# Songs of a Savoyard

A collection of songs from the comic operas by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
i'll never throw dust in a juryman's eyes,"
said i to myself—said i.
— Iolanthe.
Front.
SONGS OF A SAVOYARD
BY
W. S. GILBERT.
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR.
"Sleep on, ye pale civilians.
All thunder-clouds defy,
On Europe's countless millions
The Sentry keeps his eye."
— Iolanthe
LONDON : GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, Limited
broadway, ludgate hill
Glasgow, Manchester, and New York
TO
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN,
IN JUST ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE DISTINCTION HIS GENIUS HAS
CONFERRED UPON THESE SONGS DURING THE FOURTEEN
YEARS THAT WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
W. S. GILBERT.
CONTENTS
| SONG | OPERA | PAGE |
| The Darned Mounseer | Ruddigore | 13 |
| The Englishman | H.M.S. Pinafore | 15 |
| The Disagreeable Man | Princess Ida | 16 |
| The Coming Bye and Bye | Patience | 18 |
| The Highly Respectable Gondolier | Gondoliers | 20 |
| The Fairy Queen's Song | Iolanthe | 22 |
| Is Life a Boon? | Yeomen of the Guard | 24 |
| The Modern Major-General | Pirates of Penzance | 25 |
| The Heavy Dragoon | Patience | 27 |
| Proper Pride | Mikado | 29 |
| The Policeman's Lot | Pirates of Penzance | 31 |
| The Baffled Grumbler | Princess Ida | 33 |
| The House of Peers | Iolanthe | 35 |
| A Merry Madrigal | Mikado | 37 |
| The Duke and the Duchess | Gondoliers | 38 |
| Eheu Fugaces—! | Sorcerer | 41 |
| They'll None of Them be Missed | Mikado | 43 |
| Girl Graduates | Princess Ida | 45 |
| Braid the Raven Hair | Mikado | 47 |
| The Working Monarch | Gondoliers | 48 |
| The Ape and the Lady | Princess Ida | 51 |
| Only Roses! | Ruddigore | 53 |
| The Rover's Apology | Trial by Jury | 54 ​ |
| An Appeal | Pirates of Penzance | 56 |
| The Reward of Merit | Iolanthe | 57 |
| The Magnet and the Churn | Patience | 59 |
| The Family Fool | Yeomen of the Guard | 61 |
| Sans Souci | Patience | 64 |
| A Recipe | Gondoliers | 66 |
| The Merryman and his Maid | Yeomen of the Guard | 67 |
| The Lord Chancellor's Song | Iolanthe | 70 |
| When a Merry Maiden Marries | Gondoliers | 72 |
| A British Tar | H.M.S. Pinafore | 74 |
| A Man who would Woo a Fair Maid | Yeomen of the Guard | 75 |
| The Sorcerer's Song | Sorcerer | 77 |
| The Fickle Breeze | Pirates of Penzance | 80 |
| The First Lord's Song | H.M.S. Pinafore | 82 |
| Would You Know? | Princess Ida | 84 |
| Speculation | Mikado | 86 |
| Ah, Me! | Yeomen of the Guard | 87 |
| The Duke of Plaza-Tora | Gondoliers | 88 |
| The Æsthete | Patience | 91 |
| Said I to Myself | Iolanthe | 93 |
| Sorry Her Lot | H.M.S. Pinafore | 95 |
| The Contemplative Sentry | Iolanthe | 96 |
| The Philosophic Pill | Yeomen of the Guard | 98 |
| Blue Blood | Iolanthe | 100 |
| The Judge's Song | Trial by Jury | 102 |
| When I First Put this Uniform On | Patience | 104 |
| Solatium | Trial by Jury | 106 |
| A Nightmare | Iolanthe | 107 |
| Don't Forget | Gondoliers | 110 |
| The Suicide's Grave | Mikado | 113 |
| He and She | Ruddigore | 115 ​ |
| The Mighty Must | Princess Ida | 117 |
| A Mirage | Yeomen of the Guard | 118 |
| The Ghost's High Noon | Ruddigore | 120 |
| The Humane Mikado | Mikado | 122 |
| Willow Waly | Patience | 125 |
| Life is Lovely all the Year | Ruddigore | 127 |
| The Usher's Charge | Trial by Jury | 129 |
| The Great Oak Tree | Ruddigore | 131 |
| King Goodheart | Gondoliers | 133 |
| Sleep on! | Iolanthe | 135 |
| The Lovesick Boy | Trial by Jury | 136 |
| Poetry Everywhere | Patience | 137 |
| He Loves | Iolanthe | 138 |
| True Diffidence | Ruddigore | 139 |
| The Tangled Skein | Gondoliers | 141 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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