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CONSTANCE: Dear friends, take pity on my lot,
My cup is not of nectar!
I long have loved, as who would not?
Our kind and rev'rend rector.
Long years ago my love began
So sweetly, yet so sadly,
But when I saw this plain old man,
Away my old affection ran:
I found I loved him madly,
I loved him madly.
Oh!
You very, very plain old man,
I love, I love you madly!
You very plain old man,
I love you madly!
NOTARY: I am a very deaf old man,
And hear you very badly!
CHORUS. You very deaf old man,
She loves you madly!

CON.: I know not why I love him so;
It is enchantment, surely!
He's dry and snuffy, deaf and slow
Illtempered, weak and poorly!
He's ugly, and absurdly dressed,
And sixtyseven nearly,
He's everything that I detest,
But if the truth must be confessed,
I love him very dearly,
I love him dearly!
Oh!
You're everything that I detest,
But still I love you dearly,
You're all that I detest,
I love you dearly,
NOTARY: I caught that line, but for the rest,
I did not hear it clearly!
CHORUS: You very plain old man,
She loves you dearly!

ALEXIS: Oh joy! oh joy!
The charm works well,
And all are now united.
ALINE. The blind young boy
Obeys the spell,
Their troth they all have plighted!

CONSTANCE: Oh, bitter joy!
No words can tell
How my poor heart is blighted!
They'll soon employ
A marriage bell,
To say that we're united.
I do confess
An anxious care
My humbled spirit vexes.
And none will bless
Example rare
Of their beloved Alexis!
Of their Alexis!

CHORUS: Oh joy! Oh joy!
No words can tell
Our state of mind delighted!
For girl and boy
A marriage bell,
Will say that we're united.
True happiness reigns ev'rywhere,
And dwells with both the sexes,
All will bless example rare
Of their beloved Alexis.
True happiness reigns ev'rywhere,
And dwells with both the sexes,
All will bless example rare
Of their beloved Alexis.

CON.: I do confess
An anxious care
My humbled spirit vexes.
And none will bless
Example rare
Of their beloved Alexis!
Of their Alexis!

CHORUS: Oh joy! Oh joy!
No words can tell
Our state of mind delighted!
For girl and boy
A marriage bell,
Will say that we're united.
True happiness reigns ev'rywhere,
And dwells with both the sexes,
All will bless example rare
Of their beloved Alexis.
True happiness reigns ev'rywhere,
And dwells with both the sexes,
All will bless example rare
Of their beloved Alexis.

Oh joy! Oh joy!
Oh joy! Oh joy!
Oh joy! Oh joy!
Oh joy! Oh joy! Oh joy!

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By Arthur Sullivan
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Sorcerer No. 16
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