Songtexte The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Father! Has no reprieve arrived" - Jean Rigby feat. Stafford Dean, Neil Mackie, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

Father, has no reprieve arrived for the poor gentleman?
No, my lass
But there's one hope yet
Thy brother, Leonard, who's been appointed a
Yeoman of the guard, will arrive this morning
And as he comes straight from Windsor, it may be
That he'll bring the expected reprieve with him
Oh, that he may!
And wilt thou not be glad to welcome thy brave brother
With the fame of whose exploits all England is ringing?
Ay, truly
If he brings a reprieve
Father!
Leonard, my brave boy
I'm right glad to see thee and so is Phoebe
Ay
Hast thou brought Colonel Fairfax his reprieve?
Nay, I have here a dispatch for the
Lieutenant but no reprieve for the colonel
Poor gentleman
Aye, I would I'd brought better news
I'd give my right hand, nay my body, my life to save his
Then hearken to me
Thou has come to join the yeomen of the guard
Well- None have seen thee but ourselves?
And a sentry who took scant notice of me
Now, to prove thy words, give me the
Dispatch and get thee hence at once
Here is money and I'll send thee more
Uh, lie hidden for a space and let no one know
I'll convey a suit of yeoman's uniform to the colonel's cell
He shall shave off his beard so that none shall know him
And I'll own him as my son, the brave Leonard Merrill!
Oh!
Mm-hmm
He'll be welcome without question by my brother yeoman
I'll warrant that
Now, how to get access to the colonel's cell?
The key is with thy sour-faced admirer, Wilfred Shadbolt
I think, I say I think, I can get anything I want from Wilfred
I think you may leave that to me