[00:00.00]Act 2 - Never mind the why and wherefore - D'Oyly Carte Opera Company/Jean Hindmarsh/Jeffrey Skitch/John Reed/New Symphony Orchestra Of London/Isidore Godfrey
[00:02.33]Lyrics by：William Schwenck Gilbert
[00:04.67]Composed by：Arthur Sullivan
[00:07.01]Never mind the why and wherefore
[00:08.74]Love can level ranks and therefore
[00:10.39]Though his lordship's station's mighty
[00:12.03]Though stupendous be his brain
[00:13.79]Though her tastes are mean and flighty
[00:15.50]And her fortune poor and plain
[00:19.65]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[00:21.50]Rend the air with warbling wild
[00:23.36]For the union of his lordship
[00:24.71]With a humble captain's child
[00:27.29]For a humble captain's daughter
[00:28.86]For a gallant captain's daughter
[00:30.93]And a lord who rules the water
[00:32.47]And a tar who ploughs the water
[00:35.81]Let the air with joy be laden
[00:37.46]Rend with songs the air above
[00:39.17]For the union of a maiden
[00:40.88]With the man who owns her love
[00:49.47]Never mind the why and wherefore
[00:51.11]Love can level ranks and therefore
[00:52.80]Though your nautical relation
[00:54.54]In my set could scarcely pass
[00:56.31]Though you occupy a station
[00:57.99]In the lower middle class
[01:02.17]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[01:03.86]Rend the air with warbling wild
[01:05.53]For the union of his my lordship
[01:07.41]With a humble captain's child
[01:09.92]For a humble captain's daughter
[01:11.37]For a gallant captain's daughter
[01:13.35]And a lord who rules the water
[01:15.03]And a tar who ploughs the water
[01:18.35]Let the air with joy be laden
[01:20.08]Rend with songs the air above
[01:21.74]For the union of a maiden
[01:23.45]With the man who owns her love
[01:32.03]Never mind the why and wherefore
[01:33.70]Love can level ranks and therefore
[01:35.51]I admit the jurisdiction
[01:36.99]Ably have you played your part
[01:38.89]You have carried firm conviction
[01:40.66]To my hesitating heart
[01:45.01]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[01:46.59]Rend the air with warbling wild
[01:48.34]For the union of my lordship
[01:50.02]With a humble captain's child
[01:52.61]For a humble captain's daughter
[01:54.12]For a gallant captain's daughter
[01:55.93]And a lord who rules the water
[01:57.84]And a tar who ploughs the water
[02:01.25]Let the air with joy be laden
[02:02.93]Ring the merry bells on board-ship
[02:04.68]For the union of a maiden
[02:06.35]For her union with his lordship
[02:08.17]Rend with songs the air above
[02:09.83]For the man who owns her love
[02:11.66]Rend with songs the air above
[02:13.76]For the man who owns her love