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DUET (Plaintiff & Defendant) SOLI & CHORUS

"I love him - I love him - "

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Plaintiff.
(embracing him rapturously)

I love him - I love him -
With fervour unceasing,
I worship and madly adore;
My blind adoration
Is always increasing,
My loss I shall ever deplore.
Oh, see what a blessing,
What love and caressing
I've lost, and remember it pray,
When you I'm addressing,
Are busy assessing
The damages Edwin must pay,
Must pay!

The Defendant (David Grundy) repels the Plaintiff (Louise Whittock) (1926)

Defendant. (repelling her furiously)

I smoke like a furnace -
I'm always in liquor,
A ruffian - a bully - a sot;
I'm sure I should thrash her,
Perhaps I should kick her,
I am such a very bad lot!
I'm not prepossessing,
As you may be guessing;
She couldn't endure me a day.
Recall my professing,
When you are assessing
The damages Edwin must pay!

Plaintiff.

Yes, he must pay.

She clings to him passionately; after a struggle, he throws her off into arms of Counsel.

Plaintiff.	Defendant.	Women.	Men.
	I'm sure I should thrash her,		We would be fairly acting,
	Perhaps I should kick her,		But this is most distracting!
I love him -		She loves him -	If, when in liquor,
I love him -	I smoke like a furnace,	She loves him -	He would kick her,
With fervour	I'm always in liquor,	She madly	That is an
unceasing, I love him -	A ruffian, a bully,	adores, She loves him -	abatement, If when
I worship and madly	A ruffian, a bully	She loves him and madly	in liquor, he would
adore; I love him -	a sot: A ruffian,	adores! She loves him,	kick her, That is ,
I worship and madly adore!	A ruffian, a bully, a sot!	She loves him, and madly adores!	that is an abatement.

Judge.

The question, gentlemen - is one of liquor:
You ask for guidance - this is my reply:
He says, when tipsy, he would thrash and kick her,
Let's make him tipsy, gentlemen, and try!

Counsel.

With all respect I do object!

Plaintiff.

I do object!

Defendant.

I don't object!

Counsel.

With all respect I do object!

Plaintiff.

I do object!

Defendant.

I don't object!

Defendant.	Everyone else.
With all respect, I don't object, I don't object!	With all respect, I do object, I do object!

Judge. (tossing his books and papers about)

All the legal furies seize you!
No proposal seems to please you,
I can't sit up here all day,
I must shortly get away.
Barristers and you attorneys,
Set out on your homeward journeys:
Gentle, simple-minded Usher,
Get you, if you like, to Rus-sher;
Put your briefs upon the shelf,
I will marry her myself!

He comes down from the Bench to floor of Court. He embraces Angelina.

All.

Ah!

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