Gilbert and Sullivan Archive

Princess Toto

by William S. Gilbert
music by Frederic Clay

Away, Away to Indian Isles

Act II Finale

No. 17, Sung by Princess Toto, Zapeter, Jamilek, King Portico, Jelly, Caramel, and Chorus

MIDI Icon MIDI File 5 min. 33 seconds, sequenced by Scott Farrell.

Toto.

Away, away to Indian isles
That dot Pacific seas,
Where nature wears eternal smiles
And Palm trees woo the breeze;

Away, away to Indian isles
That dot Pacific seas,
Where nature wears eternal smiles
And Palm trees woo the breeze;

Away! away! away!
To the Indian isles!
W. S. Penley as Zapeter
W. S. Penley as Zapeter
King, Zapeter and Jamilek.
Within our wile,
In first-rate style
Our Toto is entrapped
With softly smile,
Although our guile
May get our knuckles rapped.
Toto.
Away, away, away,
To Indian isles.
Away, away, away,
To Indian isles.
Ah ...

Away! away! away!
Toto, Zapeter and Jamilek
Away, away, to Indian isles
That dot Pacific seas,
Toto and Jamilek
Away, away, To Indian isles.
Away to Indian isles!

Re-enter CARAMEL, JACQUIER, FLOSS, JELLY, and all the BRIGANDS. They see TOTO and others on the bridge at back.

Caramel. (recitativo.)

Who goes there? I charge you stop!
King. (aside.)
The brigands! Hold me or I drop.
Caramel.
What are you doing, Toto, what, oh! what?
Toto.
With these Red Indians I have cast my lot.
I leave you Brigands, so pursue me not.
With these Red Indians I have cast my lot.
King, Zapeter and Jamilek.
Ah!
Toto, King, Zapeter and Jamilek.
With feathers, paint, and patches
And a tom, tom, tom,
We sing unmeaning snatches
In a tom, tom, tom,
With a tom, tom, tom,
With a tom, tom, tom,
Till we are under hatches
In a tom, tom, tom.
Caramel. (furious.)
Among these Brigands is there one
Who knows the way to load a gun?
Among these Brigands is there one
Who knows the way to load a gun?
I'll freely promise half-a-crown
To anyone who'll bring them down.
Chorus.
Among us Brigands is there one
Who knows the way to load a gun?
I'll freely promise half-a-crown
To anyone who'll bring them down.
Caramel. (in despair.)
Not one, not one
Can load a gun!
Not one, not one
Can load a gun!
Toto, King, Zapeter, and Jamilek.
Not one can load a gun.
Not one can load a gun. (they laugh.)
Jelly.
You take a ball and powder,
Which you ram to make it louder;
If your enemy you'd cripple,
Place a cap upon the nipple;
Take aim, and pull the trigger,
And he'll cut a pretty figure;
If you hit him in the head,
He will fall dead, dead,
You hit him in the head,
He will fall dead, dead.
Chorus.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Men.
Let us follow,
Girls.
Let us follow,
Men.
Let us follow,
Girls.
Let us follow, follow, follow, follow, follow!

But they don't follow.

King and Jamilek.

If you stir a step upon my word ...
Upon my word, you will rue it.
Ladies.
Let us follow, follow, follow, follow, follow!

But they don't follow.

Caramel.

It's all very well to cry "follow",
But why the Dickens,
Why the Dickens don't you do it?
Chorus.
With joy and rapture and with glee,
We are as glad, as glad can be!

Caramel. Chorus.
Oh rage, oh fury, All this will end
Oh despair, And we shall spend
I stamp my feet our future lives
I tear my hair. respectably,
our lives, our future lives respectably!-

Toto.

Ah!
Toto. Chorus.
Away, away, away, They're off, they're off, they're off
to the Indian Isles. to the Indian Isles.
Away, away to Indian Isles They're off, they're off to Indian Isles
that dot Pacific seas, that doe Pacific seas,
Where nature wears eternal smiles Where nature wears eternal smiles
and palm trees woo the breeze. and palm trees woo the breeze.
Away, away to Indian Isles They're off, they're off to Indian Isles
that dot Pacific Seas. that dot Pacific seas.
Away, away to Indian Isles They're off they're off to Indian Isles,
Away. away, away! They're off, they're off, they're off!

Dance of joy for BRIGANDS. CARAMEL and JELLY furious. TOTO and RED INDIANS triumphant.

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