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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: 'Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!' - Owen Brannigan/David Kelly/Peter Pears/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Benjamin Britten
Lyrics by：Montagu Slater/George Crabbe
Composed by：Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes I here advise you
Do not get another boy apprentice
Get a fisherman to help you
Big enough to stand up for himself
Our verdict is that William Spode your apprentice
Died in accidental circumstances
But that's the kind of thing people are apt to remember
But when the crowner sits upon it
Who can dare to fix the guilt
Silence
Your honour
Silence
Your honour like every other fisherman
I have to hire an apprentice I must have help
Then get a woman help you look after him
That's what I want but not yet
Why not
Not till I've stopped people's mouths
Stand down clear the court stand down
'Stand down' you say you wash your hands
The case goes on in people's minds
The charges that no court has made
Will be shouted at my head
Then let me speak let me stand trial
Bring the accusers into the hall
Let me thrust into their mouths
The truth itself the simple truth
When women gossip the result
Is someone doesn't sleep at night
But when the crowner sits upon it
Who can dare to fix the guilt
Clear the court
Clear the court
Clear the court
Clear the court