No. 12 - Finale Act I

from "The Shop Girl"
Music by Ivan Caryll
Words by H. J. W. Dam
Sequenced by Colin Johnson
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By Ivan Caryll
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[Chorus:] Farewell, farewell,
We tender our congratulations truly,
Farewell, farewell, farewell.
You will see no more of Hooley.
Farewell, farewell,
You will see no more of Hooley.
Farewell, farewell,
You will see no more of Hooley.
We tender our congratulations truly,
You will see no more of Hooley. Ah!
She'll now be a lady, we understand,
Among the band that rule the land.
She'll now be a lady of manners grand,
With a four-in-hand and a butler bland.
She'll now be a lady, we understand,
Among the band that rule the land.
She'll now be a lady of manners grand,
Of manners, manners grand.
[Bessie:] Farewell to the counter,
Farewell to the shop,
No longer a shop girl I'll be.
[Harold:] Her laces and ribbons she'll instantly drop,
She's promised to marry me.
[Chorus:] Her laces and ribbons she'll instantly drop,
She's promised his bride to be.
[Lady Dodo:] Oh, pity have on lovers two,
Who love as deeply as did you.
When love is young and love is true,
Oh, pity have on lovers two,
Oh, pity have on lovers two,
Who love as deeply as did you.
When love is young and love is true,
Oh, pity have on lovers two.
[Colonel, Sir George & Count:] With this we are not satisfied,
We will not thus be put aside,
By any world's Provider, Provider, Provider!
[Hooley:] Then do your worst I'll not divide,
I now present you to the Bride
Who wins the world's Provider, Provider, Provider!
[Chorus:] He is the world's Provider, Provider!
[Hooley:] Dear friends, permit me to declare
My thanks for all your wishes fair,
The lady too who is standing here by me
Returns congratulations thankfully,
Returns congratulations thankfully.
For she gives me a sort of a charter,
It's nothing to do with the garter,
No longer she'll stop at her place in the shop,
She's taken another appointment!
[Chorus:] She gives him a sort of a charter,
It's nothing to do with the garter,
No longer she'll stop at her place in the shop,
She's taken another appointment!
[Harold:] My love I will not be denied.
Why not like her become a bride?
[Beatrice:] The case is different, you see,
He hasn't any family.
[Lady Dodo:] That's right, my dear, don't be a goose,
There's always time to don the noose.
[Chorus:] Quite right, quite right, quite right!
[Miggles:] What's this? What's this?
To Hooley she's affianced,
This under-handed wedding shall not be!
[Chorus:] What's this? What's this?
The wedding shall not be!
What's this? What's this?
The wedding shall not be!
[Miggles:] I'll not be done, she has been won
By fraud and cruel trickery.
[Chorus:] He'll not be done, she has been won
By fraud and cruel trickery.
[Miggles:] I say this marriage shall not be,
This marriage shall not be!
[Ada:] Oh, Theodore!
[Hooley:] Your head is getting too enlarged,
Take care, or you will be discharged!
[Miggles:] Just wait and see me harry you,
No minister shall marry you.
[Chorus:] He says that he will harry them,
No minister shall marry them.
[Miggles:] Just wait and see!
[Hooley:] You'll hear from me!
[Chorus:] There'll surely be a tragedy! Ah!
She'll now be a lady, we understand,
Among the band that rule the land.
She'll now be a lady of manners grand,
With a four-in-hand and a butler bland.
She'll now be a lady, we understand,
Among the band that rule the land.
She'll now be a lady of manners grand,
Of manners, manners grand.
Happy, happy may they be ever more,
Happy, happy may they be ever more.
May their fate a fair one be,
May their fate a fair one be,
Happy, happy may they be ever more,
Happy, happy may they be ever more.
Husband and wife for life in unity.
She'll now be a lady, we understand,
Among the band that rule the land.
She'll now be a lady of manners grand,
With a four-in-hand and a butler bland.
She'll now be a lady, we understand,
Among the band that rule the land.
She'll now be a lady of manners grand,
Of manners, manners grand!

Karaoke version by Colin Johnson

No. 12 - Finale Act I
Soft karaoke
Words
Bessie / Ada
Beatrice
Lady Dodo
Harold
Hooley
Colonel / Count
Sir George
Miggles
Sopranos
Contraltos
Tenors
Basses
Right Hand
Left Hand