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ALEXIS: I rejoice that it's decided,
Happy now will be his life,
For my father is provided
With a true and tender wife.
ALL: She will tend him, nurse him, mend him,
Air his linen, dry his tears;
Bless the thoughtful fates that send him
Such a wife to soothe his years!

ALINE: No young giddy thoughtless maiden,
Full of graces, airs, and jeers;
But a sober widow, laden
With the weight of fifty years!

SIR M.: No highborn exacting beauty
Blazing like a jewelled sun:
But a wife who'll do her duty,
As that duty should be done!

ALL: She will tend him, nurse him, mend him,
Air his linen, dry his tears;
Bless the thoughtful fates that send him
Such a wife to soothe his years!

MRS. P.: I'm no saucy minx and giddy,
Hussies such as them abound.
But a clean and tidy widdy
Well beknown for miles around!

DR. D. All the village now have mated,
And are happy as can be:
I to live alone am fated:
No one's left to marry me!

OTHERS: No one's left to marry he!

ALL: She will tend him, nurse him, mend him,
Air his linen, dry his tears;
Bless the thoughtful fates that send him
Such a wife to soothe his years!
Bless the thoughtful fates that send him
Such a wife to soothe his years!
Such a wife to soothe his years!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Sorecer NO. 18
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Mrs Partlet
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Dr. Daly
Sir Marmaduke
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