[00:00.00]Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - D'Oyly Carte Opera Company/Henry A Lytton/Sullivan/Gilbert/George Baker
[00:06.69]Never mind the why and wherefore
[00:08.39]Love can level ranks and therefore
[00:10.00]Though his lordship's station's mighty
[00:11.65]Though stupendous be his brain
[00:13.51]Though her tastes are mean and flighty
[00:15.05]And her fortune poor and plain
[00:19.17]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[00:20.63]Rend the air with warbling wild
[00:22.32]For the union of my lordship
[00:23.90]With a humble captain's child
[00:26.33]For a humble captain's daughter
[00:28.14]For a gallant captain's daughter
[00:29.79]And a lord who rules the water
[00:31.61]And a tar who ploughs the water
[00:34.60]Let the air with joy be laden
[00:36.02]Rend with songs the air above
[00:37.74]For the union of a maiden
[00:39.36]With the man who owns her love
[00:47.52]Never mind the why and wherefore
[00:49.06]Love can level ranks and therefore
[00:50.61]Though your nautical relation
[00:52.44]In my set could scarcely pass
[00:54.02]Though you occupy a station
[00:55.76]In the lower middle class
[00:59.74]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[01:01.14]Rend the air with warbling wild
[01:02.75]For the union of my lordship
[01:04.39]With a humble captain's child
[01:06.63]For a humble captain's daughter
[01:08.62]For a gallant captain's daughter
[01:10.24]And a lord who rules the water
[01:11.92]And a tar who ploughs the water
[01:15.07]Let the air with joy be laden
[01:16.33]Rend with songs the air above
[01:18.13]For the union of a maiden
[01:19.72]With the man who owns her love
[01:27.95]Never mind the why and wherefore
[01:29.43]Love can level ranks and therefore
[01:30.92]I admit the jurisdiction
[01:32.50]Ably have you played your part
[01:34.40]You have carried firm conviction
[01:35.98]To my hesitating heart
[01:39.95]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[01:41.51]Rend the air with warbling wild
[01:43.26]For the union of my lordship
[01:44.81]With a humble captain's child
[01:46.88]For a humble captain's daughter
[01:48.87]For a gallant captain's daughter
[01:50.60]And a lord who rules the water
[01:52.39]And a tar who ploughs the water
[01:55.60]Let the air with joy be laden
[01:57.01]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[01:58.55]For the union of a maiden
[02:00.37]For her union with my lordship
[02:01.83]Rend with songs the air above
[02:03.68]For the man who owns her love
[02:05.43]Rend with songs the air above
[02:07.32]For the man who owns her love