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The Yeomen of the Guard (01/05/1939 - Present)
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
ACT 1
Song List Sung By
When a maiden loves she sits and sighs  Phoebe Meryll
Tower Warders, under orders  People and Warders
This is the autumn of our life  Solo Warder
When our gallant Norman foes  Dame Carruthers and Warders
Alas! I waver to and fro  Phoebe Meryll, Leonard Meryll and Sergeant Meryll
Is life a boon?  Colonel Fairfax
Here's a man of jollity  Chorus
I have a song to sing, O!  Elsie Maynard and Jack Point
How say you, maiden, will you wed?  Elsie Maynard, Jack Point and Sir Richard Cholmondeley
I've jibe and joke and quip and crank  Jack Point
'Tis done! I am a bride!  Elsie Maynard
Were I thy bride  Phoebe Meryll
Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true-  
ACT 2
Song List Sung By
Night has spread her pall once more  Chorus
Warders are ye?  Dame Carruthers
Oh! a private buffoon is a lighthearted loon  Jack Point
Hereupon we're both agreed  Jack Point and Wilfred Shadbolt
Free from his fetters grim  Colonel Fairfax
Strange adventure!  Kate, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax and Sergeant Meryll
Hark! What was that, sir?  Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax, Wilfred Shadbolt, Jack Point, Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Sergeant Meryll and Chorus
A man who would woo a fair maid  Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll and Colonel Fairfax
When a wooer goes a-wooing  Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Colonel Fairfax and Jack Point
Rapture! Rapture!  Dame Carruthers and Sergeant Meryll
Comes the pretty young bride