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GENERAL
Oh, men of dark and dismal fate,
Forgo your cruel employ,
Have pity on my lonely state,
I am an orphan boy!
KING/SAMUEL
An orphan boy?
GENERAL
An orphan boy!
PIRATES
How sad, an orphan boy.
GENERAL
These children whom you see
Are all that I can call my own!
PIRATES
Poor fellow!
GENERAL
Take them away from me,
And I shall be indeed alone.
PIRATES
Poor fellow!
GENERAL
If pity you can feel,
Leave me my sole remaining joy--
See, at your feet they kneel;
Your hearts you cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
PIRATES (sobbing)
Poor fellow!
See at our feet they kneel;
Our hearts we cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
SAMUEL
The orphan boy!
add KING
The orphan boy!
See at our feet they kneel;
Our hearts we cannot steel
Against the tale of the lonely orphan boy!
PIRATES
Poor fellow!