Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury

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W: S. Gilbert

Piano

Trial by Jury

Printed in the U.S.A. by G. Schirmer, Inc

Arthur Sullivan

Scene: A court of 'rwshce' rhe Bench faces thb rturlienee, and eatends alongthe baek of theourt. ?he Judgels desk c., with canopg ooerhead.' ,rury-boa 8., counselb seati ,t. Barristers,Attorneys, ,furgmen, and public discoaered.

Itlo. 1. "Hark, the hour of ten is sound.ing,,Opening Chorus and. Solo

Ensemble and Usher

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(Curtain)

Ch o rusSOPRANO and ALTO

Hark, the hour of ten is sound

TENOR and BASS

fears are bound

Hearts with anx

L_--',,...---1',: - C u-: --:----

Hall of Jus - crou'ds sur - round

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t-----



Breath- ing hope a

An- ge- li - na, Short- ly will ap - pear.

For day



flft, Sum- moned sternd;Ly thisn

1l&,sub

fe 11&,sum- moned by

Alternative Parts

na, Short- lY

- na, Short-



Hark, the

fears are bound -

Breath-ing hope and

is sound - Hearts with anx ious

Hal1 Jus - tice

For to-day this a- re- na,



6



fTeqor may double Bass here

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8

Morlerato

mind, From . bi-

asfree of ev 'ry

Noui Ju - ry - men, hear my ad -

tri - al

vul-gar pre-

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f r-- s----1

Si - lence

From bi- as free of ev-'rv kind.This

lis - ten to the plaintiff's case: ob - serve the fea- tures of her face- The

bro - ken- heart - ed

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kind, This



Cho rusUnison

the plain-tiff's shrieks, The

.------.ruf- fian - ly de -

.----..--.fen- dant speaks-L'p-

----._--



t2No. 1a. "Is this the Court of the Exchequer"

Solo and ChorusDefendant and Ensemble

the Court of the cheq - uer? be firm, my

DefendantAllegro vivacc (g ttte r Dqfendu n.t,,L. )



the De- fen-dant

Lawyers and Pu blic

Jurymen I\{on - ster, dread4haking thezr fists) ,-

D efend ant

Hear me, hear me, if youplease,Theseare ver-y strangepro-ceed-ings-For,per_

theirlon

Dread

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(De/endant bechorts to Jurgmen.. 'I'/reg leuue tlte bott and gutlter round htm as they sing the

of my plead- ings, You're at

.fottoring.)

Chorus (sutiricultyl

his plead-ings \\'e're



No. 2. "When first my old, old love I knew,,

o"," "i"'"TLllj. lll T,i,,",',

"

.t5

1. When

es at herbe-came a

No terms seemedtoo_ ex- trav -With fit - ful glim- mer burnt

love I kneu', My bo - somwelledpalls thesense; And love un-chansedold

santfirstjoy

I vasaUn - to her

feetbore

MyAnd

a-gant Up - on her to_ em-my flame, And I grew cold _ and

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sicksick

IAt

tusedlast,

mope,morn -

and pant,be- came

Just like aAn - oth- er'.';

boy-oy.-

Chorus ,

Tink -

+:-1. ,. 4^-1,tlt6-4 - Ldrl[,I

dL

p

used -last, -



Q\ Qna uerse onlg)

sigh, and pant, Just like aI-

be - eame An- oth- er-

love- sicklove- sick

tank, tink, Tink- a-tank.f

I-listesso tempo Chorus of furymen (aside, adaancing stealthilg)

I u'as like that when a lad

shock- ing youngscamp of a rov- er, be- haved a reg-



tre:rt us n'ith arl'e,

Allegretto

Usher, Defendant, and Foreman, with SOPRANO

Sing-ing so mer- ri - ly-

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(Ihey enter tke jurg -boc.1

Usher (on bench)

Si - lence in Court



No. 3. '411 hail , great Judge "Chorus and Solos

Ensemble, Judge, and Usher

zl

And"ante maest,oso (Enter Judge on bench)

hail, great Judge _ To yorrr bright rays, We nev - er grudge_



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each de cree As stat_ute ernd be

---G-

Re -versed



For these kindwords ac-cept my thanks, I

But first - ly, if the time you'll not - be-grudge, I'11

a Judge.

Chorus

a tenE o

He'lI tell us horr'

f J.

