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No. 15 - Finale Act II
| Dolly: | What! you cannot really, truly Mean to send her off so coolly! |
| Gerard: | Well, you needn't care, that's our affair! |
| Betty: | Let it be as he arranges, Now it's far too late for changes! |
| Victor, Cedric & David: | Both of you should go Or should stay, you know! |
| Men: | Shall we see them go away? |
| Girls: | No, they say he will stay! Why, we don't know! |
| Tenors: | Gerard, say, is that so? |
| Girls: | Only one is to go? That is never done! |
| All: | We can't believe it's true, It's such a stupid thing to do! |
| Gerard: | Simply an ev'ryday affair, Nothing does one good like the country air! So my dearest wife prefers the simple life; Solitude is best to give her perfect rest. |
| Betty: | Yes, dear, I get no quiet here; On the new mown hay I could rest all day, Wake before the lark, Go to bed at dark, A life like this is married bliss! |
| Chorus: | It seems a highly novel plan This happy pair have started; A honeymoon for wife and man In which the two are parted! Their fond affection, true and deep, Almost induces us to weep. For such a happy pair Is really very rare, very rare! |
| Betty: | As I'm to go and he's to stay, Goodbye is all there is to say Upon my wedding day! |
| Girls: | Ah! |
| Chorus: | Why must you go away? |
| Betty: | But whether we are near or far, We shall be friends, as now we are; It's only au revoir! |
| Girls: | Ah! |
| Chorus: | Good luck, and au revoir! |
| Gerard (after dialogue): It's infamous! | |
| Betty: | Gerard, here, I entreat, I could kneel at your feet. Take your wealth, your name away, But let me only stay! |
| Chorus: | Don't be cold, grant her pray'r, See her stand pleading there! |
| Betty: | Give me all I care to own, Love alone! Love lifts the veil that is before my eyes, And all the world is new! And earth is golden as the summer skies, If I can dare to think you care, As I for you! For all is Paradise around, above, If you are mine, if I can win your love! Ah! then let us forget, Love waits here for us yet, And can he open us fairyland's door, Then — no more. |
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Page modified 9 October 2016