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VOCAL SCORE TBE MIKADO OR. THE TOWN OF TITIPU. AND Vocal Score complete ... . . . Price, net 12s. 6d. Pianoforte Score complete . . . ..., 6s. Od, Libretto ... ... ... . . .,, 2s. Od. THE MIKADO OR THE TOWN OF TITIPU DRAMATIS PERSONAE. NANKI-POO hzs Solt, disgztised as a wandrying minstrel, and in love with YUM-YuM. KO-KO Lord High Exczbtioier of Titipu. POOII-BAH Lord High Everything Else. PISH-TUSH a Noble Lord. I YUM-YUM PITTI-SING Three Sisters-Ward of KO-KO. PEEP-BO 1 KATIHA an elderly Lady, ill love with NANICI-Poo. CHORUS OF SCHOOL-GIRLS, NOBLES, GUARDS, AND COOLIES. ACT I.-Courtyard of KO-KOs Official liesidence. ACT 11.- KO-KOs Garden. THE MIKADO . CONTENTS . tQl OVERTURE ........................................................................................................................ 2 Brt f . NO . I . CHORUS OF MEN ...................................... If you want to know who we are ..................... 20 2 . SONG AND CIIORUS Nanki-Poo .................. A wandring minstrel I ................................ 27 3 . SONG Pish-Tusk and Chorus .................... Our great Mikado, virtuous man ..................... 34 q . SONG Pooh.BaL, umith Nankz-Poo asdPish-Td Young man. dcspair. likewise go to .................. 41 qa . RECIT . Nanki-Pou and Pod-fah ............... And have I journeyd for a month .................... 47 5 . CHORUS WITH SOLO KO-KO ..................... Behold the Lord High Executioner ...... . ..... 48 ga . SONG KO-KO, with Chorus of Men ............ As some day it may happen ........................... 55 6 . CHORUS OF GIRLS ................................... Comes a train of little ladies ........................ 59 p . TRIO Yt, m.Ynnz, Peep.Bo. and Pitri-Sitrg. with Chyus of Girls .......................... Three little maids from school are we ............... 64 8 . QUARTET Ynm- Yum . Pcep.Bo. Pitta-Sng and Pooh-Bah. wtth Chorus of Girls ............. So please you. sir. we much regret ..................... 71 g . DUET Yum- Yunz and Nanki-Poo .............. Were you not to KO-KO plighted ..................... 80 10. TRIO KO-KO. POOL-Bah and Pish- Tush .... I am so proud ............................................. 84 r I . FINALE. ACT i .......................................... With aspect stern and gloomy stride .................. 92 ......... .................................... I . SOLO Pttti-Sing and Chorus of Girls 2 . SONG YUM- urn 3 . MADRIGAL Yum- Yum. Pitti.Sing, Nanii.Poo. a Pish-Tush d ...................................... 4 TRIO Yum- Yum. Nanki.Poo, and KO-KO ...... 5 . ENTRANCE Braid the raven hair ............................ 124 The sun. whose rays are all ablaze ..................... 130 Brightly dawns our wedding day1 ..................... 133 Heres a how-de-do If I marry you ............... 139 OF MIKADO AND KATISHA ........ Mi.ya.sa.ma. mi-ya-sa-ma ............................. I44 6 . SONG Mikado ond Lhorus ........................ A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist 149 7 . TRIO AND CHORUS Pitti.Sing. Ko.Ko. Poek- Bnh. and Chorus ................................... The criminal cried as he dropped him down ...... 155 8 . GLEE Pitti.Sixg. Katisha. Ko.Ko. Pooh.Rak. nnd Mikado .......................................... See how the Fates their gifts allot ..................... 162 g . DUET Nanki-Poo ond Ko.Ko. z. 11.4 Yum- lum. Pitti.Sing. and Pooh-Bah ....................... The flowers that bloom in the spring ............... 168 to . RECIT . AND SONG Kafiska ................. . .... Alone. and yet alive ...................................... 172 I . SONG KO-KO ....................... . ........... On a tree by a river. a little Torn-tit sang. Willow . tit-willow .................................. . .......... 175 rz . DUET Katisha and KO . hu .................. There is beauty in the bellow of the blast ........... 179 FINALE. ACT I1 ....................................