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The daughters of Major-General Stanley, explaining to him the context of declaration of marriage by the various members of the pirate band.
The Pirates of Penzance (1879)
So I fell in love with a rich attorney's
Elderly, ugly daughter.
Trial by Jury (1875)
I love my fellow-creatures, I do all the good I can,
Yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man
And I can't think why!
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)
I know what love is. There was a happy time when I didn't, but bitter experience has taught me.
Patience (1881)
Perhaps if you address the lady
Most politely, most politely,
Flatter and impress the lady
Most politely, most politely.
Humbly beg and humbly sue,
She may deign to look on you.
Heigh-dy! Heigh-dy!
Misery me, lack-a-day-dee!
He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb,
As he sighed for the love of a ladye!
The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)