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BARONESS As o'er our penny roll we sing,
It is not reprehensive
To think what joys our wealth would bring
Were we disposed to do the thing
Upon a scale extensive.
There's rich mockturtle, thick and clear,

RUDOLPH Perhaps we'll have it once a year!
BAR. You are an openhanded dear!
RUD. Though, mind you, it's expensive.
BAR. No doubt it is expensive.

BOTH How fleeting are the glutton's joys!
With fish and fowl he lightly toys,

RUD. And pays for such expensive tricks
Sometimes as much as twoandsix!

BAR. As twoandsix?

RUD. As twoandsix!

BOTH Sometimes as much as twoandsix!

BAR. It gives him no advantage, mind:
For you and he have only dined,
And you remain when once it's down
A better man by halfacrown.

RUD. By halfacrown?
BAR. By halfacrown!
BOTH Yes, twoandsix is halfacrown.
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
No extravagance bring;
It's a joy economical, very!
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
No extravagance bring;
It's a joy economical, very!

BAR. Although as you're of course aware
(I never tried to hide it)
I moisten my insipid fare
With water, which I can't abear,

RUD. Nor I: I can't abide it.

BAR. This pleasing fact our souls will cheer,
With fifty thousand pounds a year
We could indulge in table beer!

RUD. Get out!
BAR. We could, I've tried it!
RUD. Yes, yes, of course you've tried it!

BOTH Oh, he who has an income clear
Of fifty thousand pounds a year,

BAR. Can purchase all his fancy loves
Conspicuous hats,
RUD. Two shilling gloves,

BAR. Twoshilling gloves?

RUD. Twoshilling gloves!

BOTH Yes, think of that, twoshilling gloves!

BAR. Cheap shoes and ties of gaudy hue,
And Waterbury watches, too,
And think that he could buy the lot
Were he a donkey,
RUD. Which he's not!
BAR. Oh no, he's not!
RUD. Oh no, he's not!
BOTH That kind of donkey he is not!
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
Is a rational thing,
It's a joy economical, very!
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
Is a rational thing,
It's a joy economical, very!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Grand Duke No. 10
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Baroness
Rudolph
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