He'll tell us

he

h+'

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tell us horv

he

horv

-Judge, to

J

he came to

be_

be-

you how'

Judge,

Judge,

Judge,

He'll tell us

hou',

ho't'r',

.t

He'l

He'lpl

us

tls

He'11

t-__.r--f f



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Judges

Judge

Judgel

be

be

f=----f I frucame

-

to-hos' he came to

rf--

Let him speak, Let him speak,



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No. 4. "When I, good friends, was called to the bar"Solo and. Chorus

Judge and Ensemble

t. When I, gbod friends,was

2. In West-min-ster Hall I

called to the bar, IUdanced a dance, Like

I was, as man-y youngthought I nev- er should

ap - pe-tite freshsem-i-de-spon-

bar - ris-ters are, An-

im - Pehit on a chance Of ad - dress - ing

heartfu ButFor I

a

Allegro vivaee

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brief rvhichrlin - ners

IHaRut I

col-lar or tlvo, Anrl a

rich at - tor - nev's

s-w'al-1ow-tail coat-soon got tired

ring that looked like a

Eld-er-ly, ug - ly

ofin

bv- Ater; So

I boughtof bread

beau- ti - fulthird - class

coup - leI fell

He'd a coup-leSo he fell

A-neys, And

and alvith a

ru - bydaugh - ter.

co1-1arrich or t*'o,And a ring that looked like a

at - tor - ney's Eld-er-lY' ug - lY ru - bydaugh-ter.

Ch orus

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Judge

jJ. The4. The

ions: "\brr shallly, And

Bai - ley and IIid - dle - sexSes - sions of An - cient -

looks," saidfees af -

he, t'Ant

ford Re

fond protroop - ing

thethehe

"y

re -u'ardday

soon getthieves rvho

usedcould

ty - three Inrb - stored To

with aand

herl She maytions, And

I ighthis



her "t ions.

passbur -

Chorus

She ruay ver - y lvellAnd man-y a

for - ty- threehe's r-e - stored

In theTo his

orglar

- dusk, u'ith afriends and

Judge

5. At length I be-came as as the Gur-neys-An in-cu-busthen I-

thought I threlv o-ver that tor - ney\ Eld- er - ly,

\.J:_disdaugh-ter. The rich at - tor-ney rny- char-ac-ter high Tried vain- ly to

-



3l

7.} a,temlro

par age - And now, if you please,Iin read-y to

4\

For now Iin a Judgelman-agedby a job-

of Prorn-ise of

Yes, now Iin a JudgeIt rvas rnan-agedby a jobi

And aAnd a

And aAnd a

good Judge,toogood job, too

And nolr', if you please, hets Breach of Prom-ise of



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rnll, and pause 2nd tirne

Though all myIt is pat-ent

Iarv be fudge, Yetto the rnob, That

ne\'- ert ne\'- crbudge, Butbe- ingruade a nob Sas

good Judge, toogood job, too

live and die a Judge r 7

fect- ed by a job. Anrl a

And aAnd a

fgood Judge, too

tvll. anrl pause 2ncl tinrc

\\'asgood job, too

A

good job,A

iE. -4

It

q?,t?f Cqu4set for ptainttff. Ee tuhes his pluce dn ft,ontets seats.)/--t - ; - ^. traF

rout of Coun.,

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No. 5. "Swear thou the Jury "R,ecitative, Solo, and Chorus

Counsel, Usher, Defendant, Judge, and Jury

Andante (Att ttte Jury A'neel. irt the .rurgr-boa, and so are hirtrten from audience.)

Usher

Oh, will you swear _ by yon der skies, What-

er ques - tion may a-rise,'Twixt rich and poor-'twixt lorv and high, That

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Cou nsel

ry-men, oh,



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(.furgnt.en, raise their lLart'ds, u;hich ulone Jurytr ( re uisible.)

(AlI rise uith the last note')

try<a>

p

Cou nselJud ge

U sher

tryA'e'il

this-

we



36No. 6. "'Where is the Plaintiff?,'

R,eeitative, Cb,orus, and SoloCounsel, Usher, Bridesmaids, and plaintiff

Allegro grazioso

Come thou in- to Court

(Echo, behind the scene)7aA

A

Cou nsel

now be brorrght.

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Chorus (Bridesmaidsl

Comes the bro - ken flow

Comes thecheat-ed maid- Though the tem-pest low

O rnaid, these Tho'thy beau - ty



(Enter Pla,intiffS

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Plaintiff



'i;{;;'rrn-T";;:fl:/, ,r';;},7;,%i,;:{1;};1, #"i1";i:;,;:,r;?,, : ,"^?'i, i{{;,,#,,:3 ;,:1,it, kisses tt t,upturottsly, un,tl pluces it in her bosotrt.)Chorus (Bridesmaidsl

they

-



PlaintiffIamno py maid, un -



FOf eman fuftur consutting uith the Jurgl

4S

Plaintiff kurtsesingl

is- Rap-ture Your kind- ness,

Jury

Bridesmaids (shuhing their .fore-f *rs ut 'rury1

and n'ouldmakeyou ours Ah, sly dogs Ah, sly dogs

fond- 1y', and rvould nrake you,rvould rnake



44Jury (shaking their fists at the Defendant)

Presto furioso f,

datrr-ag-esl

NIon- s*'er t dread our fu ryl

sub - darn- ag- es

3 z?

