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"Recitative, Nanki-Poo."
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"'Gentlemen, I pray you, tell me...
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...where a lovely maiden dwelleth
named Yum-Yum, the ward of Ko-Ko.'"
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"'In pity speak, oh, speak, I pray you.'"
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"'I hurried back at once
in the hope of finding Yum-Yum...
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...at liberty to listen to my protestations.'"
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"Pish-Tush: 'It is true that Ko-Ko
was condemned to death for flirting...
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...but he was reprieved
at the last moment...
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...and raised to the exalted rank
of Lord High Executioner...
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...under the following
remarkable circumstances.'"
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"Song, Pish-Tush."
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"'Our great Mikado, virtuous man,
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When he to rule our land began
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Resolved to try a plan whereby
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Young men might best be steadied.'"
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"'So he decreed in words succinct
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That all who flirted, leered or winked
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Unless connubially linked
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Should forthwith be beheaded.'"
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"'And I expect you'll all agree
That he was right to so decree.'"
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"'And I am right, and you are right,
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And all is right as right can be.'"
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"'This stern decree, you'll understand,
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Caused great dismay
throughout the land,
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For young and old and shy and bold
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Were equally affected.'"
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"'The youth who winked a roving eye
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Or breathed a non-connubial sigh
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Was thereupon condemned to die.'"
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"'He usually objected.'"
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"'And you'll allow, as I expect,
That he was right to so object,
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And I am right, and you are right
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And everything is quite correct.'"
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"'And so we straight let out on bail
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A convict from the county jail
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Whose head was next on some pretext,
Condemn-ed to be mown off,
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And made him Headsman, for we said:
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Who's next to be decapit-ed
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Cannot cut off another's head
Until he's cut his own off.'"
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"'And we are right, I think you'll say,
To argue in this kind of way,
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And I am right, and you are right,
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And all is right - too-loorallay!'"
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"Chorus. End of song."
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Highly amusing, Willie.
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- Fatuous.
- Oh.