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No. 20:
Duet (Rose-in-Bloom & Sultan)
| Rose-in-Bloom. | |||
| Suppose — I say suppose — | |||
| That your silly ickle wife Just for once in all her life |
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| Were to foolishly forget Oriental etiquette |
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| And infringe a regulation Formed for persons of her station — |
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| Would oo blame oo ickle wifie? Would oo punish wifie-pifie? |
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| (Earnestly.) Would she meet a dreadful doom? |
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| Sultan. | |||
| Suppose my lovely Rose, My Royal Rose-in-Bloom, |
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| My Royal spouse Zubeydeh, Could forget she is a lady — |
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| Then my silly ickle wifie Oo would lose oo ickle lifie! |
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| Rose. | Sultan. | ||||
| For queens must not forget | For queens must not forget | ||||
| Their "set," | My pet, | ||||
| They owe to etiquette | They owe to etiquette | ||||
| A debt; | A debt; | ||||
| And Royalty must ever be Upheld in perfect dignity! |
And Royalty must ever be Upheld in perfect dignity! |
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| Rose-in-Bloom. | |||
| Suppose — I say suppose — | |||
| That one night she couldn't sleep, So she thought that she would creep |
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| Like a silent little mouse Down the stairs and out the house |
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| And about the city trotted — Would she have to be garotted? |
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| Would a nasty knifie-pifie Put an end to ickle wifie |
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| Or a bow-string be her doom? | |||
| Sultan. | |||
| My wifie-pifie knows, My Royal Rose-in-Bloom, |
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| If she did what you refer to, Then the Executioner to, |
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| With his great big knifie-pifie, I should send my ickle wifie! |
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| Rose. | Sultan. | ||||
| But as I can't suppose | But as I can't suppose | ||||
| Your Rose, | My Rose | ||||
| Forgetting what she knows | Forgetting what she knows | ||||
| She owes | She owes | ||||
| To rigid Royal etiquette, We will not talk of that, as yet! |
To rigid Royal etiquette, We will not talk of that, my pet! |
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| Will not talk | |||||
| We will not talk of it, | of that, We will not talk | ||||
| We will not talk of it, | of that, We will not talk | ||||
| We will not talk, not talk, | of that, not talk | ||||
| Not talk of that, as yet! | of that, my pet! | ||||
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