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No. 21: Song (Dr. Daly)
No. 22: Ensemble (Aline, Alexis, Dr. Daly & Chorus)
No. 23: Recitative (Alexis)
"Oh, my voice is sad and low...
Oh, joyous boon...
Prepare for sad surprises"
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As Aline is going off, she meets Dr. Daly, entering pensively. He is playing on a flageolet. Under the influence of the spell she at once becomes strangely fascinated by him, and exhibits every symptom of being hopelessly in love with him.
| Dr. Daly. |  |
| Oh, my voice is sad and low And with timid step I go – For with load of love o'erladen I enquire of every maiden, "Will you wed me, little lady? Will you share my cottage shady?" Little lady answers "No! No! No! Thank you for your kindly proffer – Good your heart, and full your coffer; Yet I must decline your offer – I'm engaged to So-and-so!" (flageolet solo) So-and-so! So-and-so! (flageolet solo) So-and-so! So-and-so! (flageolet solo) "I'm engaged to So-and-so!" What a rogue young hearts to pillage; What a worker on Love's tillage! Every maiden in the village Is engaged to So-and-so! (flageolet solo) So-and-so! So-and-so! (flageolet solo) So-and-so! So-and-so! (flageolet solo) All engaged to So-and-so! |
At the end of the song Dr. Daly sees Aline, and, under the influence of the potion, falls in love with her.
| Aline & Dr. Daly. |
Oh, joyous boon! oh, mad delight; |
| Aline. | Dr. Daly. |
| Oh, joyous boon! | |
| Oh, mad delight! | |
| Oh, sun and moon! | |
| Oh, day and night! | |
Rejoice with me! |
Rejoice with me! |
Enter Alexis.
| Alexis. (with rapture) |
| Aline my only love, my happiness! The philtre – you have tasted it? |
| Aline. (with confusion) |
| Yes! Yes! |
| Alexis. |
| Oh, joy, mine, mine for ever, and for ever! (Embraces her.) |
| Aline. |
| Alexis, don't do that – you must not! |
| Dr. Daly interposes between them. |
| Alexis. (amazed) |
| Why? |
| Aline. |
| Alas! that lovers thus should meet: Oh, pity, pity me! Oh, charge me not with cold deceit; Oh, pity, pity me! You bade me drink – with trembling awe I drank, and, by the potion's law, I loved the very first I saw! Oh, pity, pity, me! |
| Dr. Daly. |
| My dear young friend, consolèd be – We pity, pity you. In this I'm not an agent free – We pity, pity you. Some most extraordinary spell O'er us has cast its magic fell – The consequence I need not tell. We pity, pity you. |
| Alexis. |
| Some most extraordinary spell |
| All. |
| O'er us/them has cast its magic fell – |
| Alexis. (furiously) |
| False one, be gone – I spurn thee, To thy new lover turn thee! Thy perfidy all men shall know, |
| Aline. (wildly) | Alexis. (calling off) | Dr. Daly. |
| I could not help it! | ||
| Come one, come all! | ||
| We could not help it! | ||
| Obey my call! | ||
| I could not help it! | Come | We could not |
| hither, run! | help it! | |
| I could not help it! | We could not | |
| I could not help it! Oh, alas! | Come, every one, come! | help it! Alas! |
Enter all the characters except Lady Sangazure and Mr. Wells.
| Chorus. |
| Oh, what is the matter, and what is the clatter? He's glowering at her, and threatens a blow! Oh, why does he batter the girl he did flatter? And why does the latter recoil from him so? |
| Aline. | Alexis. | Other Principals. | Chorus. |
| Oh, thus does he batter And thus does the latter recoil from him so. And thus does the latter recoil from him so. |
Oh, thus do I batter And thus does the latter recoil from him so. And thus does the latter recoil from him so. |
Oh, why does he batter And why does the latter recoil from him so? And why does the latter recoil from him so? |
Oh, what is the matter, |
| Alexis. |
| Prepare for sad surprises – My love Aline despises! No thought of sorrow shames her – Another lover claims her! Be his, false girl, for better or for worse – But, ere you leave me, may a lover's curse – |
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