Quelltext der Seite A Wand'ring Minstrel I (Gilbert and Sullivan)

[[A Wand'ring Minstrel I (Gilbert and Sullivan)|A Wand'ring Minstrel I]] ist ein Song von Gilbert und Sullivan aus dem Jahr 1885. 

== Cover/Parodien ==
*[[A Wand'ring Minstrel I (Simpsons)|A Wand'ring Minstrel I]]


== Lyrics ==
'''Nanki-Poo'''
*A wandering minstrel I —<br />A thing of shreds and patches,<br />Of ballads, songs and snatches,<br />And dreamy lullaby!<br />My catalogue is long,<br />Through every passion ranging,<br />And to your humours changing<br />I tune my supple song!<br />I tune my supple song!<br /><br />Are you in sentimental mood?<br />I'll sigh with you,<br />Oh, sorrow, sorrow!<br />On maiden's coldness do you brood?<br />I'll do so, too —<br />Oh, sorrow, sorrow!<br />I'll charm your willing ears<br />With songs of lovers' fears,<br />While sympathetic tears<br />My cheeks bedew —<br />Oh, sorrow, sorrow!<br /><br />But if patriotic sentiment is wanted,<br />I've patriotic ballads cut and dried;<br />For where'er our country's banner may be planted,<br />All other local banners are defied!<br />Our warriors, in serried ranks assembled,<br />Never quail — or they conceal it if they do —<br />And I shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled<br />Before the mighty troops, the troops of Titipu!<br /><br />

'''Chorus'''
*We shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled,<br />Trembled with alarm<br />Before the mighty troops,<br />The troops of Titipu!<br />Derek Oldham<br />Derek Oldham as Nanki-Poo, 1919<br />Click on picture to enlarge<br />Thomas Round as Nanki-Poo, 1950s<br /><br />

'''Nanki-Poo'''
*And if you call for a song of the sea,<br />We'll heave the capstan round,<br />With a yeo heave ho, for the wind is free,<br />Her anchor's a-trip and her helm's a-lee,<br />Hurrah for the homeward bound!<br /><br />

'''Chorus'''
*Yeo-ho — heave ho —<br />Hurrah for the homeward bound!<br /><br />

'''Nanki-Poo'''
*To lay aloft in a howling breeze<br />May tickle a landsman's taste,<br />But the happiest hour a sailor sees<br />Is when he's down<br />At an inland town,<br />With his Nancy on his knees, yeo ho!<br />And his arm around her waist!<br /><br />

'''Chorus'''
*Then man the capstan — off we go,<br />As the fiddler swings us round,<br />With a yeo heave ho,<br />And a rum below,<br />Hurrah for the homeward bound!<br />With a yeo heave ho,<br />And a rum below,<br />Yeo-ho, heave ho,<br />Yeo-ho, heave ho,<br />Heave ho, heave ho, yeo-ho!<br /><br />

'''Nanki-Poo'''	 
*A wandering minstrel I —<br />A thing of shreds and patches,<br />Of ballads, songs and snatches,<br />And dreamy lullaby!<br /><br />

'''Chorus'''
*And dreamy lulla-lullaby,	Of dreamy lullaby,<br />Lullaby!	Lullaby!


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[[Kategorie:Musiktitel 1880er]]
[[Kategorie:Musiktitel 1885]]
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