SOME SONGS

To make it easier to make copies of individual songs, with notes, each has been placed on a separate page. Click on the names below to open them. Various sources for the lyrics have slight differences in the repetition of certain lines.

THE PIRATE KING'S SONG - O Better Far to Live and Die Under the Brave Black Flag I Fly.

THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTERS' SONG - Climbing over Rocky Mountain

MABEL'S SONG - Poor Wandering One

THE MAJOR-GENERAL'S SONG - I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General.

THE POLICE SERGEANT'S SONG - When the Foeman Bares his Steel

THE POLICEMEN'S SONG - When a Felon's not Engaged In His Employment

THE PIRATES' SONG - With Cat-Like Tread Upon Our Foe We Steal.

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Revised February 2010
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