Prithee, pretty maiden
Gilbert and Sullivan * Track #4 On Patience
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The poet Archibald Grosvenor comes on stage for the first time and woos Patience with this comic love duet, proposing marriage and citing his considerable personal wealth. However, she rejects him, citing the fact that she has only just met him, though he soon reveals that he was a childhood friend...
Prithee, pretty maiden Lyrics
[GROSVENOR]
Prithee, pretty maiden - prithee, tell me true
(Hey, but I'm doleful, willow, willow waly!)
Have you e'er a lover a-dangling after you?
Hey, willow waly O!
I would fain discover
If you have a lover?
Hey, willow waly O!
[PATIENCE]
Gentle sir, my heart is frolicsome and free -
(Hey, but he's doleful, willow, willow waly!)
Nobody I care for comes a-courting me -
Hey, willow waly O!
Nobody I care for
Comes a-courting - therefore
Hey, willow waly O!
[GROSVENOR]
Prithee, pretty maiden, will you marry me?
(Hey, but I'm hopeful, willow, willow waly!)
I may say, at once, I'm a man of propertee -
Hey, willow waly O!
Money, I despise it
Many people prize it
Hey, willow waly O!
[PATIENCE]
Gentle sir, although to marry I design -
(Hey, but he's hopeful, willow, willow waly!)
As yet I do not know you, and so I must decline
Hey, willow waly O!
To other maidens go you -
As yet I do not know you
[BOTH]
Hey, willow waly O!
Prithee, pretty maiden Q&A
Who wrote Prithee, pretty maiden's ?
Prithee, pretty maiden was written by Arthur Sullivan & W.S. Gilbert.
When did Gilbert and Sullivan release Prithee, pretty maiden?
Gilbert and Sullivan released Prithee, pretty maiden on Sat Apr 23 1881.