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No. 27: Finale — Act II
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Enter TERESA.
| TERESA.1 | |||
| Hope lived, and free from fear | |||
| Love sang her roundelay. | |||
| La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! | |||
| Hope died, and at his bier | |||
| Love pined away. | |||
| La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! | |||
| For Love and Hope are one | |||
| In joy and pain, | |||
| And naught beneath the sun | |||
| Shall make them twain. | |||
| La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! |
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Enter ULTRICE.
| ULTRICE. | Ha! false one! | |||
| Thou knowest now | ||||
| The torture of a love that's gone astray! | ||||
| TERESA. | Ah! spare me! | |||
| ULTRICE. | Thou knowest now | |||
| The fate of those who will not when they may! | ||||
| TERESA. | Ah! spare me!2 Alfredo! | |||
| TERESA. (turning to ULTRICE.)3 | ||||
| My pride is bowed, | ||||
| And humbled is my head. | ||||
| Who could be proud | ||||
| Whom thou has banished? | ||||
| A fugitive, | ||||
| O love, from thy decree, | ||||
| Why should I live | ||||
| If I am dead to thee! | ||||
| Thou will forget | ||||
| Thy love of old — | ||||
| My sun has set, | ||||
| My tale is told! | ||||
| Ere deathly cold | ||||
| I lie in yonder strand, | ||||
| Ah, let me hold | ||||
| The hand that is his hand; | ||||
[Taking her hand.
| Ere lost I be | ||||
| In yonder cold eclipse, | ||||
| Vouchsafe to me | ||||
| The lips that are his lips! | ||||
[Kissing ULTRICE, who remains motionless.
| May he forget | ||||
| His love of old – | ||||
| Her sun has set, | ||||
| Her tale is told! | ||||
Goes upstage and mounts parapet overhanging the river. She is about to throw herself off when ULTRICE, who has been struggling with her better feelings, relents.
| ULTRICE. | Hold! Stay thy hand! Teresa, come to me; | ||
| My soul is softened and my heart is stirred! | |||
| Come to me quickly – I have wrongèd thee. | |||
| Pardon, Teresa, I have greatly erred! | |||
| TERESA. | Ultrice! [She rushes to her arms. | ||
| ULTRICE. | Take heart, take heart, for thou shall righted
be; Live – for thy love shall be restored to thee! |
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| Come hither, all! | |||
Enter all the characters from different directions, PIETRO in great agony.
| CHORUS. | ||
| Now, what is this, and what is that? | ||
| We wish to go to yonder valley. | ||
| What do you want? what are you at? | ||
| Explain your conduct generally! | ||
| ULTRICE. | ||
| Proud of my new-born rank | ||
| Which raised me from my clan, | ||
| From yonder mountebank | ||
| I stole the talisman! | ||
[She produces
it. PIETRO clutches at it.
| ALL. | ||
| Ah, false one! | ||
| From yonder mountebank | ||
| She stole the talisman! | ||
Exit ULTRICE.
| PIETRO. | ||
| Another minute and my fate were sealed! | ||
| A light – quick – quick! – my fortune for a light! | ||
[A light is given to him – he burns the parchment.
| The parchment burns – my tortures slowly yield – | ||
| 'Tis gone! and with it our distorted plight! | ||
Gong – all change
to their original characters: the Monks becoming
brigands, MINESTRA becoming
a young woman, ALFREDO and ULTRICE becoming
peasants, BARTOLO and NITA are
restored to humanity, and PIETRO recovers
his health.
ALFREDO embraces TERESA.
| GIRLS. | MEN. | ||||
| Hurrah! | Hurrah! | ||||
| The spell's removed, | The spell's removed, | ||||
| Hurrah! | Hurrah! | ||||
| The men we loved, | The girls they loved, | ||||
| Are ours again, | Are theirs again, | ||||
| Hurrah! | Hurrah! | ||||
| With might and main, | With might and main, | ||||
| Hurrah! | Hurrah! | ||||
| ARROSTINO. | |||||
| The Duke and the Duchess, when they travel through the land, | |||||
| How the pair they will stare, with their high jerry ho! | |||||
| They will yet fall a prey to the valour of our band, | |||||
| For we shall not be happy to get them; | |||||
| With our high jerry ho! | |||||
| And our canticle pedantical, Our mystic, though artistic, |
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| Jerry high, jerry ho! | |||||
| ALL. | |||||
| With their high jerry ho! | |||||
| Their canticle pedantical, And their mystic, though artistic, |
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| Jerry high, jerry ho! | |||||
| Their high, their high jerry ho! | |||||
| PIETRO, BARTOLO, and NITA. | |||||
| The Duke and the Duchess, had they travelled through our land, | |||||
| With their cries of surprise and their high jerry ho! | |||||
| They'd have seen many things they wouldn't understand; | |||||
| Not the least is our show, you may bet them – | |||||
| With our high jerry ho! | |||||
| And our clickings and our tickings
– Our emphatic automatic |
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| Jerry high, jerry ho! | |||||
| ALL. | |||||
| With their high jerry ho! | |||||
| And their clickings and our tickings
– Their emphatic automatic |
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| Jerry high, jerry ho! | |||||
| Their high, their high jerry ho! | |||||
| ALFREDO and TERESA. | |||||
| The Duke and the Duchess, if they travel through our land, | |||||
| As they may, any day, with their high jerry ho! | |||||
| They will find that we're linked, heart in heart, hand in hand, | |||||
| And a loving example we'll set them, | |||||
| With our high jerry ho! | |||||
| And our notion of devotion, And our gentle sentimental |
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| Jerry high, jerry ho! | |||||
| ALL. | |||||
| With their high jerry ho! | |||||
| And their notion of devotion, And their gentle sentimental |
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| Jerry high, jerry ho! | |||||
| Their high, their high jerry ho! | |||||
CURTAIN.
END OF OPERA.
| ULTRICE. | She comes! Ah, Madame Jilt! Oh, crazy insolent! Ah, wonder as thou wilt, Thy scornful head is bent! |
| TERESA. | Ultrice! Ultrice! |
| ULTRICE. | Thou knowest now The sting of jealousy's envenomed dart! |
| TERESA. | Ah! spare me! |
| ULTRICE. | Thou knowest now] The deadly famine of a hungry heart! |
| TERESA. | Ah! spare me! |
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