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No. 28: ENSEMBLE & SONG (Rudolph)
"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!...
Well, you're a pretty kind of fellow"
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| Chorus. |
| Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Away to the wedding we’ll go So summon the charioteers, No kind of reluctance we show To embark on our married careers. |
(At this moment Rudolph, Ernest, and Notary appear. All kneel in astonishment.)
RECITATIVE.
| Rudolph, Ernest & Notary. |
| Forbear! Forbear! Forbear! This may not be! Frustrated are your plans! With paramount decree The Law forbids the banns! The Law forbids the banns! |
| Chorus. |
| The Law forbids the banns! |
SONG – RUDOLPH.
| Rudolph. |
(Furiously.) Well, you’re a pretty kind of fellow, thus my life to shatter, O! |
| Chorus. |
| The latter, O! The latter, O! Especially the latter, O! The latter, O! The latter, O! Especially the latter, O! |
| Rudolph. |
| But when compared with other crimes, for which your head I’ll batter, O! This flibberty gibberty Kind of liberty Scarcely seems to matter, O! |
| Chorus. |
| But when compared with other crimes, for which our heads he’ll batter, O! This flibberty gibberty Kind of liberty Scarcely seems to matter, O! |
| Rudolph. |
| My dainty bride – my bride elect – you wheedle and you flatter, O! With coarse and clumsy compliment her senses you bespatter, O! You fascinate her tough old heart with vain and vulgar patter, O! Although – the deuce confound you! – you’re unworthy to look at her, O! |
| Chorus. |
| Look at her, O! Look at her, O! Unworthy to look at her, O! Look at her, O! Look at her, O! Unworthy to look at her, O! |
| Rudolph. |
| But even this, compared with deeds that drive me mad as hatter, O! This flibberty gibberty Kind of a liberty Scarcely seems to matter, O! |
| Chorus. |
| But even this, compared with deeds that drive me mad as hatter, O! This flibberty gibberty Kind of a liberty Scarcely seems to matter, O! |
| Rudolph. |
| For O, you vulgar vagabond, you fount of idle chatter, O! You’ve done a deed on which I vow you won’t get any fatter, O! You fancy you’ve revived the Law – mere empty brag and clatter, O! You can’t – you shan’t – you don’t – you won’t – you thing of rag and tatter, O! |
| Chorus. |
Of tatter, O! |
| Rudolph. |
| For this you’ll suffer agonies like rat in clutch of ratter, O! This flibberty gibberty Kind of a liberty ’s quite another matter, O! |
| Chorus. |
| For this we’ll suffer agonies like rat in clutch of ratter, O! This flibberty gibberty Kind of a liberty ’s quite another matter, O! |
( Rudolph sinks exhausted into Notary’s arms.)
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