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No. 9: SOLOS (Edith, Kate & Chorus)
No. 10: DUET (Mabel, Frederic & Chorus)
"What ought we to do...
How beautifully blue the sky"
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EDITH beckons her sisters, who form a semicircle around her.
| Edith. |
| What ought we to do, Gentle sisters, say? Propriety, we know, Says we ought to stay; While sympathy exclaims, “Free them from your tether – Play at other games – Leave them here together.” |
| Kate. |
| Her case may, any day, Be yours, my dear, or mine. Let her make her hay While the sun doth shine. Let us compromise (Our hearts are not of leather): Let us shut our eyes, And talk about the weather. |
| Chorus. |
| Yes, yes, let’s talk about the weather. |
CHATTERING CHORUS.
| Chorus. |
| How beautifully blue the sky, The glass is rising very high, Continue fine I hope it may, And yet it rained but yesterday. Tomorrow it may pour again (I hear the country wants some rain), Yet people say, I know not why, That we shall have a warm July. Tomorrow it may pour again (I hear the country wants some rain), Yet people say, I know not why, That we shall have a warm July. Tomorrow it may pour again.... |
Enter MABEL and FREDERIC.
During MABEL’s solo the Girls continue chatter pianissimo,
but listening eagerly all the time.
| Mabel. | |
Did ever maiden wake |
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| Frederic. | |
| Ah, yes! ah, yes! this is exceeding gladness! |
| Chorus. |
| How beautifully blue the sky, The glass is rising very high, Continue fine I hope it may, And yet it rained but yesterday. Tomorrow it may pour again (I hear the country wants some rain), Yet people say, I know not why, That we shall have a warm July. Tomorrow it may pour again (I hear the country wants some rain), Yet people say, I know not why, That we shall have a warm July. Tomorrow it may pour again.... |
During this, Girls continue their chatter pianissimo as before, but listening intently all the time.
| Frederic. |
| Did ever pirate roll His soul in guilty dreaming, And wake to find that soul With peace and virtue beaming? |
| Chorus. |
| How beautifully blue the sky, The glass is rising very high, Continue fine I hope it may, And yet it rained but yesterday. Continue fine I hope it may, And yet it rained but yesterday. |
| Mabel. | Frederic. | Chorus. |
| Did ever maiden | Did ever pirate | How beautifully blue the sky, |
| wake From dream | loathed, Forsake his | The glass is rising very high, |
| of homely | hideous | Continue fine I hope it may, |
| duty, | mission, | And yet it rained but yesterday. |
| To find her daylight | To find himself | Tomorrow it may pour again |
| break With such | betrothed to lady | (I hear the country wants some rain), |
| exceeding | of | Yet people say, I know not why, |
| beauty! | position! | That we shall have a warm July. |
| Ah, yes! | Ah, yes! | Yet people say, I know not why, |
| Ah, yes, Ah, yes! | Ah, yes, Ah, yes! | That we shall have a warm July, a warm July. |
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