PIRATE'S SONG: WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD

NOTE: While the pirates sing about being quiet, the stage directions say they are singing "very loud".

PIRATES: With cat-like tread,
Upon our prey we steal;
In silence dread,
Our cautious way we feel.
No sound at all!
We never speak a word;
A fly's foot-fall
Would be distinctly heard—

POLICE:
Tarantara, tarantara!

PIRATES:
So stealthily the pirate creeps,
While all the household soundly sleeps.
Come, friends, who plough the sea,
Steady navigation;
Take another station;
Let's vary piracy
With a little lechery!

 

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