  [Exeunt  CHOBUS. 

Mix.  All  this  is  very  Interesting,  and  I  should  like  to  hare  seen  it. 
But  we  came  about  a  totally  different  matter.  A  year  ago  my  son,  the 
heir  to  the  throne  of  Japan,  bolted  from  our  imperial  court. 

Ko.  Indeed?  Had  he  any  reason  to  be  dissatisfied  with  his  posi- 
tion? 

KAT.  None  whatever.  On  the  contrary,  I  wan  going  to  marry  him 
—  yet  he  fled  I 

POOH.    I  am  surprised  that  he  should  have  fled  from  one  so  lovely  I 

KAT.  That 's  not  true.  Ton  hold  that  1  am  not  beautiful  because 
my  face  is  plain.  But  you  know  nothing;  you  are  still  unenlightened. 
Learn,  then,  that  it  is  not  in  the  lace  alone  that  beauty  is  to  be  sought. 
But  I  have  a  left  shoulder-blade  that  is  a  miracle  of  loveliness.  Peo- 
ple come  miles  to  see  it.  My  right  elbow  has  a  fascination  that  few 
can  resist.  It  is  on  view  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  on  presentation  of 
visit  ing  card.  As  for  my  circulation,  it  is  the  largest  in  the  world. 
Observe  this  ear. 

Ko.    Large. 

KAT.  Large?  Enormous!  But  think  of  its  delicate  Internal 
mechanism.  It  is  fraught  with  beauty]  As  for  this  tooth,  it  almost 
rtsnili  alone.  Many  have  tried  to  draw  it,  but  in  vain. 


A4 

Ko.     And  yet  he  fled ! 

Mix.     And  Is  now  masquerading  in  this  town,  disguised  M  a 
trombone. 

Ko.        ) 

POOH.  >  A  second  trombone ! 

Pirn.    J 

MIK.     Yes ;  would  it  be  troubling  yon  too  much  If  I  asked  you  to 
produce  him?    He  goes  by  the  name  of  Nanki-Poo. 
Ko.     Oh,  no ;  not  at  all  —  only  — 
MIK.    Tes? 

Ko.     It 's  rather  awkward,  but  In  point  of  fact,  he  *s  gone  abroad ! 
MIK.    Gone  abroad !    His  address  1 
Ko.     Knightsbridge ! 

KAT.     ( Who  is  reading  certificate  of  death.)     Ha  I 
Mm.     What 's  the  matter? 

KAT.  See  here  —  his  name  —  Nanki-Poo  —  beheaded  this  morning. 
Oh,  where  shall  I  find  another!  Where  shall  I  find  another? 

(Ko-Ko,  POOH-BAH,   and  Prrri-SiNO,  fall  on  their  knee».) 

MIK.  (Looking  at  paper.)  Dear,  dear,  dear;  this  is  very  tiresome. 
(To  Ko-Ko.)  My  poor  fellow,  In  your  anxiety  to  carry  out  my  wishes, 
you  have  beheaded  the  heir  to  the  throne  of  Japan ! 

C  Ko.     But  I  assure  you  we  had  no  idea  — 
Together.    2  POOH.     But.  indeed,  we  didn't  know  — 

(  PITTI.     We  really  had  n't  the  least  notion  — 

MIK.  Of  course  you  hadn't.  How  could  you?  Come,  come,  my 
good  fellow,  don't  distress  yourself —  it  was  no  fault  of  yours.  If  • 
man  of  exalted  rank  chooses  to  disguise  himself  as  a  second  trom- 
bone, he  must  take  the  consequences.  It  really  distresses  me  to  se* 
you  take  on  so.  I  've  no  doubt  he  thoroughly  deserved  all  he  got. 
(They  rise.} 

Ko.     We  are  Infinitely  obliged  to  your  Majesty  — 

MIK.     Obliged?  not  a  bit.     Don't  mention  it.     How  could  you  tellT 

POOH.  No,  of  course  we  could  n't  know  that  he  was  the  Heir- 
Apparent. 

Pirn.     It  was  n't  written  on  his  forehead,  you  know. 