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t5No. 8. "May it please you"Recitative and Chorus

Counsel, Plaintiff, Usher, and Ensemble

ModeratoBccit. Counsel

IIay it please )ou.rlr]

ap - proach this pain



y0horus, Unison

con iid - ing, Vorvs,

al:

ce-

5

C ou nsel

Sweet - lY



Chorus. Unison

'J u'ooed and gen-tly n-on hinr. Slveet- ly

Counsel (uilh itt.creuse(t e?rc,),g /t) cresc. >

S*'ift - Iy fled each hon-eyed hour Spent rvith this un-*an - ly r'ale

be-carne a bowi. I'eck-harn an



ot

C horusUnison

is tence it, ta \\ht-teau Breath-ing

ing on the

(ea:cited lyl

And

frarn- ing,

I

\\l.L



rnaid- had-bought

@tutntty Tutts sobbing on Comselb breasf)

had bought her

Cheer up, rny pret-ty- cheer up

ttos - seau

Cheer up cheer up



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Plaintiff (Cownsel lea.ds Plaintiff fondly into witness-boa; he takcs a tender leaue of

Cheer up. rrry prct-ty, oh, cheer up

U sher

Cheer up, cheer up,cheer

Ju ry

love you Cheer up, cheer up, we love yout

heq and resumes his place in Court. Plaintiff reels us iJ about to faint.)

Ah

CheerCounsel 1

lne

uP

me

cheer

A

upr $'e love you cheer

A

Cheerp

Cheer up

Cheer up,



51.No. 9. "That she is reeling is plain to me "

Solos and ChorusJudge, Foreman, plaintiff, Counsel, and Ensemble

Allegro agitato

P I rg--setnpte stacc.

6he ,lntts solttdng on the ,Forernads breasl.)



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(shal'ing fists a t Def endant)

Foreman

(She jutnps on to Berathrstts downbg(kissing her) Judge (tpproaching her) ,Iudge, and fults soltbing ott his breast)

rath- er,.,



sl;rugh - ter

(.furgr n en shu A.e their f*ri ^at. tne D efendatt t)__r_., tr

tone IIon-ster

tr There's the Judge, and

IIon-ster



54 No. 10. "Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray"Solo and Chorus

Defendant and Bridesmaids

Allegreito non troppo vivaee

3e#

D efendant

ofWhen

TheAnd ifs



Ch oru s (B rid esm aid $ (ru*tns 7or'u:artl and kneeli'ng to 'Itct'Y)

day, And loves that YoungAav. ma I'll rnar - rY the

dy to - mor- rorv Con-sid - er

;; to - rnor- rorv But this he

\(eto

And loves that YoungAnd hdll lnar - rY the

sor-row)sor- row,

to - lnor-rowto-

Nor bringIf it

a young fel-rvi1l aP - Pease

Who loves this Young la- dY to -

He'll rnar- rY this la-dY to-

rnor- row

toher

n-- Defendant 112.,

Youdoy,duy,

.l rr

-er

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No. 11. "That seems a reasonable proposition',Solos, R,ecitative, and Chorus

Judge, Counsel, Jury, Usher, and Ensemble

seelns a prop - o - si- tion, To rvhich, your;\ . :*.

Allegro moderato

I-\

sub-rnit, rn'1ud, rvith



(Beferring to lau-book)

In the reign of Jatnes the Sec-ond, It n'as gen- er- al - ly reck-oned As a

(hanrts book ttP to 'Iurlge'uho reads it )

Oh, man of

,Jury and Usher

Oh, tnan of learn



No. 12. 'ASextet

Full

nice dilemma,'and ChorusEnsemble

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Anclante sostenutoJudge

\\ e have here, lnatcalls lor

And at this it don't ap-

D efend ant

That we can



he

breach

-'twill



6t

Plainti

counts .-- as Bttr

D efendant

Counsel

Judge

Usher

Foreman

gla - ree

l-3.1

A nice di- lem-ma

"t_ ^.

