Defendant calls for polygamy - One Man Opera - Trial by Jury

One man sings 'That she is reeling is plain to see!' and 'Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray' from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera 'Trial by Jury'.

Lyrics:

JUDGE.
That she is reeling
Is plain to see!

FOREMAN.
If faint you’re feeling
Recline on me!

PLAINTIFF.
I shall recover
If left alone.

JURY.
Oh, perjured lover,
Atone! atone!

FOREMAN.
Just like a father
I wish to be.

JUDGE.
Or, if you’d rather,
Recline on me!

COUNSEL.
Oh! fetch some water
From far Cologne!

JURY.
For this sad slaughter
Atone! atone!
Monster, dread our fury –
There’s the Judge, and we’re/here's the Jury!
Monster, monster, dread our fury.

DEFENDANT.
Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray,
Though I own that my heart has been ranging,
Of nature the laws I obey,
For nature is constantly changing.
The moon in her phases is found,
The time and the wind and the weather,
The months in succession come round,
And you don’t find two Mondays together.
Ah, Consider the moral, I pray,
Nor bring a young fellow to sorrow,
Who loves this young lady today,
And loves that young lady tomorrow.

BRIDESMAIDS.
Consider the moral, we pray,
Nor bring a young fellow to sorrow,
Who loves this young lady today,
And loves that young lady tomorrow.

DEFENDANT.
You cannot eat breakfast all day,
Nor is it the act of a sinner,
When breakfast is taken away,
To turn his attention to dinner;
And it’s not in the range of belief,
To look upon him as a glutton,
Who, when he is tired of beef,
Determines to tackle the mutton.
But this I am willing to say,
If it will appease her sorrow,
I’ll marry this lady today,
And I’ll marry the other tomorrow!

BRIDESMAIDS.
But this he is willing to say,
If it will appease her sorrow,
he’ll marry this lady today,
And he’ll marry the other tomorrow!

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