Ko.  It  might  have  been  on  his  pocket  handkerchief,  bnt  Japanese 
don't  use  pocket  handkerchiefs !  Ha  I  ha !  ha  I 

Mnr.  Hal  ha!  ha!  (To  KAT.)  I  forget  the  punishment  for  com* 
passing  the  death  of  the  Heir-Apparent. 

Ko.         ) 

POOH.     >         Punishment!     (They  drop  down  on  their  knees  again., 
Pirn,    j 

MIK.  Yes.  Something  lingering,  with  boiling  oil  In  It,  I  fancy. 
Something  of  that  sort  I  think  boiling  oil  occurs  in  it,  but  I'm  not 


•ore.  I  know  it*  something  humorous,  bat  lingering,  with  •Ithw 
boiling  oil  or  melted  lead.  Come,  come,  dont  fret  —  I'm  not  a  Ml 
angry. 

Ko.  (In  abject  terror.)  If  yonr  majesty  will  accept  oar  sirimrsiui. 
we  had  no  Idea  — 

MIK.  Of  course  you  had  n't.  That 's  the  pathetic  part  of  it.  Unfor- 
tunately the  fool  of  an  act  says  "compassing  the  death  of  the  Heir- 
Apparent."  There 's  not  a  word  about  a  mistake,  or  not  knowing,  or 
having  no  notion.  There  should  be,  of  course,  but  there  Un"V 
That 's  the  slovenly  way  in  which  these  acts  are  drawn.  However, 
cheer  up,  It  '11  be  all  right.  I  '11  have  it  altered  next  session. 

Ko.     What 's  the  good  of  that? 

MIK.  Now  let 's  see.  Will  after  luncheon  suit  you?  Can  yon  wait 
till  then? 

Ko.,  PTTTI,  and  POOH.     Oh,  yes,  we  can  wait  till  then  I 

Mix.  Then  we  '11  make  it  after  luncheon.  I  'm  really  very  sorry  for 
you  all,  bat  It's  an  unjust  world,  and  virtue  is  triumphant  only  IB 
theatrical  performances. 

OLKK 
MIKADO,  KATISUA,  Ko-Ko,  POOH-BAH,  and  Prrn-8iK». 

Mix.  and  KAT.          See  how  the  Fates  their  gifts  allot. 
For  A  is  happy  —  B  Is  not. 
Yet  15  is  worthy,  I  dare  say, 
Of  more  prosperity  than  A ! 

K.O.,  POOH,  and  Prrn.     7s  B  more  worthy? 

MIK.  and  KAT.  1  should  say 

He  's  worth  a  great  deal  more  than  A. 

Yet  A  is  happy ! 

Oh,  so  happy  I 
Laughing,  Ha!  ha! 
ENSKHBLK.  Chaffing,  Ha!  ha! 

Nectar  quaffing,  Hal  ha  I  ha  ha! 
Ever  joyous,  ever  gay, 
Happy,  undeserving  A ! 

Ko.,  POOH,  and  Prrn.     If  I  were  fortune  —  which  I  'm  »o*  — 
B  should  enjoy  A's  happy  lot. 
And  A  should  die  in  miserie 
That  Is  assuming  I  am  B 

MIK    and  KAT.        But  should  A  perish? 

Ko,  POOH,  and  Pirn.    That  should  be. 

(Of  course,  assuming  I  am  B.) 
B  should  be  happy  I 

Oh,  so  happy ! 
Laughing,  Ha!  hal 
Chaffing,  Ha!  ha! 
Nectar  quaffing,  Ha!  hat  ha!  h*< 
Bat  condemned  to  die  Is  he, 
Wretched,  meritorious  B I 

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Ko.  Well  I  a  nlc«  mess  yon  've  got  us  Into,  with  your  nodding  head 
and  the  deference  due  to  a  man  of  pedigree ! 

POOH.  Merely  corroborative  detail,  Intended  to  give  artistic  veri- 
similitude to  a  bald  and  unconvincing  narrative. 

Pirn.  —  Corroborative  detail  Indeed !    Corroborative  fiddlestick  I 

Ko.  And  you  're  just  as  bad  as  be  is,  with  your  cock-and-a-bnll 
stories  about  catching  his  eye,  and  his  whistling  an  air.  But  that  'a  so 
like  yon  I  You  must  put  in  your  oar  I 

POOH.     But  how  abont  your  big  right  arm  ? 
Pirn     Yes,  and  your  snickersee ! 

