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CREDITS

This was a joint project, with input from several people. In alphabetical order they are: Angela Beegle, Keely Danine, Michael McAleese, Malcolm McCallum, and helpful suggestions from many nameless people (you know who you are). Thanks are due to the players of AmberMUSH, who have been surprisingly good-natured about the whole thing. Greater thanks to Gilbert and Sullivan, who wrote the finest in comic light opera. If you haven't yet been exposed to G&S, try "The Pirates of Penzance", out on video starring Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose and Rex Smith. Songs in this parody were taken mostly from Pirates and "The Mikado", with bits from "H.M.S. Pinafore" and others tossed in, along with a few original works.

o Angela
dm@bailey.cpac.washington.edu
o Keely
keely@netcom.com
o Michael
michael@angmar.dataflux.bc.ca
o Malcolm
malcolm@angmar.dataflux.bc.ca

Attributions for the songs from The AmberMUSH Opera.

ACT I

Introduction, to tune of 'To Sit In Sullen Silence', from 'The Mikado', Act I

o 'So please you all, I much regret'
'So please you, sir, we much regret', 'The Mikado', Act I
o 'A wandering warrior I'
'A wandring minstrel I', 'The Mikado', Act I
o The Parent Problem Song
a mix of tunes, all titles unknown.
o "Looking for Amber Love"
original, no tune
o Love Pure And True Duet
Original, no tune
o I am an Evil Dragon song.
"La Donna e Mobile". 'Il Rigoletto'
o 'A more powerful sorceress'
'A more humane Mikado never', 'The Mikado', Act II
o 'I'm Prince among princes'
'The Owl and the Pussycat', a childrens' song
o 'I have to kill you, Sha Katril'
'Modern Major General', Pirates of Penzance, Act I.
o 'If we had a life', to tune of "Heaven Help My Heart", 'CHESS'
o 'The Man from Shadow General,'
'Modern Major General', 'Pirates of Penzance'

ACT II

o The Amber Guard Song
'When the foeman bares his steel', Pirates of Penzance, Act II
o 'I made eye-contact with an Amberite'
'I am the Captain of the Pinafore', HMS Pinafore, Act I.
o The Shadow King song
'I am a Pirate King', 'Pirates of Penzance', Act I
o 'Oh is there not one elder breast'
'Oh is there not one maiden here', 'The Mikado', Act I.
o 'Oh family deaf to newbie's name'
'Oh sisters deaf to pity's name', 'The Pirates of Penzance', Act I
o 'Poor wandring one'
'Poor wandring one', 'Pirates of Penzance', Act I
o 'I have this day my son discovered'
tune unknown.
o Elder's Sextet
Quartet song in 'CHESS'
o 'I can't believe the story I just heard'
Original, no tune
o Lag Song
'With Cat-like Tread Upon Our Prey We Steal', 'Pirates of Penzance', Act II
o 'Three Very Violent Girls are we'
'Three Little Girls from School are we', 'The Mikado', Act I
o 'Although for most people one story is plenty'
'When you had left our Pirate's fold', 'Pirates of Penzance, Act II
o 'We are dashing elder Princes'
'We are dainty little fairies', G&S (unknown)

ACT III

o 'Concieve me if you can'
'Everyday young man', 'Patience', Act II
o 'To be of Chaos ancestry'
Original, no tune. Vaguely G&S
o 'I love you, but'
Original, no tune.
o 'Words such as yours could turn a maiden's head'
Original, no tune.
o 'Away away, my heart's on fire'
Trio, 'Away, Away, my heart's on fire', 'Pirates of Penzance' Act II
o 'O land of fatal dark abyss'
'O men of dark and dismal fate', 'Pirates of Penzance', Act I (and songs following, as in 'Pirates')
o Never Ever Song
Original, no tune
o 'There're things to be defined'
'Modern Major General', 'Pirates of Penzance', Act I
o 'Stop! Before you lose your senses'
'Stay, we must not lose our senses', 'Pirates of Penzance', Act I
o Tinyplot Song
'With Cat-like Tread Upon Our Prey We Steal', 'Pirates of Penzance', Act II
o 'No more sad times'
'Happy Endings', taken directly from the soundtrack of 'The Pirate Movie', The Peter Cupples Band/Written by Terry Britten, B.A. Robertson and Sue Shifrin. Copyrighted by JHI Pty. Ltd., 1981
o 'As every day it happens that annoyers do appear'
'As some day it may happen that a victim must be found', 'The Mikado', Act I
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