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<pre><font size='+2'>SONG  NOTARY lyrics GILBERT AND SULLIVAN</font><br>About a century since,<br />
The code of the duello<br />
To sudden death<br />
For want of breath<br />
Sent many a strapping fellow.<br />
The then presiding Prince<br />
(Who useless bloodshed hated),<br />
He passed an Act,<br />
Short and compact,<br />
Which may be briefly stated.<br />
Unlike the complicated laws<br />
A Parliamentary draftsman draws,<br />
It may be briefly stated.<br />
<br />
ALL:        <br />
We know that complicated laws,<br />
Such as a legal draftsman draws,<br />
Cannot be briefly stated.<br />
<br />
NOT:        <br />
By this ingenious law,<br />
If any two shall quarrel,<br />
They may not fight<br />
With falchions bright<br />
(Which seemed to him immoral);<br />
But each a card shall draw,<br />
And he who draws the lowest<br />
Shall (so `twas said)<br />
Be thenceforth dead--<br />
In fact, a legal `ghoest`<br />
(When exigence of rhyme compels,<br />
Orthography forgoes her spells,<br />
And `ghost` is written `ghoest`).<br />
<br />
ALL (aside):       <br />
With what an emphasis he dwells<br />
Upon `orthography` and `spells`!<br />
That kind of fun`s the lowest.<br />
<br />
NOT:        <br />
When off the loser`s popped<br />
(By pleasing legal fiction),<br />
And friend and foe<br />
Have wept their woe<br />
In counterfeit affliction,<br />
The winner must adopt<br />
The loser`s poor relations--<br />
Discharge his debts,<br />
Pay all his bets,<br />
And take his obligations.<br />
<br />
In short, to briefly sum the case,<br />
The winner takes the loser`s place,<br />
With all its obligations.<br />
<br />
ALL:        <br />
How neatly lawyers state a case!<br />
The winner takes the loser`s place,<br />
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About a century since,
The code of the duello
To sudden death
For want of breath
Sent many a strapping fellow.
The then presiding Prince
(Who useless bloodshed hated),
He passed an Act,
Short and compact,
Which may be briefly stated.
Unlike the complicated laws
A Parliamentary draftsman draws,
It may be briefly stated.

ALL:
We know that complicated laws,
Such as a legal draftsman draws,
Cannot be briefly stated.

NOT:
By this ingenious law,
If any two shall quarrel,
They may not fight
With falchions bright
(Which seemed to him immoral);
But each a card shall draw,
And he who draws the lowest
Shall (so `twas said)
Be thenceforth dead--
In fact, a legal `ghoest`
(When exigence of rhyme compels,
Orthography forgoes her spells,
And `ghost` is written `ghoest`).

ALL (aside):
With what an emphasis he dwells
Upon `orthography` and `spells`!
That kind of fun`s the lowest.

NOT:
When off the loser`s popped
(By pleasing legal fiction),
And friend and foe
Have wept their woe
In counterfeit affliction,
The winner must adopt
The loser`s poor relations--
Discharge his debts,
Pay all his bets,
And take his obligations.

In short, to briefly sum the case,
The winner takes the loser`s place,
With all its obligations.

ALL:
How neatly lawyers state a case!
The winner takes the loser`s place,
With all its obligations

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