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No. 3: Madrigal (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo & Pish-Tush)
"Brightly dawns our wedding day"
| Yum-Yum. |
| Brightly dawns our wedding day; |
| All. |
| Joyous hour, we give thee greeting! Whither, whither art thou fleeting? Fickle moment, prithee stay! Fickle moment, prithee stay! |
| Pish-Tush. |
| What though mortal joys be hollow? |
| Pitti-Sing. |
| Pleasures come, if sorrows follow: |
| Yum-Yum. | Pitti-Sing. | Nanki-Poo. | Pish-Tush. |
| Though the tocsin sound, | Though the tocsin sound, | Though the tocsin sound, | Though the tocsin sound, |
| ere long, | ere long, | ere long, | ere long, |
| Ding | ere long, | Ding | |
| Though the tocsin sound, | dong! Ding dong! | Though the tocsin | dong! Ding dong! Ding |
| ere long, | Ding | sound, ere | |
| Though the tocsin sound, | dong! Ding dong! | long, sound, ere long. | dong! Ding dong! |
| ere long, | |||
| Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! |
| Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! |
| All. |
| Yet until the shadows fall Over one and over all, |
| Yum-Yum. |
| Sing a merry madrigal, |
| All. |
| Sing a merry madrigal, Sing a merry madrigal, Fa la la la la, etc. |
| (Ending in tears.) |
| Yum-Yum. |
| Let us dry the ready tear, |
| All. |
| Though the hours are surely creeping Little need for woeful weeping, Till the sad sundown is near, Till the sad sundown is near. |
| Pish-Tush. |
| All must sip the cup of sorrow — |
| Pitti-Sing. |
| I to-day and thou to-morrow; |
| Yum-Yum. | Pitti-Sing. | Nanki-Poo. | Pish-Tush. |
| This the close of | This the close of | This the close of | This the close of |
| every song — | every song — | every, | every song — |
| Ding | every song — | Ding | |
| This the close of | dong! Ding dong! | This the close of | dong! Ding dong! Ding |
| every song — | Ding | every song, | |
| This the close of | dong! Ding dong! | this the close. | dong! Ding dong! |
| every song — | |||
| Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! |
| Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! | Ding dong! |
| All. |
| What, though solemn shadows fall, Sooner, later, over all? |
| Yum-Yum. |
| Sing a merry madrigal, |
| All. |
| Sing a merry madrigal, Sing a merry madrigal, Fa la la la la, etc. |
| (Ending in tears.) |
Exeunt Pitti-Sing and Pish-Tush.
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Page revised 25 September 2016