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ACT II - The Ruby Palace of Kharikar.
No. 13 - Act II Opening Chorus
| Ladies: | Hushed and still the city lies; But for us no time for sleeping, We must wait, our vigil keeping Underneath the midnight skies. Watching, that it may be well With our lord and master dear, While the moon, serene and clear, Stands above as lonely sentinel. Till the lamps of heaven fade One by one, and die away; Tribute that the night has paid To the coming of the day. And the glory in the east, the glory in the east, Welcomes to the bridal feast. |
| Solo: | Soon the dawn will break O'er the lofty mountain crest, Nature will awake From her hours of tranquil rest. As from our the roseate skies Ev'ry shadow flees, Joyous song of birds shall rise On the morning breeze, Joyous song of birds shall rise On the morning breeze. |
| Ladies: | Hushed and still the city lies; But for us no time for sleeping, We must wait, our vigil keeping Underneath the midnight skies. Till the glory in the east, the glory in the east, Welcomes to the bridal feast. |
| Chorus: | Tho' of course we don't pretend to know a bit about All the customs of these unenlightened latitudes, Yet it strikes us as a funny time to sit about In such quaint and rather cramping sort of attitudes, But altho' we Europeans may pooh! pooh! Still it seems to be the proper thing to do; There is something on the tapis And it makes the ladies happy, So I wouldn't interfere with them, would you? It's a kind of a sort of a rite, To sit up like this all the night. The reason is slight, but it's rather polite, Oh, we don't think there's anything wrong in a rite. The reason is slight, but it's rather polite, Oh, we don't think there's anything wrong in a rite. |
| Native Women: | We can't help gazing, Are not their clothes amazing? Oh! they truly are most peculiar, If we had to be clad In such dress, we confess That we might find it tight! |
| Chorus: | It's a kind of a sort of a rite, To sit up like this all the night. The reason is slight, but it's rather polite, The reason is slight, but it's rather polite, Oh, we don't think there's anything wrong in a rite. We don't think there's anything wrong in a rite. We don't think there's anything wrong in a rite, wrong in a rite, wrong in a rite. |
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