D'oyly Carte Opera Company – I Am So Proud Lyrics – New Today Lyrics

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,
But family pride
Must be denied,
And set aside,
And mortified.

KO-KO:
My brain it teams
With endless schemes
Both good and new
For Titipu;
But if I flit,
The benefit
That I’d diffuse
The town would lose!
Now every man
To aid his clan
Should plot and plan
As best he can,

PISH-TUSH:
I heard one day
A gentleman say
That criminals who
Are cut in two
Can hardly feel
The fatal steel,
And so are slain
Without much pain.
If this is true,
It’s jolly for you;
Your courage screw
To bid us adieu,

KO-KO – POOH-BAH – PISH-TUSH
My brain it teams – I am so proud, – I heard one day
With endless schemes – If I allowed – A gentleman say
Both good and new – My family pride – That criminals
who
For Titipu; – To be my guide, – Are cut in two
But if I flit, – I’d volunteer – Can hardly feel
The benefit – To quit this sphere – The fatal steel,
That I’d diffuse – Instead of you – And so are slain
The town would lose! – In a minute or two, – Without

much pain.
Now every man – But family pride – If this is true,
To aid his clan – Must be denied, – It’s jolly for you;
Should plot and plan – And set aside, – Your courage
screw
As best he can, – And mortified. – To bid us adieu,

KO-KO: And so,
Although
I’m ready to go,
Yet recollect
‘Twere disrespect
Did I neglect
To thus effect
This aim direct,
So I object–

POOH-BAH: And so,
Although
I wish to go,
And greatly pine
To brightly shine,
And take the line
Of a hero fine,
With grief condign
I must decline–

PISH-TUSH: And go
And show
Both friend and foe
How much you dare.
I’m quite aware
It’s your affair,
Yet I declare
I’d take your share,
But I don’t much care–

KO-KO – POOH-BAH – PISH-TUSH
I object– I must decline– But I don’t much care–
So I object– I must decline– I don’t much care–
So I object– I must decline– I don’t much care–

ALL: To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
[Exeunt Pooh. and Pish.