A British Tar (W S Gilbert and A Sullivan)
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(Posted 2024-08-26) CPDL #81730: PDF, MP3, MXL, SIB and MIDI files available.
- Editor: Philip Le Bas (submitted 2024-08-26). Score information: Unknown Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Arranged for TTBB a cappella choir from the original trio from "HMS Pinafore" with piano/orchestral accompaniment
General Information
Title: A British Tar
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Lyricist: William Schwenck Gilbert
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Barbershop
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2024
Description:
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- Arranged for TTBB a cappella choir from the original trio plus orchestra/piano
Original text and translations
English text
A British Tar is a soaring soul,
As free as a mountain bird;
His energetic fist should be ready to resist
A dictatorial word;
His nose should pant, And his lip should curl,
His cheeks should flame, And his brow should furl,
His bosom should heave, And his heart should glow,
And his fist be ever ready for a knock-down blow.
Hi eyes should flash with an in-born fire,
His brow with scorn be wrung;
He never should bow down to a domineering frown,
Or the tang of a tyrant tongue;
His foot should stamp, And his throat should growl,
His hair should twirl, And his face should scowl,
His eyes should flash, And his breast protrude,
And this should be the customary attitude.