W.S. Gilbert - Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate lyrics

[MAJOR-GENERAL] Oh, men of dark and dismal fate, Forego your cruel employ, Have pity on my lonely state, I am an orphan boy! [SAMUEL AND KING] An orphan boy? [MAJOR-GENERAL] An orphan boy! [ALL PIRATES] How sad, an orphan boy! [MAJOR-GENERAL] These children whom you see Are all that I can call my own! [ALL PIRATES] Poor fellow! [MAJOR-GENERAL] Take them away from me, And I shall be indeed alone! [ALL PIRATES] Poor fellow! [MAJOR-GENERAL] If pity you can feel, Leave me my sole remaining joy - See at your feet they kneel; Your hearts you cannot steel Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy! [ALL PIRATES] Poor fellow! See at our feet they kneel! Our hearts we cannot steel Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy! [SAMUEL] The orphan boy! [SAMUEL AND KING] The orphan boy! See at our feet they kneel! Our hearts we cannot steel Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy! [ALL PIRATES] Poor fellow!