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No. 5: Entrance of Mikado & Katisha
"Miya sama, miya sama"
March. — Enter procession, heralding Mikado, with Katisha.
("March of the Mikado's troops.")
| Chorus. |
Miya sama, miya sama,
On n'm-ma no maye ni
Pira-Pira suru no wa
Nan gia na
Toko tonyare tonyare na?
Miya sama, miya sama,
On n'm-ma no maye ni
Pira-Pira suru no wa
Nan gia na
Toko tonyare tonyare na? |
| Mikado. |
From every kind of man
Obedience I expect;
I'm the Emperor of Japan — |
| Katisha. |
And I'm his daughter-in-law elect!
He'll marry his son
(He's only got one)
To his daughter-in-law elect! |
| Mikado. |
My morals have been declared
Particularly correct; |
| Katisha. |
But they're nothing at all, compared
With those of his daughter-in-law elect!
Bow — Bow —
To his daughter-in-law elect! |
| Chorus. |
Bow — Bow —
To his daughter-in-law elect. |
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Richard Temple, the original Mikado, 1885
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Peter Goffin's Act 2 Set with Darrell Fancourt as
The Mikado & Ann Drummond-Grant as Katisha,
c. 1950
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| Mikado. |
In a fatherly kind of way
I govern each tribe and sect,
All cheerfully own my sway — |
| Katisha. |
Except his daughter-in-law elect!
As tough as a bone,
With a will of her own,
Is his daughter-in-law elect! |
| Mikado. |
My nature is love and light —
My freedom from all defect — |
| Katisha. |
Is insignificant quite,
Compared with his daughter-in-law elect!
Bow — Bow —
To his daughter-in-law elect! |
| Chorus. |
Bow — Bow —
To his daughter-in-law elect. |
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12 November, 2005
