Lyrics to Judge’s song from Trial by Jury, Gilbert and Sullivan
http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/whenigoo.htm
Harris: When I was young and called to the Bar
Actual Lyrics
When I, good friends, was call’d to the bar
I’d an appetite fresh and hearty
But I was, as many young barristers are
An impecunious party
I’d a swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue
And a brief which I bought of a booby
A couple of shirts, and a collar or two
And a ring that looked like a ruby
Lyrics to Admiral’s song (Joseph Porter’s song) from HMS Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/gilbert/porter.html
Harris: When I was young I served a term
As office boy to an Attorney’s firm.
I swept the windows and I swept the door,…
Actual Lyrics
Begins with
I am the Monarch of the sea:(lyrics on screen)
Actual Lyrics:
When I was a lad I served a term (lyrics on screen)
As office boy to an Attorney’s firm.
I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor (no lyrics)
And I polished up the handle of the big front door.
I polished up that handle so carefullee
That now I am the Ruler of the Queen’s Navee!
Better production but no lyrics
I am the Monarch of the sea…:
“When I was young, I served a term…” shows up as a parody in Recollections of a Country Lawyer
