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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! |
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! |
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! |
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.