No. 3 - Trio - Gerard, Chicquette and Dolly - "I love the girls."
Gerard: | Oh, girls, isn't it a score — |
Chicquette & Dolly: | Isn't it a score? |
Gerard: | I'm a bachelor! My heart's far too wide For any bride there's room inside! If I gave a girl my hand, |
Chicquette & Dolly: | You've another hand, |
Gerard: | Yes, you understand I have hands for two And they will do for both of you! I love the girls, the girls, the girls, With their bewitching, switching little curls! To make them smile, and smile, and smile Is just the only thing that's worth the while! I'll take my oath — |
Both girls: | He'll take his oath! |
Gerard: | I love you both, |
Both girls: | He loves us both! |
Gerard: | I'll kiss the book and take my oath! |
All: | His/My head just whirls, and whirls, and whirls, He's/I'm simply mad on all the little girls! |
Dolly: | Oh, boy, never take a wife, |
Gerard: | Never any wife! |
Dolly: | Live the simple life! Marriage is de trop, I've done it, so, I ought to know! |
Chicquette: | You kiss any girl you choose, |
Gerard: | Any girl I choose, |
Chicquette: | Never bother whose! Or if you would be entirely free You marry me! |
Both girls: | Then kiss the girls, the girls, the girls, With their bewitching, switching little curls! It's all they need, they need, they need And they will like you very much indeed! |
Dolly: | Don't stick to one, |
Gerard: | Not anyone! |
Chicquette: | It isn't done! |
Gerard: | It won't be done! |
Both girls: | And life will be unending fun! |
All: | A dance that whirls, and whirls, and whirls, When you/I are/am mad on all the little girls! |
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