W.S. Gilbert - Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry lyrics

[ALL] Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry, Fill, oh fill the pirate gla**! And, to make us more than merry, Let the pirate bumper pa**! [SAMUEL] For today our Pirate 'Prentice Rises from indenture freed; Strong his arm, and keen his scent is He's a Pirate now indeed! [ALL] Here's good luck to Fred'ric's ventures! Fred'ric's out of his indentures. [SAM] Two and twenty now he's rising, And alone he's fit to fly, Which we're bent on signalizing With unusual revelry. [ALL] Here's good luck to Fred'ric's ventures! Fred'ric's out of his indentures. Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry, Fill, oh fill the pirate gla**! And, to make us more than merry, Let the pirate bumper pa**! [KING, spoken] Yes, Frederic, from to-day you rank as a full-blown member of our band. [ALL, spoken] Hurrah! [FREDERIC, spoken] My friends, I thank you all, from my heart, for your kindly wishes. Would that I could repay them as they deserve! [KING, spoken] What do you mean? [FREDERIC, spoken] Today I am out of my indentures, and today I leave you for ever. [KING, spoken] But this is quite unaccountable; a keener hand at scuttling a Cunarder or cutting out a P. & O. never shipped a handspike. [FREDERIC, spoken] Yes, I have done my best for you. And why? It was my duty under my indentures, and I am the slave of duty. As a child I was regularly apprenticed to your band. It was through an error -- no matter, the mistake was ours, not yours, and I was in honor bound by it. [SAMUEL, spoken] An error? What error? [FREDERIC, spoken] I may not tell you; it would reflect upon my well-loved Ruth. [RUTH, spoken] Nay, dear master, my mind has long been gnawed by the cankering tooth of mystery. Better have it out at once.