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No. 4: RECIT. & DUET (Ruth & Frederic)
"Oh, false one, you have deceived me...
You told me you were fair as gold"
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RECITATIVE.
Frederic. Oh, false one, you have deceived me!
Ruth. I have deceived you?
Frederic. Yes, deceived me! (Denouncing her.)
DUET.
Frederic (Charles Goulding)
1926
Frederic. You told me you were fair as gold!
Ruth. (wildly) And, master, am I not so?
Frederic. And now I see you’re plain and old.
Ruth. I’m sure I’m not a jot so.
Frederic. Upon my innocence you play.
Ruth. I’m not the one to plot so.
Frederic. Your face is lined, your hair is grey.
Ruth. It’s gradually got so.
| Ruth. | Frederic. |
| Faithless woman, to deceive me, I who trusted so! |
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| Master, master, do not leave me! Hear me, ere you go! |
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| Faithless woman! | |
| Master, master, | |
| Faithless woman! | |
| Master, master, | |
| Do not leave me, do not leave me, | Faithless woman to deceive me, |
| Hear me, ere you go! | I who trusted so! |
| Master, master, do not leave me, | Faithless woman to deceive me, |
| Hear me, ere you go! | I who trusted so! |
| Ruth. |
| My love without reflecting, Oh, do not be rejecting! Take a maiden tender – her affection raw and green, At very highest rating, Has been accumulating Summers seventeen – summers seventeen. |
| Ruth. | Frederic. |
Don’t, beloved master, |
Yes, your former master Saves you from disaster. Your love would be uncomfortably fervid, it is clear |
| My love unabating | If, as you are stating |
| Has been accumulating | It’s been accumulating |
| Forty-seven year – | |
| Forty-seven year – | |
| forty-seven year! | |
| forty-seven year! | |
| Faithless woman, to deceive me, I who trusted so! |
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| Master, master, do not leave me! Hear me, ere you go! |
Faithless woman, to deceive me, I who trusted so! |
At the end he renounces her, and she goes off in despair.
| Frederic. |
| What shall I do? Before these gentle maidens I dare not show in this alarming costume! No, no, I must remain in close concealment Until I can appear in decent clothing! |
Hides in cave as they enter climbing over the rocks.
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