Ko.  Well,  well,  never  mind  that  now.  There  's  only  one  thing  to 
be  done.  Nanki-Poo  has  n't  started  yet  —  he  must  come  to  life  again  at 
once.  ( Enter  NANKI-PO  and  YUM-YUM  prepared  for  journey).  Here  h« 
comes.  Here,  Nanki-Poo,  1  've  good  news  for  you.  You  're  reprieved. 

NANK.  Oh,  hut  it 's  too  late.  I  *m  a  dead  man,  and  I  'in  off  for  my 
honeymoon. 

Ko.  Nonsense.  A  terrible  thing  has  just  happened.  It  seems 
you  're  the  son  of  the  Mikado. 

NANK.     Yes,  but  that  happened  some  time  ago. 

Ko.  Is  this  a  time  for  airy  persiflage?  Your  father  is  here,  and 
with  Katisha! 

NANK.    My  father !     And  with  Katisha ! 

Ko.    Yes,  he  wants  you  particularly. 

POOH.    So  does  she. 

YUM.    Oh,  but  he  '8  married  now. 

Ko.    But,  bless  my  heart  what  has  that  to  do  with  it? 

NANK.  Katisha  claims  me  In  marriage,  but  I  can't  marry  her, 
because  I  *m  married  already ;  consequently,  she  will  insist  on  my 
execution,  and  If  I'm  executed,  my  wife  will  have  to  be  burl**1 
alive. 

YUM.    You  see  our  difficulty. 

Ko.    Yes,  I  dont  know  what 's  to  be  done. 

NANK.  There 's  one  chance  for  yon.  If  you  could  persuade  Katisha 
to  marry  you  she  would  have  no  further  claim  on  me,  and  in  that 
CMC  I  could  come  to  life  without  any  fear  of  being  put  to  death. 

Ko.     I  marry  Katisha ! 

YUM.     I  really  think  it 's  the  only  course. 

Ko.  But,  my  good  girl,  have  yon  seen  herT  She's  something 
appalling ! 

Pirn.  Ah,  that 's  only  her  face.  She  has  a  left  elbow  which  people 
come  miles  to  see ! 

POOH.  I  am  told  that  her  right  heel  Is  much  admired  by  con- 
noisseurs. 

Ko.    My  good  sir,  I  decline  to  pin  my  heart  upon  any  lady's  right 


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It  comes  to  this  :  While  Katisha  Li  single,  I  prefer  to  •»  • 
disembodied  spirit.  When  Katimha  is  men-led,  existence  will  to  •* 
welcome  aa  the  flowers  in  spring. 

Don. 

NANH-POO  and  Ko-Ko 

NAKK         The  flowers  that  bloom  In  the  spring, 

tra  la, 

Breathe  promise  of  merry  sunshine, 
As  we  merrily  dance  and  sing, 

tra  la, 
We  welcome  the  hope  that  they  bring, 

tra  la, 

Of  a  summer  of  roses  and  wine  ; 
And  that  's  what  we  mean  when  we  say  that  a 
Is  welcome  as  flowers  that  bloom  in  the  spring. 
Tra  la  la  la  la  la,  etc. 

Aix.  And  that  's  what  we  mean,  etc. 

Ko  The  flowers  that  bloom  in  the  spring, 

Tra  la, 

Have  nothing  to  do  with  the  case. 
I  've  got  to  take  an  tier  my  wing, 

Tra  la, 
A  most  unattractive  old  thing, 

Tra  la, 

With  a  caricature  of  a  face  ; 
And  that's  what  I  mean  when  1  say,  or  I  sing, 
"  Oh,  bother  the  flowers  that  bloom  in  the  spring  t  * 

Tra  la  la  la  la  la,  etc, 

Au.     And  that's  what  he  means  when  he  ventures  to  sing,  etc. 
(Dance  an  J  exeunt  NAinn-Poo,  YuM-TuM,  POOH-BAH,  and  Pm». 

SlNO  ) 

Enter  KATIBHA. 
RBCTTATIVK. 

