Song Description
By modernizing the score to HMS Pinafore I hope to open the door to the absurd kookiness of Gilbert's book and lyrics for a whole new generation of audiences, designers, choreographers, and directors.
Jeffrey Johnson - Captain Corcoran; Brian Dougherty - Ralph; Molly Davey - Josephine. All instrumental tracks by Thad Wheeler.
Molly and Jeffrey recorded December 27, 2015; and Brian recorded March, 2016 at MP Kuo Studio,NYC, MP Kuo engineer.
| Song Length |
1:32 |
Genre |
Unique - Unclassified |
Lyrics
Pretty daughter, daughter of mine,
I insist, insist upon knowing
where you may be going
with these sons of the brine.
For my excellent, excellent crew
Tho' foes they could thump any
Are scarcely fit company,
My daughter for you.
No hark, hark at that, do!
Tho' foes we could thump any
Are scarcely fit company
For a lady like you.
Proud officer, that haughty lip uncurl,
Vain man suppress that supercilious sneer,
For I have dared to love your matchless girl,
A fact well known to all my messmates here.
Oh, God!
He (I) humble, poor, and lowly born,
The meanest in the port division,
The butt of epauletted scorn,
The mark of quarterdeck derision,
Has dared to raise his (my) eyes above the dust
To which you'd mould him,
In manhood's glorious pride to rise,
He is an American, behold him!
He is an American man!