The Republican journal., 1910-01-27

1Zlng!
AS upon its lordly way
This unique procession passes,
Tantantaral Tzing! Boom
Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes
Bow, ye tradesman, bow, ye masses!
/ Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses!
Tantantara! Tzing! Boom
/ We are peers of highest station,
Paragons of legislation,
Pillars of the British nation!
Tantantara! Tzingi Boom!
Then enters the Lord Chancellor, followed by
/ his trainbearer, and In song explains his en-
barassing situation. The closing verse runs
And every one who'd marry Ward
/ Must come to me for my accord
] And in my court | sit all day,
Giving agreeable girls away,
With one for him-and one for he
! And one for you--and one for ye-
/ But never, oh, never one for me!
Which is exasperating for
A highly susceptible Chancellor!
/ The Peers join in singing the last two lines
in chorus. The court then proceeds to busi-
ness. The Lord Chancellor says he is tempted
/ to award Phyllis to himself, but as his decision
might be open to misconstruction he valves his
| claim, for which, in behalf of the assembled
Peers. Lord Tolloller thanks him. Phyllis then
/ appears and is greeted by chorus of Peers and
solos by Lords Tolloller and Mountararat In a
solo Phyllis declines their offers and ballad
by Lord Tolloller follows. Then Phyllis reci-
tative
I My Lord, it may not be
With grief my heart is riven!
You waste your words on me-
For ah my heart is given!
All. Given!
Phyl. Given
All. Oh, horrorl!.
The Lord Chandelier asks:
And who has dared to brave our high dis
pleasure,
And thus defy our definite command?
Strephon enters and Phyllis rushes to his
arms. He defies the count and declares that
against the world he will claim his daring's
hand. There is a duet by Mountararat and
Tolloller and a chorus of Peers. The Peers
then march around the stage with much dignity
and depart The Lord Chancellor separates
Phyllis from Strephon and orders her off, and
she follows the Peers. The Lord Chancellor
and Strephon are left alone and Strephon raises
a nice point which the Lord Chancellor con-
siders, and after patting himself on the back
for always keeping his duty strictly before his
eyes, he sings:
When went to the Bar very young man
(Said to mysef-said u,
I'll work on new and original plan
(Said to myself-said y;
III never assume that rogue or thief
Is a gentleman worthy implicit belief,
(Said to myself-sad y!
L II never throw dust IN juryman's eyes
(Said l to myself-said H.
Or hoodwink a Judge who is not over-wise
(Said to myself y;
Or assume that the witnesses summoned in
force
In Exchequer, Queens Bench, Common Pleas,
or Divorce,
Have perjured themselves as a matter of
(Said l to nlyself-said IL
Ere go into court will read my brief through
(Said l to myself, said y,
And III never take work I'm unable to do
(Said to myself, said y;
My learned profession III never disgrace
BY taking fee with grin on my face,
When haven't been there to attend to the case
(Said to myself, said i!
In other professions in which men engage.
(Said l to myself, said y,
The Army, the Navy, the Church and the Stage,
(Sald to myself, said u,
Professional license, ii carried too far,
Your chance of promotion will certainly mar
And fancy the rule might apply to the Bar
(Said to myself, said y!
Exit the Lord Chancellor and enter Iolanthe,
who eXclaims: my son in .ears-and on his
wedding day!' Strephon explains that the
Lord Chancellor has separated him from Phyl-
lis forever; but his mother says the Lord Chan
cellor has no power over him; that the Queen
las PioAllseu LlAl HSI SptCId@ pTOG6cClOD, ana
that she will go and lay his peculiar case be-
fore her. Then comes the finale of the first
act Mountararat and Tolloler appear leading
Phyllis between them, and the Peers appear at
the back, advancing unseen and on tiptoe
Strephon is heard addressing Iolanthe in terms
which makes Phyllis think her lover is faith
less, and Iolanthes reply is wrongly given in
an aside by Tolloller to Phyllis as
heard the mink remark
She'd meet him after dark
Inside St. James Park,
And give him one!
Phyllis then reveals herself and Ioanthe and
Strephon are much confused Strephon de-
clares that Iolanthe is his mother. This an
nouncement is received with derision. The
means this unseemly mirth. Mountararat
sings:
This gentleman is seen
With maid of seventeen,
A taking of his dolce far niente;
And wonders he'd achieve,
For he asks US to believe
She's his mother-and he's nearly five and.
twenty.
Strephon insists that he has evidence she is
his mother and sings a simple ballad of his
babyhood, but is still disbeieved. Iolanthe,
who has succeeded in hiding her face from the
Lord Chancellor escapes unpoticed, and Phyllis
says to her lover:
TO- traltofOuS one-foreVef, we must part.
To one of you, my Lords, give my heart.
She refuses to hear word from Strephon,
and in ballad addressed tc Mountararat and
Tolloller sings:
For riches and rank do not long
Their pleasures are false and vain:
gave up the love of a lordly throng
For the love of common swain
But now that that simple swain's untrue,
With sorrowful heart turn to you
heart that is aching,
Quaking, breaking,
AS sorrowful hearts are wont to do!
The riches and rank that you befall
Are the only bats you use,
So the richest and rankiest of you all
My sorrowful heart shall choose.
As none are SO noble-none 80 rich
As this couple Of lords, I'll find niche
In my heart that's aching,
Quaking, breaking,
For one Of you two-and don't care which!
Strephon invokes the aid of his protectress
and the Fairies enter. tripping. headed by Celia
Leila and F1eta. and followed by the Queen.
After chorus Of Fairies Strephon explains
that the lady Of his love has caught him talk
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