With Cat-Like Tread, Upon Our Prey We Steal - The Pirates Of Penzance

Pirates: With Cat-Like Tread

Upon our prey we steal

In silence dread

Our cautious way we feel

No sound at all

We never speak a word

A fly’s foot-fall

Would be distinctly heard

Tarantara, Tarantara.

So stealthily the pirate creeps

While all the household soundly sleeps

Come friends, who plough the sea

Truce to navigation

Take another station

Let’s vary piracy

With a little burglary

Here’s your crowbar

And your centre bit

Your life preserver

You may want to hit

Your silent matches

Your dark lantern seize

Take your file

And your skeletonic keys

Tarantara,

With Cat like tread

Tarantara

In silence dread

Pirates

With Cat-Like Tread

Upon our prey we steal

In silence dread

Our cautious way we feel

No sound at all

We never speak a word

A fly’s foot-fall

Would be distinctly heard

Come friends, who plough the sea

Truce to navigation

Take another station

Let’s vary piracy

With a little burglary

With cat like tread

Upon our prey we steal

In silence dread

Our cautious way we feel