The Mikado by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

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No. 7: Trio (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo & Pitti-Sing)
"Three little maids from school are we"

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Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo & Pitti-Sing.

Three little maids from school are we,
Pert as a school-girl well can be,
Filled to the brim with girlish glee,
Three little maids from school!

Yum-Yum.

Everything is a source of fun. (chuckle)

Peep-Bo.

Nobody's safe, for we care for none! (chuckle)

Pitti-Sing.

Life is a joke that's just begun! (chuckle)

Sybil Grey, Leonora Braham &
Jessie Bond - the original
Three Little Maids

Aileen Hynes, Viola Wilson & Marjorie Eyre in 1939

Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo & Pitti-Sing. (dancing)

Three little maids from school!
Three little maids who, all unwary,
Come from a ladies' seminary,
Freed from its genius tutelary —
(suddenly demure) Three little maids from school,
Three little maids from school!

Yum-Yum.

One little maid is a bride, Yum-Yum —

Peep-Bo.

Two little maids in attendance come —

Pitti-Sing.

Three little maids is the total sum.

Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo & Pitti-Sing.

Three little maids from school!

Yum-Yum.

From three little maids take one away.

Peep-Bo.

Two little maids remain, and they —

Pitti-Sing.

Won't have to wait very long, they say —

Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo & Pitti-Sing.

Three little maids from school!

Chorus.

Three little maids from school!

All. (dancing)

Three little maids who, all unwary,
Come from a ladies' seminary,
Freed from its genius tutelary —

Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo & Pitti-Sing. (suddenly demure)

Three little maids from school!

All.

Three little maids from school!

Pauline Wales, Valerie Masterson & Peggy Ann Jones in 1966

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