The Yeomen of the Guard by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

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No. 6: CHORUS

"Here's a man of jollity"

MIDI File [16KB, 1' 46"] Sequenced by Colin Johnson.

Enter Jack Point and Elsie Maynard, pursued by a Crowd of men and women. Point and Elsie are much terrified; Point, however, assuming an appearance of self-possession.

Chorus.

Here's a man of jollity,: Jibe, joke, jollify!
Give us of your quality,: Come, fool, follify!
If you vapour vapidly,
River runneth rapidly,: Into it we fling; Bird who doesn't sing!
Give us an experiment
In the art of merriment;: Into it we throw; Cock who doesn't crow!
Banish your timidity,
And with all rapidity
Give us quip and quiddity —: Willy-nilly, O!
River none can mollify;: Into it we throw
Fool who doesn't follify,: Cock who doesn't crow!
Banish your timidity,
And with all rapidity
Give us quip and quiddity —: Willy-nilly, O!

[Dialogue over subsequent music

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