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No. 11 - Duet - "When you are wed to me"
| Fo Hop: | When you are wed To me — |
| San Toy: | Far sooner dead I'd be! |
| Fo Hop: | Then you will own With awe, My word alone Is law! My sense of right You'll please By being quite Chinese. Each Western trick I ban With sharp and quick Rattan! Before my look You'll bend, For me you'll cook And mend! |
| San Toy: | A slave for life I'll be, Go, take a wife, Not me! Go, take a wife, Go, take a wife, Not me! |
| San Toy: | Were I indeed Your mate, |
| Fo Hop: | That is decreed By Fate! |
| San Toy: | Your mighty mind Is such As I might find Too much! Your lovely form And face Invite too warm Embrace. You're such a flower And pearl You overpower A girl! In fact I must confess That I Of happiness Should die! In fact I fear You'd be A deal too dear For me! A deal too dear, A deal too dear For me! |
| Fo Hop: | Vain your gibing and your railing, Frowns are tears are unavailing! By the oath your father swore me, You must love me and adore me! |
| San Toy: | Then I will beseech my father, Let him stab or drown me rather, Let him poison or behead me Rather than that you should wed me! There's a dagger in my hair, So beware, Have a care, I will strike and will not spare, I declare If you dare, I will strike, I will strike, And will not spare. |
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Page modified 23 February 2017