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| No. 6: Duet (Cripps & Maguire) and Chorus | |
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Enter CRIPPS.
| Cripps. | ||
| Gracious, how I have been running, | ||
| Backwards, forwards, in the rain — | ||
| Impecunious clients dunning; | ||
| All my trouble, too, in vain! | ||
| Chorus. | ||
| Bow to the Registrar! Bow to the Registrar! Bow, bow, bow to the Registrar! |
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| He can the licence grant — He is the man we want — |
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| Bow, bow, bow to the Registrar! | ||
(All bow to CRIPPS.)
| Cripps. | ||
| Sitting in wet things is odious, | ||
| Rheumatics my nature loathes; | ||
| So, behind my desk commodious, | ||
| I'll at once change all my clothes! Change my clothes, All my clothes! |
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| Chorus. | ||
| This is the Registrar! This is the Registrar! Bow, bow, bow to the Registrar! |
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| He can the licence grant — He is the man we want — |
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| Bow, bow, bow to the Registrar! | ||
(In the meantime, CRIPPS has dived under the desk and is concealed from their view.)
| Maguire. (Recit.) | ||
| Why, where's he gone? | ||
| He's disappeared from view! | ||
| Hallo, you sir! Hallo! (Craning over desk.) | ||
| Cripps. (showing his head only). | ||
| Good day to you! | ||
| Maguire. | ||
| This is my daughter, sir. | ||
| Cripps. | ||
| One moment, pray. | ||
| Maguire. | ||
| These are her bridesmaids — this her bridal day! | ||
| Cripps. (aside). | ||
| No doubt a wedding party, come to make Some purchases! |
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| Maguire. | ||
| Our names, perhaps, you'll take? Our names, perhaps, you'll take? You'll very kindly take? |
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CRIPPS, who has taken off his wet coat, puts it on again,
and prepares to take their
names.
| Maguire. | ||
| My name is Anthony Hurricane Egg, Bartholomew Capperboy Property Skegg — |
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| I haven't done yet — Conolly Maguire — | ||
| Cripps. | ||
| But really — | ||
| Maguire. | ||
| I haven't quite finished — Esquire! Do not forget the "Esquire!" |
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| Chorus. | ||
| His name is Anthony Hurricane Egg, Bartholomew Capperboy Property Skegg — |
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| Cripps. | ||
| But really — | ||
| Chorus. (rising from their seats and dancing up to the Registrar and back again.) | ||
| Also Conolly Maguire — Pray, pray, pray, Do not forget the "Esquire!" Do not forget the "Esquire!" |
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| [All sit down suddenly. | ||
| Cripps. (speaking.) | ||
| Sir, the Christian names are immaterial. | ||
| Maguire. | ||
| Oh! (Sings.) Oh, I was born at Pettybun | ||
| Chorus. | ||
| On a Saturday — on a Saturday — | ||
| Cripps. (speaking.) | ||
| Your place of birth is also immaterial. | ||
| Maguire. | ||
| Oh! (Sings.) In eighteen hundred twenty-one, | ||
| Chorus. | ||
| On the fourth of May — on the fourth of May — | ||
Cripps. (angrily). My dear sir, I don't want your biography — you have told me quite enough!
Maguire. Very good. (To BOPADDY.) Now it's your turn. (Loudly.) Now it's your turn. (In a whisper.) Now it's your turn.
Bopaddy. Oh! — my turn (advancing with dignity.) Sir (To CRIPPS.), before I consent to
become a witness in this matter —
All. (bursting into chorus). On a Saturday — on a Saturday!
Bopaddy. I should like to express my views as to the qualifications of a witness —
All. (as before). On the fourth of May — on the fourth of May!
Cripps. What's he talking about?
Bopaddy. In the first place he should be of full age. I am. In the second, he should be a
Briton by birth. I am. In the third —
| Chorus. | ||
| Bow to the Registrar! Bow to the Registrar! Bow, bow, bow to the Registrar! |
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| He can the licence grant — He is the man we want — |
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| Bow, bow, bow to the Registrar! | ||
All sit suddenly.
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