W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan Follow

Alone and yet alive.
My soul, is still my body’s pris’ner
Remote, the peace
That death alone can give.
My doom to wait
My punishment, to live – to live.

Oh, living I!
Come, tell me why,
When hope is gone,
Do you stay on?
Why linger here,
Where all is drear?
Oh living I!
Come tell me why,
When hope is gone,
Do you stay on?

May not a cheated woman die?
May not a cheated woman die?
Hearts do not break!
They sting and ache
For old loves sake,
But do not die.
Tho’ with each breath,
They long for death
As witnesseth
The living I!
The living I!

Oh living I!
Come tell me why!
When hope is gone
D you stay on?
Why linger here,
When all is drear?
Oh living I!
You’d better come and tell me why!
When hope is gone
Do you stay on?
Why linger here when you can fly-y-y-y-y-y!
May not a cheated woman die!