Alone,  and  yet  alive  I     Oh,  sepulchre  I 
My  soul  is  still  my  body's  prisoner  I 
Remote  tin  peace  that  Death  alone  can  glT«, 
My  doom,  to  wait  1  my  punishment  to  live  ' 

BOMk 

Hearts  do  not  break  ! 
They  sting  and  ache 
For  old  sake's  sake, 

Bat  do  not  die  ! 
Though  with  each  breath 
They  long  for  death, 
Aswltnesseth 

The  living  II 

Oh,  living  It 

Cone,  tell  BM  why  t 


When  hope  ia  gone 
Dost  thou  stay  OB? 
Why  linger  here, 
Where  all  Is  drear  i 
May  not  a  cheated  maiden  die? 

Ko.     (Approaching  her  timidly.)     Katisha? 

KAT.    The  miscreant  who  robbed  me  of  my  lore  I     Bat 
parsaes ;  they  are  heating  the  cauldron  1 

Ko.    Katisha,  behold  a  suppliant  at  your  feet  1    Katisha,  mercy ! 

KAT.  Mercy  ?  Had  you  mercy  on  him  ?  See  here,  you  I  You  bar* 
•lain  my  love.  He  did  not  love  me,  but  he  would  have  loved  me  in  time. 
I  am  an  acquired  taste,  only  the  educated  palate  can  appreciate  me. 
I  was  educating  his  palate  when  he  left  me.  Well,  he  is  dead,  and 
where  shall  I  find  another?  It  takes  years  to  train  a  man  to  love  me; 
am  I  to  go  through  the  weary  round  again,  and  at  the  same  time  im- 
plore mercy  for  you  who  robbed  me  of  my  prey  —  I  mean  my  pupil  — 
just  as  his  education  was  on  the  point  of  completion?  Oh,  where  shall 
I  find  another? 

Ko.     (Suddenly  and  with  great  vehemence.)     Here  I     Here  1 
KAT.     What !  I ! 

Ko.  (With  intense  passion.)  Katisha,  for  years  I  have  loved  you 
with  a  white-hot  passion,  that  is  slowly  but  surely  consuming  my  very 
vitals !  Ah,  shrink  not  from  me  I  If  there  is  aught  of  woman's  mercy 
in  your  heart,  turn  not  away  from  a  lovesick  suppliant,  whose  every 
fibre  thrills  at  your  tiniest  touch  !  True  it  is,  that,  under  a  poor  mask 
of  disgust,  I  have  endeavored  to  conceal  a  passion  whose  inner  fires 
are  broiling  the  soul  within  me.  But  the  fire  will  not  be  smothered, 
it  defies  all  attempts  at  extinction ;  and,  breaking  forth  all  the  more 
eagerly  for  its  long  restraint,  it  declares  itself  in  words  that  will  not 
oe  weighed,  that  cannot  be  schooled,  that  should  not  be  too  severely 
criticised.  Katisha,  I  dare  not  hope  for  your  love,  but  I  will  not  live 
without  it ! 

KAT.  You,  whose  hands  still  reek  with  the  blood  of  my  betrothed, 
dare  to  address  words  of  passion  to  the  woman  yon  have  so  foully 
wronged  1 

Ko.     I  do ;  accept  my  love,  or  1  perish  on  the  spot. 

KAT.  Go  to  1  Who  knows  so  well  as  I  that  no  one  ever  yet  die*  at 
i  broken  heart ! 

Ko.    You  know  not  what  you  say.    Listen  I 

SONG.  —  Ko-Ko. 

On  a  tree,  by  a  river,  a  little  tom-tlt 

Sang  "  Willow,  titwillow,  titwillow  1 " 
And  I  said  to  him,  "  Dicky-bird,  why  do  yon  lit 

Slnginf  'Willow,  titwillow,  titwillow'f 
"  !•  It  weakness  of  Intellect,  birdie?"  I  cried, 
••  Or  a  rather  tough  worm  in  your  little  inside t" 
with  a  shake  of  his  poor  little  head,  he  replied, 
44  Oh  willow,  titwillow.  titwillow  I  " 


at 

Me  flapped  at  hit  chest,  as  he  sat  on  that  bough, 

Singing  «•  Willow,  titwillow,  titwillow  I - 
And  a  cold  perspiration  bespangled  his  brow. 

