Frederic
You make it a point of never attacking a weaker party than yourselves, and when you attack a stronger one you invariably get thrashed!
The Pirate King
There's some truth in that.
The Pirate King
Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly, / Than play a sanctimonious part / With a pirate head and a pirate heart. / Away to the cheating world go you, / Where pirates all are well-to-do; / But I'll be true to the song I sing, / And live and die a Pirate King. / For I am a Pirate King! / And it is, it is a glorious thing / To be a Pirate King!
For he is a Major General!
He is, hurrah for the Major General!
And it is, it is a glorious thing to be a Major General.
Hurrah for the Major General, hurrah for the Major General!
The Pirate King
That's the same as the "Pirate King" tune!
...
Now that I have introduced myself, I should like to know what's going on here!
Oh, Papa, we —
I can explain in two words: we propose to marry your daughters.
But-but... who are you?
The Pirate King
We are all single gentlemen.
Don't believe them, Papa! They're pirates — the famous Pirates of Penzance!
Mmm, wait a moment... I object to pirates as sons-in-law!
Pirate King
Well, we object to major generals as fathers-in law! But we waive the point. We do not press it. We look over it.
Pirate King
Do you mean that in order to save his own contemptible life... he dared to impress upon our credulous simplicity?!?
Frederic
Oh, HORROR!
The Pirate King
What's the matter?
Frederic
Ought I tell you? No, no I cannot! And yet as one of your band -
Pirate King
Speak out! I-CHARGE-YOU-BY-THAT-SENSE-OF-CONSCIENTIOUSNESS-TO-WHICH-WE-HAVE-NEVER-YET-APPEALED-IN-VAIN!
Pirate King
Yeah.
The Pirate King
With base deceit, you played upon our feelings; / Revenge is sweet, and flavors all our dealings. / With courage rare, and resolution manly, / For death prepare, unhappy General Stanley!
