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ACT I
Nos 6 & 7: RECIT. & TRIO - Dorothy, Dorcas & Oswald
 MIDI FILE [16KB, 3' 50"] |
 [41"] |
DOROTHY is seen coming down the terrace.
| DORCAS. | |
| My mistress comes. Thyself thy missive give. |
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DOROTHY advances towards her.
| OSWALD. | |
| Madam, I bow. | |
| DOROTHY. | |
| Sir, who art thou? | |
| OSWALD. | |
| Servant of one whose name I must not tell. This from his hand - and from his heart as well. |
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DOROTHY reads the letter.
| [3' 00"] |
| DOROTHY. | |||
| Oh, tell me, what is a maid to say? | |||
| What is a maid to do? | |||
| When heart says "Go," and duty "Stay," | |||
| And she'd to both be true? | |||
| Oh, tell me, what is a maid to say? | |||
| Shall it be rice or rue? | |||
| When heart says "Yea," and duty "Nay," | |||
| What is a maid to do? Ah! | |||
| DOROTHY, DORCAS & OSWALD. | |||
| Yea or nay? Go or stay? | |||
| To which be false, to which be true? | |||
| When a maiden wavers 'twixt yea and nay — | |||
| Shall it be rice or rue? Shall it be rice or rue? |
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| OSWALD. | |||
| Thou askest what is a maid to say, | |||
| What is a maid to do? | |||
| I answer, if her heart say yea, | |||
| Her duty says so too. | |||
| DORCAS. | |||
| I can but tell thee what I should say, | |||
| Tell thee what I should do; | |||
| I'd go in showers of rice away, | |||
| And leave behind the rue. Ah! | |||
| DOROTHY, DORCAS & OSWALD. | |||
| Yea or nay? Go or stay? | |||
| To which be false, to which be true? | |||
| When a maiden wavers 'twixt yea and nay — | |||
| Shall it be rice or rue? Shall it be rice or rue? |
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Exeunt DORCAS and OSWALD severally.
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