H.M.S. Pinafore: I Am the Monarch of the Sea Songtext
von The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company

I am the monarch of the sea
The ruler of the Queen′s Navee
Whose praise Great Britain loudly chants
And we are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
And we are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
His sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!


When at anchor here I ride
My bosom swells with pride
And I snap my fingers at a foeman's taunts
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
His sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

But when the breezes blow
I generally go below
And seek the seclusion that a cabin grants
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
His sisters and his cousins
Whom he reckons up by dozens
And his aunts!