Gilbert & Sullivan Stop, Ladies Pray!
[FREDERIC]
Stop, ladies, pray!
[GIRLS]
A man!
[FREDERIC]
I had intended
Not to intrude myself upon your notice
In this effective but alarming costume;
But under these peculiar circumstances,
It is my bounden duty to inform you
That your proceedings will not be unwitnessed!
[EDITH]
But who are you, sir? Speak!
[FREDERIC]
I am a pirate!
[GIRLS]
A pirate! Horror!
[FREDERIC]
Ladies, do not shun me!
This evening I renounce my vile profession;
And, to that end, O pure and peerless maidens!
Oh, blushing buds of ever-blooming beauty!
I, sore at heart, implore your kind assistance.
[EDITH]
How pitiful his tale!
[KATE]
How rare his beauty!
[GIRLS]
How pitiful his tale!
How rare his beauty!