Oh  willow,  titwillow,  titwillowl 
He  sobbed  and  he  sighed,  and  a  gurgle  he  gave, 
Then  he  threw  himself  into  the  billowy  wave, 
And  an  echo  arose  from  the  suicide's  grave  — 
"  Oh  willow,  titwillow,  titwillow !" 

Now  I  feel  just  as  sure  as  I  'in  sure  that  my  name 

Is  n't  Willow,  titwillow,  titwillow, 
That 't  was  blighted  affection  that  made  him  exclaim, 

Oh  willow,  titwillow,  titwillow  ! " 
And  if  you  remain  callous  and  obdurate,  I 
Shall  perish  as  he  did,  and  you  will  know  why, 
Though  I  probably  shall  not  exclaim  as  I  die, 
Oh  willow,  titwillow,  titwillow !  " 

{ During  tkit  tong  KATISHA  has  be^n  greatly  affected,  and  at  tin  end  it 
almoxt  in  teart.) 

KAT.     (  Whimpering. )     Did  he  really  die  of  love? 

Ko.    He  really  did. 

KAT.     All  on  account  of  a  cruel  little  hen? 

Ko.     Yes. 

RAT.     Poor  little  chap  1 

Ko.     It's  an  affecting  tale,  and  quite  true.    I  knew  the  bird  inti- 
mately. 

KAT.    Did  you?    He  must  have  been  very  fond  of  her  I 
Ko.    His  devotion  was  something  extraordinary. 

KAT.     (Still  whimpering.)     Poor  little  chap !     And  — and  if  I  refus* 
you,  will  you  go  and  do  the  same? 

Ko.     At  once. 

KAT.     No*,  no  —  you  musn'tl     Anything   but   that  I     (Fallt   on   kit 
Breast.)    Oh,  I  'm  a  silly  little  goose ! 

Ko.     (Making  a  wry  face.)     Yon  are ! 

KAT.     And  you  wo  n't  hate  me  because  I  'm  just  a  little   t»«»ey . 
weeney  wee  bit  bloodthirsty,  will  you  ? 

Ko.    Hate  you?    Oh,  Katisha!  is  there  not  beauty  even  IB  bloo* 
tklrstlBMS? 

KAT.    My  Idea  exactly. 

DCBT.  —  Ko-Ko  and  KATISHA. 

KAT.  There  is  beauty  in  the  bellow  of  the  blast, 

There  is  grandeur  in  the  growling  of  the  gate, 
There  is  eloquent  out-pouring 
When  the  lion  is  a- roaring, 
And  the  tiger  is  a-lashing  of  his  tall  > 


40 

le  Tea,  I  like  to  see  a  tiger 

From  the  Congo  or  the  Niger, 
And  especially  when  lashing  of  hi*  tell  I 

KAT.  Volcanoes  hare  a  splendor  that  is  grim, 

And  earthquakes  only  terrify  the  dotte ; 

Bat  to  him  who 's  scientific 

There  'a  nothing  that 's  terrific 
IB  the  falling  of  a  flight  of  thunderbolt*! 

Eo.  Tea,  in  spite  of  all  my  meekneM, 

If  I  have  a  little  weakness, 
It '»  a  passion  for  a  flight  of  thunderbolt*  I 

BOTH  If  that  is  so, 

Sing  derry,  down  derry  I 
It's  evident,  very, 

Our  tastes  are  oae. 
Away  we  '11  go, 

And  merrily  marry, 
Nor  tardily  tarry, 
Till  day  is  done ! 

Ko  There  Is  beauty  in  extreme  old  age  — 

Do  you  fancy  you  are  elderly  enough  t 
Information  I  'm  requesting 
On  a  subject  interesting : 
Is  a  maiden  all  the  better  when  she  '•  tough? 

KAT.  Throughout  this  wide  dominion 

It 's  the  general  opinion 
That  she  '11  last  a  good  deal  longer  when  the  '• 

Ko.  Are  you  old  enough  to  marry,  do  you  think? 

