| And from an earlier period---operetta and early musical comedy are good sources of narrative story songs. Here are a few Gilbert and Sullivan suggestions that spring to mind: A Many Years Ago (HMS Pinafore); Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (Ruddigore); When I, Good Friends, Was Called To The Bar (Trial By Jury); When Frederic Was A Little Lad (The Pirates of Penzance); Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man (The Mikado) and others. |
