Editing The Pirates of Penzance (section)

==Musical numbers==
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| header       = Excerpts from the 1920 [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]] recording of the opera, conducted by [[George W. Byng]]
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[[File:Pirate King1.jpg|thumb|upright|Drawing of [[Richard Temple (bass-baritone)|Richard Temple]] as the Pirate King]]
[[File:Jay as Mabel.jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Isabel Jay]] as Mabel]]
[[File:The Pirate King Denounces the Major General.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Pirate King [[Henry Lytton]] denounces Major-General [[Charles H. Workman|C.&nbsp;H.&nbsp;Workman]].]]

* Overture (includes "With cat-like tread", "Ah, leave me not to pine", "Pray observe the magnanimity", "When you had left our pirate fold", "Climbing over rocky mountain", and "How beautifully blue the sky")

'''Act I'''
* 1. "Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates)
* 2. "When Fred'ric was a little lad" (Ruth)
* 3. "Oh, better far to live and die" (Pirate King and Chorus of Pirates)
* 4. "Oh! false one, you have deceiv'd me" (Frederic and Ruth)
* 5. "Climbing over rocky mountain" (Chorus of Girls)
* 6. "Stop, ladies, pray" (Edith, Kate, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls)
* 7. "Oh, is there not one maiden breast?" (Frederic and Chorus of Girls)
* 8. "Poor wand'ring one" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls)
* 9. "What ought we to do?" (Edith, Kate, and Chorus of Girls)
* 10. "How beautifully blue the sky" (Mabel, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls)
* 11. "Stay, we must not lose our senses" ... "Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity" (Frederic and Chorus of Girls and Pirates)
* 12. "Hold, monsters" (Mabel, Major-General, Samuel, and Chorus)
* 13. "[[Major-General's Song|I am the very model of a modern Major-General]]" (Major-General and Chorus)
* 14. Finale Act I (Mabel, Kate, Edith, Ruth, Frederic, Samuel, King, Major-General, and Chorus)
** "Oh, men of dark and dismal fate"
** "I'm telling a terrible story"
** "Hail, Poetry"
** "Oh, happy day, with joyous glee"
** "Pray observe the magnanimity" (reprise of "Here's a first-rate opportunity")

'''Act II'''
* 15. "Oh, dry the glist'ning tear" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls)
* 16. "Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted" (Frederic and Major-General)
* 17. "When the foeman bares his steel" (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, and Chorus of Policemen and Girls)
* 18. "Now for the pirates' lair!" (Frederic, Ruth, and King)
* 19. "When you had left our pirate fold" [The "paradox" trio] (Ruth, Frederic, and King)
* 20. "Away, away! My heart's on fire!" (Ruth, Frederic, and King)
* 21. "All is prepar'd; your gallant crew await you" (Mabel and Frederic)
* 22. "Stay, Fred'ric, stay" ... "Ah, leave me not to pine" ... "Oh, here is love, and here is truth" (Mabel and Frederic)
* 23. "No, I'll be brave" ... "Though in body and in mind" (Reprise of "When the foeman bares his steel") (Mabel, Sergeant, and Chorus of Police)
* 23a. "Sergeant, approach!" (Mabel, Sergeant of Police, and Chorus of Police)
* 24. "When a felon's not engaged in his employment" (Sergeant and Chorus of Police)
* 25. "A rollicking band of pirates we" (Sergeant and Chorus of Pirates and Police)
* 26. "With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates and Police)
* 27. "Hush, hush, not a word!" (Frederic, King, Major-General, and Chorus of Police and Pirates)
* 28. Finale, Act II (Ensemble)
** "Sighing softly to the river"
** "Now what is this, and what is that?"
** "You/We triumph now"
** "Away with them, and place them at the bar!"
** "Poor wandering ones!"