Wont  you  wait  till  you  are  eighty  in  the  •hade? 
There's  a  fascination  frantic 
In  a  ruin  that's  romantic ; 
Do  you  think  you  are  sufficiently  decayed  ? 

CAT.  To  the  matter  that  you  mention 

I  have  given  some  attention, 
And  1  think  I  am  sufficiently  decayed. 

SOTS,  If  that  is  so, 

Sing  deny,  down  derry  I 
It's  evident,  very, 

Our  tastes  are  one  I 
Away  we'll  go, 
And  merrily  marry, 
Nor  tardily  tarry 
Till  day  Is  done  I  [JBtemrt  tef**** 


Enter  the  MIKADO,  attended  by  PwH-TxrsH  and  Cowl 

Ma.    Now,  then,  we've  had  a  capital  lunch,  and  we're  quite 
Havtt  all  the  painful  preparations  been  made  ? 


41 

Pm.     Tour  Majesty,  all  Is  prepared. 

•inc.  Then  produce  the  unfortunate  gentleman  MM!  hi*  two  well 
waning  bat  misguided  accomplices. 

Enter  Ko-Ko,  KATUHA,  POOH-BAH  and  Prrn-8iNO      They  throw  them 
»rlvf.»  at  the  MIK  ADO'S  feet. 

KAT.  Mercy!  Mercy  for  Ko-Ko  t  Mercy  for  Pitti-Sing!  Mercy 
eren  for  Pooh-Bah  t 

Mix.    I  beg  your  pardon,  I  don't  think  I  quite  caught  that  remark. 

KAT.  Mercy  I  My  husband,  that  was  to  have  been,  Is  dead,  and  I 
have  just  married  this  miserable  object. 

MIK.     Oh  I  You're  not  been  long  about  it  t 
Ko.    We  were  married  before  the  Registrar  1 
POOH.    7  am  the  Registrar. 

MIK.  I  see.  But  my  difficulty  is  that,  as  yon  hare  slain  the  Heir 
Apparent  — 

Enter  NANX-POO  and  Tun-Tun.     They  kneel.     • 

NAKK.    The  Heir-Apparent  is  not  slain. 

Mix.     Bless  my  heart,  my  son  ! 

YUM.    And  your  daughter-in-law  elected  ! 

KAT.     (Setting  Ko-Ko.)     Traitor,  you  hare  deceived  me  I 

MIK.  Tes,  you  are  entitled  to  a  little  explanation,  but  I  think  he 
will  give  it  better  whole  thau  in  pieces. 

Ko.  Tour  Majesty,  it's  like  this.  It  is  true  that  I  stated  that  I  hao 
killed  Nanki-Poo  — 

Mix.    Tes,  with  most  affecting  narUrmlars. 

POOH.  Merely  corroborative  detail  Intended  to  give  vert-similitude 
to  a  bald  and  — 

Ko.  Will  you  refrain  from  putting  in  your  oarl  (To  MIR.)  It's 
like  this  :  when  your  Majesty  says,  "  Let  a  thing  be  done,"  it's  as  good 
as  done,  —  practically,  it  is  done.  —  **ecause  your  Majesty's  will  is  law. 
Tour  Majesty  says,  "  Kill  a  gentleman,"  and  a  gentleman  is  told  off  to 
be  killed.  Consequently,  that  gentleman  is  as  good  as  dead;  practi- 
cally, he  is  dead,  and  if  he  is  dead,  why  not  say  so? 

MIK.     I  see.     Nothing  could  possibly  be  more  satisfactory  ! 

FtlfALB. 

Pirn.  For  he's  f  one  and  he's  nuurled  Turn-Turn  — 

Turn-Turn  ! 


Pirn.  Tour  anger  pray  bury, 

For  all  will  be  merry, 
I  thi«k  you  had  better  succumb  — 

Cumb  —  cu»»l 


Pirn.  And  Join  our  expressions  of  (lee  I 


&o.  Oa  this  subject,  I  prmy  you  be  dumb  — 

ALL  Dutb  —  dtatfei 

Ko  Your  notions,  though  many, 

Are  not  worth  a  penny, 
The  word  for  your  guidance  IB  "  Mom  "  — 

A_LI.  Mara  —  mam 

Ko.  You've  a  rery  good  bargain  in  me, 

YUM  and  NAITK.    The  threatened  cloud  has  passed  away, 
And  brightly  shines  the  dawning  day  ; 
What  though  the  sight  may  come  too 
We're  years  and  years  of  afternoon  ' 

SJLL  Then  let  the  throng 

Oar  joy  advance, 
With  laughing  song 
And  merry  dance, 

With  joyous  shout  and  ringing  m.tmi> 
our  new  career  I 


let 


HEARTS  DO  NOT  BREAK. 

