The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty), Act I: When Frederic was a little lad (Ruth) Lyrics

Song	The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty), Act I: When Frederic was a little lad (Ruth)
Artist	Sir Malcolm Sargent
Album	Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
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[00:06.93]	RUTH
[00:07.46]	When Frederic was a little lad
[00:11.14]	he proved so brave and daring,
[00:14.58]	His father thought he'd 'prentice him to some career seafaring.
[00:22.24]	I was, alas!
[00:23.50]	his nurs'rymaid,
[00:25.46]	and so it fell to my lot
[00:28.86]	To take and bind the promising boy apprentice to a pilot --
[00:37.26]	A life not bad for a hardy lad,
[00:41.47]	though surely not a high lot,
[00:45.26]	Though I'm a nurse,
[00:47.68]	you might do worse than make your boy a pilot.
[00:53.68]	music
[00:59.93]	I was a stupid nurs'rymaid,
[01:03.36]	on breakers always steering,
[01:06.75]	And I did not catch the word aright,
[01:11.05]	through being hard of hearing;
[01:14.15]	Mistaking my instructions,
[01:16.08]	which within my brain did gyrate,
[01:20.46]	I took and bound this promising boy apprentice to a pirate.
[01:29.71]	A sad mistake it was to make and doom him to a vile lot.
[01:37.80]	I bound him to a pirate -- you!
[01:43.54]	-- instead of to a pilot.
[01:53.45]	I soon found out,
[01:55.33]	beyond all doubt,
[01:57.05]	the scope of this disaster,
[02:00.43]	But I hadn't the face to return to my place,
[02:03.86]	and break it to my master.
[02:07.40]	A nurs'rymaid is not afraid of what you people call work,
[02:14.52]	So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work.
[02:23.30]	And that is how you find me now,
[02:28.10]	a member of your shy lot,
[02:32.08]	Which you wouldn't have found,
[02:34.22]	had he been bound apprentice to a pilot.
[02:40.25]	Lyric by WeChat：chuanxi6

[00:06.93]	RUTH
[00:07.46]	When Frederic was a little lad
[00:11.14]	he proved so brave and daring,
[00:14.58]	His father thought he' d ' prentice him to some career seafaring.
[00:22.24]	I was, alas!
[00:23.50]	his nurs' rymaid,
[00:25.46]	and so it fell to my lot
[00:28.86]	To take and bind the promising boy apprentice to a pilot
[00:37.26]	A life not bad for a hardy lad,
[00:41.47]	though surely not a high lot,
[00:45.26]	Though I' m a nurse,
[00:47.68]	you might do worse than make your boy a pilot.
[00:53.68]	music
[00:59.93]	I was a stupid nurs' rymaid,
[01:03.36]	on breakers always steering,
[01:06.75]	And I did not catch the word aright,
[01:11.05]	through being hard of hearing
[01:14.15]	Mistaking my instructions,
[01:16.08]	which within my brain did gyrate,
[01:20.46]	I took and bound this promising boy apprentice to a pirate.
[01:29.71]	A sad mistake it was to make and doom him to a vile lot.
[01:37.80]	I bound him to a pirate you!
[01:43.54]	instead of to a pilot.
[01:53.45]	I soon found out,
[01:55.33]	beyond all doubt,
[01:57.05]	the scope of this disaster,
[02:00.43]	But I hadn' t the face to return to my place,
[02:03.86]	and break it to my master.
[02:07.40]	A nurs' rymaid is not afraid of what you people call work,
[02:14.52]	So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maidofallwork.
[02:23.30]	And that is how you find me now,
[02:28.10]	a member of your shy lot,
[02:32.08]	Which you wouldn' t have found,
[02:34.22]	had he been bound apprentice to a pilot.
[02:40.25]	Lyric by WeChat: chuanxi6

[00:06.93]	RUTH
[00:07.46]	When Frederic was a little lad
[00:11.14]	he proved so brave and daring,
[00:14.58]	His father thought he' d ' prentice him to some career seafaring.
[00:22.24]	I was, alas!
[00:23.50]	his nurs' rymaid,
[00:25.46]	and so it fell to my lot
[00:28.86]	To take and bind the promising boy apprentice to a pilot
[00:37.26]	A life not bad for a hardy lad,
[00:41.47]	though surely not a high lot,
[00:45.26]	Though I' m a nurse,
[00:47.68]	you might do worse than make your boy a pilot.
[00:53.68]	music
[00:59.93]	I was a stupid nurs' rymaid,
[01:03.36]	on breakers always steering,
[01:06.75]	And I did not catch the word aright,
[01:11.05]	through being hard of hearing
[01:14.15]	Mistaking my instructions,
[01:16.08]	which within my brain did gyrate,
[01:20.46]	I took and bound this promising boy apprentice to a pirate.
[01:29.71]	A sad mistake it was to make and doom him to a vile lot.
[01:37.80]	I bound him to a pirate you!
[01:43.54]	instead of to a pilot.
[01:53.45]	I soon found out,
[01:55.33]	beyond all doubt,
[01:57.05]	the scope of this disaster,
[02:00.43]	But I hadn' t the face to return to my place,
[02:03.86]	and break it to my master.
[02:07.40]	A nurs' rymaid is not afraid of what you people call work,
[02:14.52]	So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maidofallwork.
[02:23.30]	And that is how you find me now,
[02:28.10]	a member of your shy lot,
[02:32.08]	Which you wouldn' t have found,
[02:34.22]	had he been bound apprentice to a pilot.
[02:40.25]	Lyric by WeChat: chuanxi6

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