This helmet, I suppose
Gilbert and Sullivan * Track #2 On Princess Ida
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This aria for King Gama’s son Arac (backed by the kingdom’s other knights and maidens) declares he’s going to remove his armor before the climactic battle, on the grounds that it’s too uncomfortable. This is a coloratura aria for bass-baritone, a fairly rare thing, and it works as a delightful parod...
This helmet, I suppose Lyrics
[ARAC]
This helmet, I suppose
Was meant to ward off blows
It's very hot
And weighs a lot
As many a guardsman knows
As many a guardsman knows
As many a guardsman knows
As many a guardsman knows
So off
So off that helmet goes
[SOLDIERS AND GIRLS]
Yes, yes, yes!
So off that helmet goes
[ARAC]
This tight-fitting cuirass
Is but a useless mass
It's made of steel
And weighs a deal
This tight-fitting cuirass
Is but a useless mass
A man is but an ass
Who fights in a cuirass
So off
So off goes that cuirass
[SOLDIERS AND GIRLS]
Yes, yes, yes
So off goes that cuirass
[ARAC]
These brassets, truth to tell
May look uncommon well
But in a fight
They're much too tight
They're like a lobster shell
They're like a lobster shell
[SOLDIERS AND GIRLS]
Yes, yes, yes
They're like a lobster shell
[ARAC]
These things I treat the same
I quite forget their name
They turn one's legs
To cribbage pegs
Their aid I thus disclaim
Their aid I thus disclaim
Though I forget their name
Though I forget their name
Their name
Their aid I thus disclaim
[ALL]
Yes, yes, yes
Their aid we/they thus disclaim
This helmet, I suppose Q&A
Who wrote This helmet, I suppose's ?
This helmet, I suppose was written by W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan.
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Gilbert and Sullivan released This helmet, I suppose on Sat Jan 05 1884.
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