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Victoria University College Capping Programme 1930

Act Two:

Act Two:

Sea Shanty (air specially composed by W. H. Stainton) : "With a Heigh and a Ho and a Dandy-oh" Ben Borstal and Pirates
Chorus: "When l've Been Drinking Liquor" Pirates
Haka (perhaps) Pigfern and Scabious
Chorus: "Quench d is the Fire" Pirates
Ballet of Shadows Motor Spirits of Ward Island
Ballet of Houris The Gehenna Girls
Song and Chorus: "That's What Put Me Into Parliament" Kyd, Fairies and Pirates

Final Chorus and Ensemble:

"There's Something About New Zealand"

"It's human natur , p'raps,—if so,

Oh, isn't human natur' low?"

Gilbert.

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Solo: But to manage a second was all I could do.
For by then I was feeling bandy—
All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So he tossed off another and he looked at me
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: But—I was sick in a ship at sea;
Oh, then I was young and sandy.
All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)