A nice di- lem-ma

f,

A nice di - lem-ma

f

A nice di - lem-ma

tr-e have

p

we have

p

we ha"e

1)

A nice di-lem

f

A nice di-lem

fl&t a nice di - lem

p,

a nice di- leml&,

ChorusSOPRANO

ALTO

TENOR

BASS



62

i"-

hele,- ,r\ nice lem - ma u'e have here, A nice

here,

A nice di-lem-ma

11 | "----1

A nice di- lem-ma

P-l_-

A nice di-lem-ma

p t---?----1

a nice di-lem-ma

? r--a---1

we have here,

wehave here,

rve have here,

we have here,

'*'e have here,

colle uoei p etcnl?o

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6E

\\'e have here,

here,

here,

here,

If

ha'r'e

have

have

have A

A nice ma 1 € have here,

r--;-----"t r---;-l

di - lem - ma we have here.

nice di



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A nice di - lem ma

I- J--r

to wed the girl loth,

-

lem have

lem mahave

lem ma have

lem 1l'e have

t--3---1 fu--.--]

A nice di-lem - ma rtqe have here, A nice di-lem - ma\\'e havehere,

A nice di-lem - ma r^'e hale here, A nice di - lem ma \\€ har-e here,

have here, A nlce di

b

A

nlce

nlCe

nice

nlce

lem

di

di

di

di

: 92Lrg



65

-,-r r-T-r --J--1,

rve have

-

here, Thatcalls for all

r.;.---l=-- r-F-r

nice

here,

here,

rJ't t_}r

A nice

r---'rdi-lem

l--T-1

A nice di-lem - ma we have here, A nice di - 1em-ma ue hare here,Thatcalls for

lem - ma have here, A nice di - lem- ma we hare here,Thatcalls for

61

r-T--1

-

di-lem - mawe have here, Thatcalls for all

cresc. r----;------r r-{1 arlThat ca1ls

-

for all, that calls for

cresc, f------f r._;-]|--.-.-r

That calls

-


cresc. r-...-"l r J-r

That calls

-


ct e$c, r--JT--r f-T-1 l-S---r

That calls for all, thtt calls for

r---;---] rjr:;---r r----r t....--1

ma we have here, A nice di- lem-mawe have here,Thatcalls forcreac,t----r r--t l----l

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ollr \\'1I,

tr

0ur

our

our \Ylt,

all orlr \Yit,

tr

all our rvit,

tr

all oLlr

--T-' t1-1

oLlr rvit, Th:tt calls for all, for

, r-T-1

all o11r wit, That calls

-

for all, that

l--t--r

wit, That calls, that cal1s for ail, thitt

f-v-l' r.y-

all ollr wit, That calls, that calls for all, that

rll -t:

our wit, That calls, that calls for all, that

r--t--1 -{7

wit, That calls,

ealls

that calls for all, that

ottr wit, That calls, that calls for all, that

f-F- r rl-

iill orlr u'it, That calls, that calls for all, that

rr-T-r 6i

all our u'it, That calls, that calls for all, that

for

for

all

tr

a11

tr

allor

for a1l11r u-it,ll our

tr

all

trour r,l'it, for all

for

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.ff<=

all '-- our rvit, That

.tr

calls- for all_ our rvit.

dim. t)

cal1s

fr

calls

calls

calls

ealls

calls

If

A

our

our

for

for

:r 11

dim.

a1l

d'tm.

all

dim.

all

dim.

all

d.itn.

w1t.

p

u'it.

p

wlt.p

wlt.

p

wit.

pr-T-r

rvit, A nice

-4-

n

A

r.t-]

ouf

our

our

our

for

for

for

for

for

d

r--;---'r

di-lem-ma rn'e hare here.

[or all

rJitt,

rvit, A nice di-lem-mawe havehere.

rs- p

wtt, nlce di

rl.[.-7-r



w1l

p

wit,

for

p

for

p

for

p

for

.p

wit,

p

u'ifp

wit,

wit,

wit, That calls

That calls

That calls

That



my pl'o-fess -

sure I should thrash her, per - haps I

are as-sess - ing The dam - ag- es Ed -

be guess - ing, She could



TENOR

----t----r

smoke a fitr - nace, I'm

:'--J _.r

loves

rvhen

If rr'fip.rt uor, he would kick her,

r----------r

I love him, I u'or - ship and mad - ly o -

liq - uor, A ruf- fian, a bul - Iy, a ruf- fian, a bul

--.-T----

dores She loves him, she loves and mad - 1y n

If, u-hen iiq - uor, he rvould

bate - ment, If, when uor, he would

tractBASS

tract

hprkick

1n0t1r

\\'a)'s in

ly

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dore, I love him, I wor- ship and mad - ly a

sot, A7Y, a

dores She loves him,she loves himandmad- ly a - dores

That is, that is

that is bate

Andante /

ruf-

Theques -tion, gen-

tle - men, is one of liq- uor; You



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he *'otrld thrr.h ltnd kir^k

