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Certainly! “Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing” is a song from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “The Pirates of Penzance.”
Fair moon, to thee I sing,
Bright regent of the heavens,
Say, why is everything
Either at sixes or at sevens?
Luna, thou silver queen,
Thou shinest not on meadows green,
Or on the hobble-de-hoy,
Who takes his pleasure there.
Thou shinst upon a lonely bard
Who sings to thee his sweetest song,
Whose melody is like a sword
Upon the spirits of the strong.
Chorus:
Oh moon, art thou clad in silver sheen?
Sneak’st thou behind the village green?
Hast thou no shame, oh moon?
Fair moon, to thee I sing,
Bright regent of the skies,
Say, why is everything
Either at sixes or at sevens?
Luna, thou silver light,
Surely thou hast drunk too much,
Or else some vagrant knight
Hath breathed his soul into thy touch.
Chorus:
Oh moon, art thou clad in silver sheen?
Sneak’st thou behind the village green?
Hast thou no shame, oh moon?