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No. 5: Song (Arrostino and Chorus)
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| ARROSTIO. | ||||
| The Duke and the Duchess as they travel through the lands | ||||
| With the clips of their whips and their high jerry ho! | ||||
| Will pass by the rock where that monastery stands, | ||||
| In a first-class fine-folk fashion, | ||||
| With their high jerry ho! | ||||
| Their postilion in vermilion And the rattle of their cattle, |
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| And their high jerry ho! | ||||
| CHORUS. | ||||
| With their high jerry ho! | ||||
| Their postilion in vermilion And the rattle of their cattle, |
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| And their high jerry ho! Their high, their high jerry ho! |
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| ARROSTIO. | ||||
| Minestra they’ll find as a tottering old crone, | ||||
| With her moans and her groans and her high jerry ho! | ||||
| Who has tumbled down the rock, and is lying all alone, | ||||
| And her cries will excite their compassion — | ||||
| With her high jerry ho! | ||||
| And her cropper so improper And her fussy, “Lawk ha’ mussy,” |
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| And her high jerry ho! | ||||
| CHORUS. | ||||
| With her high jerry ho! | ||||
| And her cropper so improper And her fussy, “Lawk ha’ mussy,” |
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| And her high jerry ho! Her high, her high jerry ho! |
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| ARROSTIO. | ||||
| She’ll beg that the Duke will convey her to the friars, | ||||
| With their splint and their lint and their high jerry ho! | ||||
| Then he’ll take her up at once through the brambles and the briars; | ||||
| And her woes to the monks she’ll explain them, | ||||
| With their high jerry ho! | ||||
| With their wrappings and their strappings,
And their cackle on diachylon — |
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| Their high jerry ho! | ||||
| CHORUS. | ||||
| With their high jerry ho! | ||||
| With their wrappings and their strappings,
And their cackle on diachylon — |
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| Their high jerry ho! Their high, their high jerry ho! |
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| ARROSTIO. | ||||
| By this time the monks will have fallen into our clutches, | ||||
| With their cries of surprise and their high jerry ho! | ||||
| And, disguised in the robes, we’ll receive the Duke and Duchess; | ||||
| And in custody close we’ll detain them, | ||||
| With their high jerry ho! | ||||
| And the pusses of those cusses, And a ransom very handsome |
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| And a high jerry ho! | ||||
| CHORUS. | ||||
| With their high jerry ho! | ||||
| And the pusses of those cusses, And a ransom very handsome |
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| And a high jerry ho! A high, a high jerry ho! |
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Exeunt all.
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