In running into them again recently, I was struck by how close to reality they are now. Here.
Maybe you think so too?
Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip
That they took me into partnership.
And that junior partnership, I ween,
Was the only ship I ever had seen.
But that kind of ship so suited me,
That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!
I grew so rich that I was sent
By a pocket borough to Parliament.
I always voted at my party's call,
And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
I thought so little, they rewarded me
By making me the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!
Now landsmen all, whoever ye may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool,
Be careful to be guided by this golden rule:
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
And you all may be rulers of the Queen's Navee!
[Aside: simple question, why the title?]
3 comments:
Gilbert and Sullivan? Pinnafore, if I remember. "Sisters, cousins and aunts" is the a line for the chorus.
Regards,
Sudhir
Yeah Sudhir, G&S and Pinafore it is! The lines I quote are from a song sung by Sir Joseph Porter, the cartoonish First Lord. He arrives on the ship complete with his sisters and cousins and aunts and that title is indeed from the chorus sung then.
"I grew so rich that I was sent
By a pocket borough to Parliament.
I always voted at my party's call,
And I never thought of thinking for myself at all."
Industrialists elected to the Rajya Sabha?
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