Gilbert and Sullivan
Though p’r’aps I may incur your blame (In friendship’s name)
[Verse, Earl Tolloller]
Though p’r’aps I may incur your blame
The things are few
I would not do
In Friendship’s name!
[Verse, Earl Mountararat]
And I may say I think the same;
Not even love
Should rank above
True Friendship’s name!
[Verse, Phyllis]
Then free me, pray; be mine the blame;
Forget your craze
And go your ways
In Friendship’s name!
[Chorus, All]
Oh, many a man, in Friendship’s name
Has yielded fortune, rank, and fame!
But no one yet, in the world so wide
Has yielded up a promised bride!
[Private Willis]
Accept, O Friendship, all the samе
[All]
This sacrifice to thy dear name!
Accеpt this sacrifice to thy dear name!