Arr.  by  MACT 

Andante  moderate. 


Hearts  do  not  break  !     They  sting  and  ache     For 


old  love's  sake,  But  do  not  die!  Tho' with  each  breath     Thej 


long  for  death,  Ad  wit-nesseth  the  living    II      the  living    I! 


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Title  Text 

Af ricaine,  L'  /. 

Aida  /. 

*Amico  Fritz,  L'  (Friend 

Fritz)  7. 

Armide  F. 

Ballo  in  Maschera,  Un 

(The  Masked  Ball)       /. 
Barbe-Bleue  (Blue 

Beard)  F. 

Barbiere  di  Siviglia,  II 

(Barber  of  Seville)        /. 
Belle  Helene,  La  F. 

Bells  of  Corneville 

(Chimes  of  Normandy) 
*Billee  Taylor 
*Boccaccio 
Bohemian  Girl,  The 

do.  /. 

Carmen  F. 

do.  /. 

Cavalleria  Rusticana          /. 

Chimes  of  Normandy 

(Bells  of  Corneville) 
Cinderella  /. 

Contes  d'Hoffmann,  Les 

(Tales  of  Hoffmann)     F. 
Crispino  e  'a  Comare 

(The  Cobbler  and 

the  Fairy)  7. 

Crown  Diamonds,  The       F. 
Dame  Blanche,  La 
Damnation  of  Faust,  The    F. 
Dinorah  7. 

*Doctor  of  Alcantara,  The 


Composer 

Giacomo  Meyerbeer 
Giuseppe  Verdi 

Pietro  Mascagni 
C.  W.  von  Gluck 

Giuseppe  Verdi 
Jacques  Offenbach 

Gioacchino  A.  Rossini 
Jacques  Offenbach 

Robert  Planquette 

Edward  Solomon 

Franz  von  Suppe" 

Michael  Wm.  Balfe 

do. 
Georges  Bizet 

do. 
Pietro  Mascagni 

Robert  Planquelle 
Gioacchino  A.  Rossini 

Jacques  Offenbach 

Luigi  and  F.  Ricci 

D.  F.  E.  Auber 

F.  A.  Boieldieu 

Hector  Berlioz 

Giacomo  Meyerbeer 
Julhis  Eichberg 


Title 

Don  Giovanni 
Don  Pasquale 
*Dorothy 

Elisire  d'amore,  L' 
*Erminie 
Ernani 
Etoile  du  Nord,  L»  (The 

Star  of  the  North) 
Fatinitza 
Faust 

do. 

Favorita,  La 
Fidelio 

Figlia  del  Reggimento, 
La  (Daughter  of  the 
Regiment) 
Fille  de  Madame  Angot, 

La 
Flauto  Magico,  II  (The 

Magic  Flute) 
B  iedermaus,  Die  (The 

Bat) 

Fleur  de  The 
Flying  Dutchman,  The 

do. 

Fra  Diavolo 
Freischutz,  Der 
do. 

*Gillette  (La  Belle 
Coquette) 

