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No. 11: SOLO (Frederic) & CHORUS
"Stay, we must not lose our senses
Here's a first-rate opportunity "
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| Frederic. |
| Stay, we must not lose our senses; Men who stick at no offences Will anon be here! Piracy their dreadful trade is; Pray you, get you hence, young ladies, While the coast is clear! |
FREDERIC and MABEL retire. |
| Girls. |
| No, we must not lose our senses, If they stick at no offences We should not be here! Piracy their dreadful trade is – Nice companions for young ladies! Let us disap – (They shriek.) |
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During this chorus the Pirates have entered stealthily, and formed in a semicircle behind the Girls. As the Girls move to go off, each Pirate seizes a Girl. KING seizes EDITH and ISABEL, SAMUEL seizes KATE.
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(Pirates pass in front of Girls.) Here’s a first-rate opportunity |
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(Girls pass in front of Pirates.)
| Girls. |
| We have missed our opportunity Of escaping with impunity; So farewell to the felicity Of our maiden domesticity! We shall quickly be parsonified, Conjugally matrimonified, By a doctor of divinity, Who is located in this vicinity. |
| All. |
| By a doctor of divinity Who resides in this vicinity, By a doctor, a doctor, a doctor, Of divinity, of divinity. |
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