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No. 3: Duet (Risotto and Minestra)
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Enter RISOTTO and MINESTRA.
| MINESTRA. | If you please, I'm now a member of your band — | ||||||
| RISOTTO. | If you please, she's — | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | Now allow me, pray, to speak. | ||||||
| I am married — | |||||||
| RISOTTO. | She's my wife, you understand. | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | If you interrupt, I'll leave you in a week. | ||||||
| RISOTTO. MINESTRA. RISOTTO. MINESTRA. RISOTTO. MINESTRA. RISOTTO. MINESTRA. RISOTTO. MINESTRA. |
I really think I might — You are very impolite! But I wanted to explain — Well, now, there you go again! But I wanted to explain — Well, now, there you go again! To explain — There you go again! To explain — There you go again! |
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| If you kindly will permit me, I can perfectly acquit me: |
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| I'm a lady! | |||||||
| RISOTTO. | She's a lady! | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | Very good, then I refrain! | ||||||
| If you kindly will permit me, I can perfectly acquit me: |
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| I'm a lady! | |||||||
| She's a lady! | |||||||
| BOTH. | Very good, then I/if she refrain! | ||||||
| RISOTTO. | Allow me to present to you my wife! | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | I think you'd better keep her to yourself. | ||||||
| RISOTTO. | She's the treasure and the pleasure of my life — | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | I dare say, until she's laid upon the shelf! | ||||||
| RISOTTO. | She's a poem, she's a song — | ||||||
| MINESTRA. (relenting). You don't mean it — go along! | |||||||
| RISOTTO. | I shall love her when she's grey! | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | Will you really? — I dare say; | ||||||
| RISOTTO. | I shall love her when she's grey! | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | Will you really? — I dare say; | ||||||
| With your snapping and your snarling! | |||||||
| RISOTTO. | You're a dear, and you're a darling! | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | Do you mean it? | ||||||
| RISOTTO. | Yes I mean it! | ||||||
| BOTH. | Oh, my darling! Oh, my dear! | ||||||
| MINESTRA. | RISOTTO. | ||
| Oh, my darling, oh, my dear! | Oh, my darling, oh my dear! | ||
| With your snapping | my dear | ||
| And your snarling! | |||
| You're a dear and you're a darling! | |||
| Do you really mean it! | |||
| Yes, I mean it! | |||
| Oh, my darling, oh, my dear! | Oh, my darling, oh, my dear! | ||
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