Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Oh, False One, You Have Deceived, artist - The Pirates Of PenzanceDate of issue: 17.02.1983
Song language: English
Oh, False One, You Have Deceived |
| FRED. |
| Oh, false one, you have deceived me! |
| RUTH. |
| I have deceived you? |
| FRED. |
| Yes, deceived me! |
| (Denouncing her.) |
| DUET FREDERIC and RUTH. |
| FRED. |
| You told me you were fair as gold! |
| RUTH. |
| (wildly) And, master, am I not so? |
| FRED. |
| And now I see you’re plain and old. |
| RUTH. |
| I’m sure I’m not a jot so. |
| FRED. |
| Upon my innocence you play. |
| RUTH. |
| I’m not the one to plot so. |
| FRED. |
| Your face is lined, your hair is grey. |
| RUTH. |
| It’s gradually got so. |
| FRED. |
| Faithless woman, to deceive me, |
| I who trusted so! |
| RUTH. |
| Master, master, do not leave me! |
| Hear me, ere you go! |
| My love without reflecting, |
| Oh, do not be rejecting! |
| Take a maiden tender her affection raw and green, |
| At very highest rating, |
| Has been accumulating |
| Summers seventeen? |
| summers seventeen. |
| ENSEMBLE. |
| RUTH. |
| FRED. |
| Don’t, beloved master, |
| Yes, your former master |
| Crush me with disaster. |
| Saves you from disaster. |
| What is such a dower to theYour love would be uncomfortably |
| dower I have here? |
| fervid, it is clear |
| My love unabating If, as you are stating |
| Has been accumulating It’s been accumulating |
| Forty-seven year forty-seven year! |
| Forty-seven year forty-seven year! |
| RECIT. |
| FREDERIC. |
| What shall I do? |
| Before these gentle maidens |
| I dare not show in this alarming costume! |
| No, no, I must remain in close concealment |
| Until I can appear in decent clothing! |