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No. 21:
Chorus (with Solos)
Chorus enter with Hassan, who is carried in still unconscious, and set upon the throne. He is dressed in Royal garments.
| Chorus. | ||
| Laughing low, | ||
| On toe-tip! | ||
| Finger so — | ||
| On each lip! | ||
| Whispering, | ||
| (Undertone,) | ||
| Set the King | ||
| On the throne! | ||
| King Hassan! | ||
| Ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! | ||
| Laugh pian- | ||
| Issimo. Ho! ho! ho! Laughing low, On tip-toe, Laughing low, ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! Ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! |
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| Hush, hush, hush, hush! Ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! Hush, hush, hush, hush! |
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They watch Hassan, who slowly begins to wake.
| Hassan (opening his eyes). | ||
| Where am I — where? | ||
| Vizier. | ||
| Where art thou — where But in thy palace rich and rare, |
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| Where none can say thee nay! | ||
| Chorus. | ||
| Where everyone Will rush and run And race to get thy bidding done — |
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| We hear thee and obey! We hear thee and obey! We hear thee and obey! |
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| Hassan (astonished). | ||
| But hear me speak! | ||
| Physician. | ||
| But hear him speak, And other music's flat and weak |
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| Beside his golden speech! | ||
| Chorus. | ||
| His lightest word Is far preferred Beyond the music any bird |
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| Could ever hope to reach! | ||
| Beyond the music any bird | ||
| Could ever hope to reach! | ||
| Hassan (more bewildered). | ||
| Attend to me, | ||
| Executioner. | ||
| Attend to him And bring a goblet to the brim |
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| With Persian sherbet filled! | ||
| Sopranos & Altos. | Tenors. | Basses. | ||||||
| And when he dips |
And when — | And when he | ||||||
| His Royal lips, | dips | |||||||
| Let dainty damask |
he dips |
His Royal lips, | ||||||
| catch the drips | His Royal lips, | He dips | ||||||
| That none of them are | his Royal,
Royal lips, |
his Royal, Royal | ||||||
| spilled! | lips, | |||||||
| Let dainty damask, | Let dainty damask, | Let dainty damask, | ||||||
| dainty damask catch the drips that none are lost! | dainty damask catch the drips that none are lost! | dainty damask catch the drips that none are lost! | ||||||
| Attend to him, | ||||||||
| Attend, | Attend, | |||||||
| Attend, | attend, | attend, | ||||||
| attend! | attend! | attend! | ||||||
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