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The Mikado (02/03/1942 - 03/14/1942)
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
ACT 1
Song List Sung By
If You Want to Know Who We Are  Chorus of Men
A Wand'ring Minstrel I  Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Chorus
Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man  Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord) and Chorus
Young Man, Despair, Likewise Go To  Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else), Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord)
And Have I Journey'd for a Month  Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else)
Behold the Lord High Executioner  Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu)
As Some Day It May Happen  Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) and Chorus
Comes a Train of Little Ladies  Chorus of Girls
Three Little Maids From School  Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Peep-Bo (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Chorus
So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret  Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Peep-Bo (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) and Chorus
Were You No to Ko-Ko Plighted  Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr)
I Am So Proud  Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu), Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) and Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord)
With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride  Company
ACT 2
Song List Sung By
Braid the Raven Hair  Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Chorus of Girls
The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze  Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko)
Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day  Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Pish-Tush (a Noble Lord)
Here's a How-de-do! If I Marry You  Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr) and Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu)
Mi-ya-sa-ma-mi-ya-sa-ma  Chorus
A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist  The Mikado of Japan and Chorus
The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down  Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu), Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) and Chorus
The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring  Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr), Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu), Yum-Yum (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko), Pitti-Sing (one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko) and Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else)
Alone, and Yet Alive  Katisha (an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo)
On a Tree by a River, a Little Tom-tit Sang Willow, Tit-willow  Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu)
There Is a Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast  Katisha (an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo) and Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu)
For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum  Company