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AL. AX. MR. W : 'Tis twelve, I think,
And at this mystic hour
The magic drink
Should manifest its power.
Oh, slumb'ring forms,
How little have ye guessed
That fire that warms,
That fire that warms,
Each apathetic breast,
Each apathetic breast!

ALEXIS: But stay, my father is not here!

ALINE: And, pray, where is my mother dear?

MR. W.: I did not think it meet to see
A dame of lengthy pedigree,
A Baronet and K. C. B.
A Doctor of Divinity,
And that respectable Q. C.,
All fast asleep, alfrescoly,
And so I had them carried home
And put to bed respectably,
And put to bed respectably!
I trust my conduct meets your approbation.

ALEXIS: Sir, you acted with discrimination,
And showed more delicate appreciation
Than we expect in persons of your station.

ALL: Yes! It showed more delicate appreciation
Than we expect in persons of your station.

MR. W.: But soft, they waken one by one.
The spell has worked: the deed is done!
I would suggest that we retire
While Love, the Housemaid, lights her kitchen fire!

ALL: While Love, the Housemaid, lights her kitchen fire!

MEN: Why, where be oi, and what be oi a doin',
A sleepin' out, just when the dews du rise?
GIRLS: Why, that's the very way your health to ruin,
And don't seem quite respectable likewise!
MEN: Eh, that's you!
Only think o' that now!
GIRLS: What may you be at, now?
Tell me, du!
MEN: Eh, what a nose,
And eh, what eyes, miss!
Lips like a rose,
And cheeks likewise, miss!
GIRLS: Oi tell you true,
Which I've never done, sir,
Oi loike you
As I never loiked none, sir!
ALL. Eh, but oi du loike you!

MEN: If you'll marry me, I'll dig for you and rake for you!
GIRLS: If you'll marry me, I'll scrub for you and bake for you!
MEN: If you'll marry me, all others I'll forsake for you!
ALL: All this will I du, if you marry me!

GIRLS: If you'll marry me, I'll cook for you and brew for you!
MEN: If you'll marry me, I've guineas not a few for you!
GIRLS: If you'll marry me, I'll take you in and du for you!
ALL: All this will I du, if you'll marry me!
All this will I du, if you'll marry me!
Eh, Eh, but I do loike you!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Sorcerer No. 15
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