Gilbert and Sullivan — Prithee pretty maiden

[GROSVENOR] Prithee, pretty maiden - prithee, tell me true (Hey, but I'm doleful, willow, willow waly!) Have you e'er a lover a-dangling after you? Hey, willow waly O! I would fain discover If you have a lover? Hey, willow waly O! [PATIENCE] Gentle sir, my heart is frolicsome and free - (Hey, but he's doleful, willow, willow waly!) Nobody I care for comes a-courting me - Hey, willow waly O! Nobody I care for Comes a-courting - therefore Hey, willow waly O! [GROSVENOR] Prithee, pretty maiden, will you marry me? (Hey, but I'm hopeful, willow, willow waly!) I may say, at once, I'm a man of propertee - Hey, willow waly O! Money, I despise it Many people prize it Hey, willow waly O! [PATIENCE] Gentle sir, although to marry I design - (Hey, but he's hopeful, willow, willow waly!) As yet I do not know you, and so I must decline Hey, willow waly O! To other maidens go you - As yet I do not know you [BOTH] Hey, willow waly O!


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