Man tries to woo Jury with song - One man Opera - Trial by Jury

One man sings 'When first my old, old love I knew' from Gilbert and Sullivan's Opera 'Trial by Jury'.

Lyrics:

DEFENDANT.
Is this the Court of the Exchequer?

CHORUS.
It is!

DEFENDANT.
Be firm, be firm, my pecker,
Your evil star’s in the ascendant!

CHORUS.
Who are you?

DEFENDANT.
I’m the Defendant!

CHORUS.
Monster, dread their damages.
They're the Jury,
Dread their fury!

DEFENDANT.
Hear me, hear me, if you please,
These are very strange proceedings –
For permit me to remark
On the merits of my pleadings,
You’re at present in the dark.

That’s a very true remark –
On the merits of his pleadings
We’re at present in the dark!
Ha! ha! Ho! ho!
Ha! ha! Ho! ho!

DEFENDANT.
When first my old, old love I knew,
My bosom welled with joy;
My riches at her feet I threw –
I was a love-sick boy!
No terms seemed too extravagant
Upon her to employ –
I used to mope, and sigh, and pant,
Just like a love-sick boy!
Tink-a-Tank – Tink-a-Tank.

But joy incessant palls the sense;
And love, unchanged, will cloy,
And she became a bore intense
Unto her love-sick boy!
With fitful glimmer burnt my flame,
And I grew cold and coy,
At last, one morning, I became
Another’s love-sick boy.
Tink-a-Tank – Tink-a-Tank.

CHORUS.
Oh, I was like that when a lad!
A shocking young scamp of a rover,
I behaved like a regular cad;
But that sort of thing is all over.
I'm now a respectable chap
And shine with a virtue resplendent,
And, therefore, I haven’t a rap
Of sympathy with the defendant!
He shall treat us with awe,
If there isn’t a flaw,
Singing so merrily – Trial-la-law!
Trial-la-law – Trial-la-law!
105 Singing so merrily – Trial-la-law!

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