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ACT II
No. 15: Chorus
"Happy are we in our loving frivolity"
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Scene: — Market place in the village. In centre a Market Cross or drinking fountain. Enter Peasants dancing, coupled two and two: an old man with a young girl, then an old woman with a young man, then other ill-assorted couples.
| Women. |
| Happy are we in our loving frivolity, Happy and jolly as people of quality; |
| Men. |
| Love is the source of all joy to humanity, Money, position and rank are a vanity; |
| Women. |
| Year after year we've been waiting and tarrying, |
| Men. |
| Without ever thinking of loving or marrying. |
| Women. |
| Tho' we've been hitherto deaf, dumb, and blind to it, |
| Men. |
| It's pleasant enough when you've made up your mind to it. |
| All. |
| Happy are we in our loving frivolity, Happy and jolly as people of quality; Tho' we've been hitherto deaf, dumb, and blind to it, Pleasant enough when you've made up your mind to it. Pleasant enough very, say we, Pleasant enough say we. |
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