\rivace, Tempo Io

trylCounsel

\Vith all

Vivace, Tempo Io

Lrt's make him

--'--/'

do ob - jectl

and

do

D efen d ant

re-spect, I



I,trW-ith all re-spect, I do ob- ject, I do object, I do

jectlWith all re-spect, ICounsel and Usher

With all re-spect, weCh orus

don't 'ob - ject, I dont ob-ject, I dont ob - ject

tr

do ob- ject, we do ob-ject, we do ob - ject

trWilh all re- spect,we ob - ject, we do ob-ject, we do ob -jectf

Alternative

With allUnison

re-spect, u'e do

g

tr.

(tossing his books and papers about)

gal fu-riesseizeyou No pro- lesal seems to please you,



sim-ple-mind - ed

PLrt your briefs uP-on the shelf'

(Ee cotttts tLorrtr .ft'ottt tsench to ftoor Qf Cotn't' Ee etnbt'uces Angelinu')

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79No. 14. "Oh, joy unbounded"Finale

Full Ensemble

Allegro moderatoPlaintiff

Oh, joy un- bound - ed,\Vith n'ealth

to - geth- er In mar -

ed, The

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U sher

oh,

he, Sir, And a good

Defendant

Counsel

Usher

judge, tooJudge

oh,

judge

oh,

oh,

ChorusSOPRANO

ALTO

TENORoh,



81.

Joy

f

joy

,f

un - bountl e ri, \\ ith l'ealth sur- round -' ed. The knel1 is sound - ed Of

un - bound ed, \Yith rvealth sur- round eri. The knell is soun<l - ed OfJo)

f

un - bountl - e11,\Yith we:rlth sur- round ed, The knell is sound - ed Of

Joy un - bottnrl ecl, With rvealth sur- round ecl, The knell is sound - ed Of

un - bounrl - ed,Nith rvealth sur-round ed, The kne1lis sound - ed Of

Joy r.rn - bound - ed. \Yith rvealth sur-round erl, The kneil is sound- ed Of

un - bound ed, rvealth sur-rounrl - ed, The knell is sou"l - ed Of

f

Jo)

f

l|l|i ::.i]l:l:l:.:,|l

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Doppio movimento f

And a

f

And

f

good Judge, too

good Judge. tool

And a

And a

And a

And a

Ard a

And a

And a

aln a Judgel

Doppio movimento

And a

fgood Judge. too

And a good Judge, too


"t


.f


arn a Judge'

f



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good Judggtoo

good Judge,too

good Judge,too

good Judge,too

good Judge,too

good Judge,too

good Judge,too

Though home-ward as you trudge You de - clare my law is fudge, Yet of

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beau- ty I'm a judge

And a good judge, too

And a good judge, tool



Anda

good judge, too



Tho' de - fen-dant is a snob.

And a

And a

Anda

And a

And a



great snob, tooAnd a great

great snob, too And a great snob, too Tho' de -


de - fen-dant is a snob. Tho' de -


great snob, tool And a great snob, too Tho, de -

great And a great snob, too Tho' de -

noo,o,

too



88

sloxaer

fen-dant is a snob,He'll re-ward him from his fob, So *'e\'e set-tled v'ith the iob. And a

slouer

So rvdve set-tled with the job, And a

rwll. strower

fen- dant is a snob, He'lI re-ward him from his fob, So wdve set-tled with the job, And a

rwll,. a slou:er

A

ri

fen-dant is a snob, He'l1 re-ward him from his fob,

tall,

fen-dant is a snob, Hdll re-ward him from his fob,

rwll. 4\

So we've set-tled with the job, And a

slouer

So u'e've set-tled rvith the job, And a

* slotoer

A

fen-dant is a snob, I'11 re-wardhimfrommyfob, Sowdveset-tledwiththejob, Anda

rsll. ri* slou,er

fen-dant is a snob, Hetll re-rn'ard him from his fob, So u'dve set-tled w'ith the job, And a

slowerall,

fen-dant is a snob,He'll re-lvard him from his fob, Son'e've set-tled withthe job, And a

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* Alternative parts



tooo tempo

tooa tem.po

toola temlto

good job,A

good job,/i

too

tooa, terrzleo

too

o:-->

G----t

job,A a tempo

good

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Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury

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Transcript of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury