Pirate Queen movie - Let a Father Stand by his Son lyrics

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Song by Original Broadway Cast<br /><br>

DONAL<br>

Grania's child, of course, friends<br>

Has another parent<br>

Humbled in remorse, friends<br>

Shamed as he was errant<br>

Please let a father<br>

Stand by his son<br>

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Mock me with your cheer, lads<br>

Salt my wounds with slander<br>

Have you not a tear, lads<br>

For your old commander?<br>

Please let a father<br>

Stand by his son<br>

<br>

As he grows<br>

Through the years<br>

Will my name<br>

Be unknown?<br>

Grania, you<br>

Know what a father can mean<br>

Is your heart made of stone?<br>

<br>

Grania, for the child's sake<br>

On this day of Christ'ning;<br>

Please let a father<br>

Stand by his son<br>

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GRACE<br>

I suppose<br>

My obligation is clear<br>

Perhaps<br>

You have the right to be here<br>

I dismissed the husband<br>

Cursed by his sin<br>

The father, though<br>

May come in<br>

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(English attack. Battle sounds, as lib screams, gun shots)<br>

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DONAL<br>

Fool!<br>

Did you think I'd lie down<br>

Let a woman prevail<br>

Be dismissed on command?!<br>

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GRACE<br>

Fool<br>

That I thought you could change!<br>

In one final betray'l<br>

Now you've turned on your land<br>

Now, what will come of our ways?<br>

Now, what will happen to Eoin...?<br>

<br>

DONAL<br>

Now, with my boy, I'll restore<br>

Clan O'Flaherty's sway<br>

Once the English have won!<br>

<br>

GRACE<br>

No!<br>

Tiernan, steal him away!<br>

Keep that beast from my boy!<br>

Save my child, save my son!<br>

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BINGHAM<br>

Cut<br>

One throat and down it goes;<br>

Clans<br>

Collapse like dominoes<br>

Now you see<br>

How the game's played, your Majesty<br>

Across this land<br>

It will play out the same, your Majesty<br>

And when<br>

I give this land to you<br>

I'll kneel<br>

And you'll know what to do<br>

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(music to the ending)<br>

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[Thanks to Chris for lyrics]<br>

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