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No. 19: Trio (Bartolo, Nita and Pietro)
| BARTOLO. | ||
| When gentlemen are eaten up with jealousy, | ||
| They make themselves exceedingly ridiculous, | ||
| For everything around they tinted yellow see — | ||
| Their antics and extravagances tickle us. | ||
| ALL. | ||
| Their antics and extravagances tic,
tic, tic, tic, tickle us, Their antics and extravagances tic, tic, tic, tic, tickle us! |
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| BARTOLO. | NITA and PIETRO. | |||
| tic, tic, tic, tic, | ||||
| Where gentlemen are eaten | tic, tic, | |||
| up with jealousy | tic, | |||
| They make themselves exceedingly, | tic, tic, | |||
| exceedingly ridiculous, | tic, tic, | |||
| For ev'rything around they tinted yellow see — | tic, tic, tic, | |||
Their antics, yes, their antics and |
tic, tic, | |||
| extravagances tickle us! | tic, tickle us! | |||
| NITA. | ||
| Here's a gentleman, as fierce as a Mahometan, | ||
| So carried off by jealousy vehicular, | ||
| He's down on an unfortunate Automaton! | ||
| Some people are so terribly particular! | ||
| ALL. | ||
| Some people are so terribly partic,
tic, tic, tic, ticular! Some people are so terribly partic, tic, tic, tic, ticular! |
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| NITA. | BARTOLO and PIETRO. | |||
| tic, tic, tic, tic, | ||||
| Here's a gentleman, as fierce | tic, tic, | |||
| as a Mahometan, | tic, | |||
| So carried off by jealousy, | tic, tic, | |||
| by jealousy vehicular, | tic, tic, | |||
| He's down on any unfortunate Automaton! | tic, tic, tic, | |||
| Some people are so terribly, | tic, tic, | |||
| so terribly particular! | tic, ticular! | |||
| PIETRO. | ||
| When a lady is disposed to be tyrannical, | ||
| She's equal to unlimited iniquity: | ||
| And flirting may be flirting, though mechanical — | ||
| A fact that has the sanction of antiquity! | ||
| ALL. | ||
| A fact that has the sanction of antic,
tic, tic, tic, tiquity! A fact that has the sanction of antic, tic, tic, tic, tiquity! |
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| PIETRO. | BARTOLO and NITA. | |||
| tic, tic, tic, tic, | ||||
| When a lady is dispposed to | tic, tic, | |||
| be tyrannical | tic, | |||
| She's equal to unlimited, | tic, tic, | |||
| unlimited iniquity; | tic, tic, | |||
| And flirting may be flirting, though mechanical — | tic, tic, tic, | |||
| A fact that has the sanction, | tic, tic, | |||
| the sanction of antiquity! | tic, ticular! | |||
Exeunt NITA and BARTOLO at opposite entrances, walking mechanically to symphony, PIETRO accompanying NITA.


