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We're Called Gondoleri
Lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
No. 1, Sung by Marco and Giuseppe

     MIDI Button MIDI file (2 min. 4 seconds, sequenced by Ian Abrams).
     Incomplete — not the entire song 1.

We're called gondolieri,
But that's a vagary,
It's quite honorary
The trade that we ply.

For gallantry noted
Since we were short-coated,
To beauty devoted,
Giuseppe\Are Marco and I;

When morning is breaking,
Our couches forsaking,
To greet their awaking
With carols we come.
At summer day's nooning,

Marco Giuseppe
Our mando- Our mandolins tuning,
lins tuning, We lazily thrum,
We la- Our mandolins tuning,
--- We lazi-
zily thrum, li, lazily thrum,
Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la, Our man-
Tra la la la la, do-
Tra la la la la, lins tun-
Tra la la la la, ing,
Tra la la la la, We la-
Tra la la la la, ---
Tra la la la la, zily thrum,
Tra la la la la, la la, Tra la la la la, la la,
Tra la la la la, la la, Tra la la la la, la la,
Tra la la la la, Tra la la la la,
Tra la la la la, Tra la la la la,
When vespers are ringing,
To hope ever clinging,
With songs of our singing
A vigil we keep,

When daylight is fading,
Enwrapt in night's shading,
With soft serenading
We sing them to sleep.

Marco Giuseppe
With soft serenad-
ing We sing them,
We sing them to sleep, we sing them to sleep,
With soft serenading With soft serenading
We sing them to sleep We sing them to sleep
We're called
gon- Tra la la la la,
dolie- Tra la la la la,
ri, Tra la la la la,
But that's Tra la la la la,
a Tra la la la la,
vagary. Tra la la la la!
Gondolieri, gondolieri,
tra la la la la, tra la la la la la la!
Gondolieri, gondolieri,
tra la la la la, tra la la la la,
tra la la la la, tra la la la la,
tra la la la la, tra la!



Updated 7 December 2003