A Wand'ring Minstrel I

A Wand'ring Minstrel I ist ein Song von Gilbert und Sullivan aus dem Jahr 1885.

Cover/Parodien

• A Wand'ring Minstrel I

Lyrics

Nanki-Poo

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

Chorus

• We shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled,
  Trembled with alarm
  Before the mighty troops,
  The troops of Titipu!
  Derek Oldham
  Derek Oldham as Nanki-Poo, 1919
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  Thomas Round as Nanki-Poo, 1950s
  
  

Nanki-Poo

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

Chorus

• Yeo-ho — heave ho —
  Hurrah for the homeward bound!
  
  

Nanki-Poo

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

Chorus

• Then man the capstan — off we go,
  As the fiddler swings us round,
  With a yeo heave ho,
  And a rum below,
  Hurrah for the homeward bound!
  With a yeo heave ho,
  And a rum below,
  Yeo-ho, heave ho,
  Yeo-ho, heave ho,
  Heave ho, heave ho, yeo-ho!
  
  

Nanki-Poo

• A wandering minstrel I —
  A thing of shreds and patches,
  Of ballads, songs and snatches,
  And dreamy lullaby!
  
  

Chorus

• And dreamy lulla-lullaby, Of dreamy lullaby,
  Lullaby! Lullaby!