“Oh I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmate And the crew of the captain's gig.”
W. S. Gilbert“Perhaps if you address the lady Most politely most politely Flatter and impress the lady Most politely most politely Humbly beg and humbly sue She may deign to look on you.”
W. S. Gilbert“No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he's a dirty little beast.”
W. S. Gilbert“If you wish in this world to advance Your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump it And blow your own trumpet Or trust me you haven't a chance.”
W. S. Gilbert“And so do his sisters and his cousins and his aunts! His sisters and his cousins Whom he reckons up by dozens And his aunts!”
W. S. Gilbert“My object all sublime I shall achieve in time - To let the punishment fit the crime.”
W. S. Gilbert“You must stir it and stump it and blow your own trumpet or trust me you haven't a chance.”
W. S. Gilbert“I always voted at my party's call And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.”
W. S. Gilbert“I always voted at my party's call And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.”
W. S. Gilbert“When every blessed thing you have is made of silver or of gold you long for simple pewter.”
W. S. Gilbert“You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself - and how little I deserve it.”
W. S. Gilbert