No. 5
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No. 5 — DUET (LADY BUSHEY & MR. JERICHO ) |
Lady Bushey. | ||
There came to maiden innocence, | ||
At Barton on the Humber, | ||
Two suitors who for reference | ||
As One and Two I'll number. | ||
And Number One could softly woo | ||
Till life seem'd milk and honey, | ||
But dear papa owed Number Two | ||
A large amount of money! | ||
And so I married Number Two, | ||
Though he a perfect guy was, | ||
A veteran of Waterloo, a veteran of Waterloo, | ||
And twice as old as I was, And twice as old as I was! |
Jericho. | ||
When Number Two bore off his bride | ||
With wedding dress of white on, | ||
At first I thought of suicide, | ||
Then change of air at Brighton; | ||
But all of the hopes of yesterday | ||
Return with force provoking, | ||
Now Number Two is tuck'd away | ||
At Kensal Green or Woking; | ||
So come and marry Number One | ||
Whose honest heart your shrine is, | ||
There seldom lives through rain and sun | ||
A love as true as mine is. |
Both. | ||
How strange when parted lovers meet | ||
In such a case as this is, | ||
And oh, how weird and wildly sweet, And oh, how weird and wildly sweet |
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A middle aged kiss is, A middle aged kiss is! |
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