Lyrics The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Alas! I waver to and fro" - Jean Rigby feat. Neil Mackie, Stafford Dean, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
Alas,
I
waver
to
and
fro,
dark
danger
hangs
upon
the
deed
Dark
danger
hangs
upon
the
deed
The
scheme
is
brash,
and
well
may
fail,
but
ours
Are
not
the
hearts
that
quail,
the
hands
that
Shrink,
the
cheeks
that
pale
in
hours
of
need
No,
ours
are
not
the
hearts
that
quail
The
hands
that
shrink-
The
hands
that
shrink-
The
cheeks
That
pale-
The
cheeks
that
pale-
The
hands
that
fail-
The
hands
that
fail-
The
cheeks
that
pale
in
hours
of
need
The
air
I
breathe,
to
him
I
owe,
my
life
is
his,
I
count
it
not
That
life
is
his,
so
count
it
not
And
shall
I
reckon
risk
I
run
when
services
are
To
be
done,
to
save
the
life
of
such
an
one?
Unworthy
thought!
Unworthy
thought!
And
shall
we
reckon
risks
we
run
to
save
the
life
of
such
an
one?
Unworthy
thought!
Unworthy
thought!
We
may
succeed,
who
can
foretell?
May
Heav'n
help
our
hope
May
Heav'n
help
our
hope
Heav'n
May
Heav'n
help
our
hope,
help
our
hope
Heav'n
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2 The Yeomen of the Guard / Act 1: "Oh, how I would love thee!" - "Where I thy bride"
3 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Well, Sergeant Meryll"
4 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Oh, Sergeant Meryll" - "Ye Tower Warders" - "Leonard Meryll!" - "Forbear, my friends" - "Didst thou not" - "Leonard!" - "As escort for the prisoner"
5 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Hark! What was that, sir?" - "Who fired that shot?" "Like a ghost his vigil keeping." - "The river must be dragged"
6 The Yeomen of the Guard / Act 2: "When a wooer goes a-wooing"
7 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "The deed is, so far, safely accompished"
8 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Well sung and well danced!"
9 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Night has spread her pall once more"
10 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Nay, sweetheart, be comforted"
11 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Strange adventure!"
12 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Now listen to me"
13 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Before I pretend to be a sister to anybody again"
14 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Rapture, rapture!"
15 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "So my mysterious bride"
16 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "And now, Sir Richard"
17 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "'Tis an odd freak"
18 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "But I trust you are very careful"
19 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Comes the pretty young bride" - "'Tis said to you" - "Hold, pretty one!"
20 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Two days gone"
21 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Free from his fetters grim"
22 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "The merry jests of Hugh Ambrose"
23 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "And so thou wouldst be a jester, eh?"
24 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act II: "Hereupon we're both agreed"
25 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "And so, good fellow" - "I've jibe and joke"
26 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Here's a man of jollity"
27 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "I have a song to sing, The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I
28 The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture
29 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Mistress Meryll!"
30 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Tower warders under orders"
31 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "A good day to you!"
32 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "When our gallant Norman foes"
33 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Father! Has no reprieve arrived"
34 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Alas! I waver to and fro"
35 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Nay, lass, be of good cheer"
36 The Yeomen of the Guard, Act I: "Nay, pretty one" - "Is life a boon?"
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