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SOLI (Usher & Defendant) with CHORUS
"Now, Jurymen, Hear My Advice,...
Is this the Court of the Exchequer?"
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Enter Usher.
| Usher. |
 (c. 1952) |
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| Now, Jurymen, hear my advice - All kinds of vulgar prejudice I pray you set aside, I pray you set aside: With stern judicial frame of mind, From bias free of ev'ry kind, This trial must be tried! |
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| Usher. |
Chorus. | ||
| Silence in Court! Silence! |
From bias free of ev'ry kind, This trial must be tried. |
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Oh, listen to the plaintiff's case: |
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| Usher. | Chorus. |
| Silence in Court! Silence! |
From bias free of ev'ry kind, This trial must be tried. |
| Usher. | |
And when amid the plaintiff's shrieks, |
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| Usher. | Chorus |
Silence in Court! |
From bias free of ev'ry kind, This trial must be tried. |
Enter Defendant.
| Defendant. |  (1939) |
| Is this the Court of the Exchequer? |
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| Chorus. | |
| It is! |
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| Defendant. (aside) | |
Be firm, be firm, my pecker, |
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| Chorus. | |
| Who are you? |
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| Defendant. | |
| I'm the Defendant! |
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| Chorus. (shaking their fists) | |
Monster dread their/our damages. |
| Defendant. |
| Hear me, hear me, if you please, These are very strange proceedings - For, permit me to remark On the merits of my pleadings, You're at present in the dark. Defendant beckons to Jurymen - they leave the box and gather round him as they sing. |
| Chorus. (satirically) |
| That's a very true remark - On the merits of his pleadings We're entirely in the dark. Ha! ha! ho! ho! ha! ha! ho! ho! |
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