Gioconda,  La 
Girofle-Girofla 
Gotterdammerung,  Die 


Text  Composer 

7.  W.  A.  Mozart 

7.  Gaetano  Donizetti 
Alfred  Ce  liter 

7.  Gaelano  Donizetti 

I.  Edward  Jakobowski 

7.  Gi^lseppe  Verdi 

7.  Giacomo  Meyerbeer 
Franz  von  Steppe 

F.  Charles  Gounod 
7.  do. 

I.  Gaetano  Donizetti 

G.  L.  van  Beethoven 


7.          Gaetano  Donizetti 

F.  Charles  Lecocq 
7.  W.  A.  Mozart 

G.  Johann  Strauss 

F.  F.  Herve  (Ranger) 

Richard  Wagner 

G.  do. 

I.  D.F.E.  Auber 

G.  Carl  Maria  von  Weber 
L  do. 

Edmond  Audran 
I.      Amilcare  Ponchielli 

F.  Charles  Lecocq 

G.  Richard  Wagner 


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Title 

Text                   Composer 

Title 

Text                   Composer 

Grand  Duchess  of 

Otello 

/.               Giuseppe  Verdi 

Gerolstein,  The 

F.        Jacques  Offenbach 

Pagliacci,  I 

I.                K.  Leoncavallo 

*Hamlet 

Ambroise  Thomas 

Parsifal 

G.           Richard  Wagner 

Jewess,  The 

I.         Jacques  F.  Hativy 

Pinafore  (H.M.S.) 

Sir  Ar/hur  S.  Sullivan 

Konigin  von  Saba 

Prophete,  Le 

1.        Giacomc  Meyerbeer 

(Queen  of  Sheba) 

G.            Karl  Goldmark 

Puritani,  I 

I.             Vincenzo  Bellini 

Lakme 

/.                      Le"o  Delibes 

Rheingold,  Das  (The 

Lily  of  Killarney,  The 

Sir  Jules  Benedict 

Rhinegold) 

G.          Richard  Wagner 

Linda  di  Chamounix 

/.          Gaetano  Donizetti 

Rigoletto 

/.               Giuseppe  Verdi 

*Little  Duke,  The 

Charles  Lecocq 

Robert  le  Diable 

1.        Giacomo  Meyerbeer 

Lohengrin 

G.          Richard  Wagner 

Romeo  et  Julietta 

F,             Charles  Gounod 

do. 

/.                        do. 

Romeo  e  Giulietta 

/.                        do. 

*Lovely  Galatea,  The 

Franz  von  Suppt 

Samson  et  Dalila 

F.     Camille  Saint-Saens 

Lucia  di  Lammermoor 

I.          Gaetano  Donizetti 

Semiramide 

I    Gioacchino  A.  Rossini 

Lucrezia  Borgia 

/.                         do. 

Siegfried 

G.          Richard  Wagner 

*Madame  Favart 

Jacques  Offenbach 

*Sleeping  Queen,  The 

Michael  Wm.  Balfe 

Manon 

F.              Jules  Massenet 

Sonnambula,  La 

1              Vincenzo  Bellini 

Maritana 

Wm.  Vincent  Wallace 

*  Sorcerer,  The 

Sir  Arthur  S.  Sullivan 

Marriage  of  Figaro 

/.                 W.  A.  Mozart 

*Spectre  Knight,  The 

Alfred  Cellier 

Martha 

I.   Friedrich  von  Flotow 

*Stradella 

Friedrich  von  Flotow 

*Mascot,  The 

Edmond  Audran 

Tannhauser 

G,         Richard  Wagner 

Meistersinger,  Die 
(The  Mastersingers) 

G.         Richard  Wagner 

Traviata,  La 

1,               Giuseppe  Verdi 

Mefistofele 

/.                  Arrigo  Boito 

Tristan  und  Isolde 

G.          Richard  Wagner 

Merry  Wives  of 

Trovatore,  11 

1               Giuseppe  Verdi 

Windsor,  The 

Otto  Nicolai 

Ugonotti,  Gli  (The 

Mignon 

J.          Ambroise  Thomas 

Huguenots) 

J.        Giacomo  Meyerbeer 

1        Mikado,  The 

Sir  Arthur  S.  Sullivan 

Verkaufte  Braut,  Die 

1      *Musketeers,  The 

Louis  Varney 

(The  Bartered  Bride) 

G.       Friedrich  Smetana 

I     *Nanon 

Richard  Gende 

Walkure,  Die 

G.         Richard  Wagner 

H       Norma 

/.             Vincenzo  Bellini 

William  Tell 

I.   Gioacchino  A.  Rossini 

1     "-Olivette 

Edmond  A  udran 

Zauberfl«te,  Die  (The 

I 
Orpheus 

C.  W.  von  Gluck 

Magic  Flute) 

G.              II'  A.  Mozart 

T  

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