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No. 16:
Quartet (Scent-of Lilies, Honey-of-Life, Heart's Desire & Yussuf)
| Scent-of Lilies, Honey-of-Life, Heart's Desire. | ||||
| If you or I should tell the truth | ||||
| We all shall be executed, | ||||
| So won't you try, O noble-minded youth, | ||||
| To tell the truth diluted? | ||||
| As we all shall be thrown down a well, | ||||
| Pell-mell, If the truth we tell, (You and I as well), |
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| In a heap down a deep dark well — | ||||
| Yussuf. | ||
| Well, well! | ||
| We'll tell the truth diluted! | ||
| Diluted! Diluted! | ||
| All. (to one another) | |||
| As I'm loth that we both Take a leap in a heap, Down a steep and a deep, dark well, |
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| Yussuf. Well, well? | |||
| All. | We'll tell the truth diluted! We'll tell the truth diluted! |
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| Just a little tarradiddle-iddle-id Just a little tarradiddle-iddle- diddle-iddle-id diluted! |
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| Yussuf. | ||||
| As you and I, the truth to tell, | ||||
| Have naught but the truth to dread, dear, | ||||
| We'll let Truth lie at the bottom of a well — | ||||
| Or we shall be there instead, dear! | ||||
| As we all shall be cast down a well, | ||||
| Pell-mell, If the truth we tell, (You and I as well), |
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| Very fast down a nasty well — | ||||
| Scent-of-Lilies. | Honey-of-Life and Heart's Desire. |
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| Well, well, | |||
| We'll tell a fib instead, dear! | A fib! | ||
| Instead dear! Instead! |
Instead! Instead! |
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| All. (to one another) | |||
| As I'm loth that we both At the last shall be cast Very fast down a nasty well, |
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| Scent & Honey. Well, well? | |||
| All. | We'll tell a fib instead, dear! We'll tell a fib instead, dear! |
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| Just a little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear! Just a little tarradiddle idyll diddle-iddle idyll instead! |
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| Girls. | Yussuf. | ||||
| As I'm loth that we both | |||||
| Just a little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear! | Should be cast down a well, | ||||
| Very fast down a nasty well, | |||||
| Just a little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear! | We'll tell a fib instead, dear! | ||||
| All. | ||
| A little tarradiddle idyll fib instead! | ||
| A little tarradiddle idyll, Little tarradiddle idyll |
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| Little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear! | ||
Dance and Exeunt.
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