W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan Follow

Katisha:
There is beauty in the bellow of the blast,
There is grandeur in the growling of the gale,
There is eloquent outpouring
When the lion is a-roaring,
And the tiger is a-lashing of his tail!

Ko-Ko:
Yes, I’d like to see a tiger
From the Congo or the Niger
And especially when lashing of his tail!

Katisha:
Volcanoes have a splendour that is grim,
And earthquakes only terrify the dolts,
But to him who’s scientific
There’s nothing that’s terrific
In the falling of a flight of thunderbolts!

Ko-Ko:
Yes, in spite of all my meekness,
If I had a little weakness
It’s a passion for a flight of thunderbolts!

Both:
If that is so,
Sing Derry dit down Derry!
It’s evidently very,
Our tastes are one.
Away we’ll go,
And merrily get married
Nor tardily tit tarry
Till day is done!

Ko-Ko:
There is beauty in extreme old age.
Do you fancy you are elderly enough?
Information I’m requesting
On a subject interesting:
Is a maiden all the better when
She’s tough?

Katisha:
Throughout this wide dominion
It’s the general opinion
That she’ll last a good deal longer
When she’s tough.

Ko-Ko:
Are you old enough to marry, do you think?
Won’t you wait til your 80 in the shade?
There’s a fascination frantic
In a ruin that’s romantic;
Do you think you are sufficiently decayed?

Katisha:
To the matter that you mention
I have given some attention
And I think I am sufficiently decayed.

Both:
If that is so,
Sing Derry dit down Derry!
It’s evidently very,
Our tastes are one.
Away we’ll go,
And merrily get married
Nor tardily tit tarry
Till day is done!
If that is so,
Sing Derry dit down Derry!
It’s evidently very,
Our tastes are one.
Away we’ll go,
And merrily get married
Nor tardily tit tarry
Till day is done!

Ko-Ko:
Sing Derry dit down Derry!

Katisha:
Sing Derry dit down Derry!

Ko-Ko:
We’ll merrily get married!

Katisha:
We’ll merrily get married!

Ko-Ko:
Nor tardily tit tarry!

Katisha:
Nor tardily tit tarry!

Both:
Til day is done!