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No. 11: Song (Nita)
| NITA. |
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Those days of old |
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How mad were we |
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To banish! |
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Thy love was told |
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Querido mi, |
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In Spanish — |
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And timid I, |
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A-flush with shame |
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Elysian, |
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Could only sigh, |
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Dieu, comme je t’aime! |
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(Parisian.) |
| NITA. |
OTHERS. |
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Could on- |
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Could on- |
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ly sigh, |
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ly sigh, |
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Dieu, comme je taime! |
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Dieu, comme je t'aime! |
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(Parisian!) |
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(Parisian!) |
| NITA. |
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No matter, e’en |
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Hast thou had coined |
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A Merman, |
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Thou wouldst have been |
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Mein lieber freund — |
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(That’s German.) |
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Thy face, a-blaze |
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With loving pats, |
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Felt tinglish, |
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For in those days |
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I loved thee — that’s |
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Plain English! |
| NITA. |
BARTOLO. |
PIETRO. |
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For in |
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For in |
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For in |
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those days |
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those days |
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those days, |
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She loved me — |
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She loved him — |
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Yes, I loved thee — |
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that's Plain English! |
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that's Plain English! |
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that's Plain English! |
During this BARTOLO has
gradually yielded to NITA’s
blandishments, and at the end expresses,
in gesture, his acquiescence with her wishes.
| PIETRO (dancing). |
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Allow that the plan I devise |
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Is new and sufficiently clever; |
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To testify joy and surprise, |
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Perhaps you will kindly endeavour? |
| BARTOLO and NITA (dancing). |
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With anything clever or wise, |
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I never should credit you — never! |
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To testify joy and surprise, |
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Observe our united endeavour. |
Dance — NITA stops
suddenly.
| NITA |
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But what a catastrophe! Stop! |
[BARTOLO and PIETRO stop dancing.
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I see of objections a crop. |
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Suppose by some horrible fluke, |
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I should chance to be bought by the Duke! |
| PIETRO (resuming
his dance). |
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Be easy, I’ll certainly see |
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You’ll never get into his clutches. |
| BARTOLO (dancing). |
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But don’t be alarmed about me — |
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I should like to be brought by the Duchess! |
| BARTOLO. |
OTHERS. |
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But don't be alarmed about me — |
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But don't be alarmed about he — |
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I should like to be bought by the Duchess! |
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He would like to be bought by the Duchess! |
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Tho' pride I abhor |
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Tho' pride he abhor |
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I've a "Jenny say quor" |
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He's a "Jenny say quor" |
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That is sure to appeal to the Duchess! |
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That is sure to appeal to the Duchess! |
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[Dance, and dance off. |
