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GENERALOh, men of dark and dismal fate,Forgo your cruel employ,Have pity on my lonely state,I am an orphan boy!KING/SAMUELAn orphan boy?GENERALAn orphan boy!PIRATESHow sad, an orphan boy.GENERALThese children whom you seeAre all that I can call my own!PIRATESPoor fellow!GENERALTake them away from me,And I shall be indeed alone.PIRATESPoor fellow!GENERALIf pity you can feel,Leave me my sole remaining joy--See, at your feet they kneel;Your hearts you cannot steelAgainst the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!PIRATES (sobbing)Poor fellow!See at our feet they kneel;Our hearts we cannot steelAgainst the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!SAMUELThe orphan boy!add KINGThe orphan boy!See at our feet they kneel;Our hearts we cannot steelAgainst the tale of the lonely orphan boy!PIRATESPoor fellow!