No. 14 - Gipsy Song - Quiller and Chorus
All: | O he' bold banditti are we. |
Quiller: | We are brigands bold and free As you will ever see, and we're bad! |
Men: | We're bad! |
Quiller: | As we can be! |
Men: | Si! We are bad as can be. |
Quiller: | With our stilettos keen
we prowl and scowl and howl Have a care! We bring despair. |
Tenors: | We bring despair! |
Basses: | We bring despair. |
Quiller: | All we do and dare |
Men: | We do and dare. |
Quiller: | O! Hey then beware Of our rollicking bandit crew. To stab in dark we think a lark and dreadful deeds we do. |
Men: | Hey then beware Of our rollicking bandit crew. |
All: | To stab in dark we think a lark, We prowl and scowl with hist and hark, And all men quake with fear |
Quiller: | Whenever we chance to appear! |
Men: | Well may they quake with fear. |
Quiller: | We are brigands bold and free As you will ever see, and we're bad! |
Men: | We're bad! |
Quiller: | As we can be! |
Men: | Si! We are bad as can be. |
Quiller: | With our stilettos keen
we prowl and scowl and howl Have a care! We bring despair |
Tenors: | We bring despair! |
Basses: | We bring despair. |
Quiller: | All we do and dare |
Men: | We do and dare. |
Quiller: | O! Hey then beware Of our rollicking bandit crew. To stab in dark we think a lark And dreadful deeds we do. |
Men: | Hey then beware Of our rollicking bandit crew. [All:] To stab in dark we think a lark, We prowl and scowl with hist and hark, And all men quake with fear |
Quiller: | Whenever we chance to appear! |
Men: | Ha ha! |
American Musical Theatre | The Highwayman
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