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Gilbert And Sullivan The Grand Duke (Or The Statutory Duel) Act I Duet - Baroness And Rudolph BAR: As o'er our penny roll we sing, It is not reprehensive To think what joys our wealth would bring Were we disposed to do the thing Upon a scale extensive. There's rich mock-turtle--thick and clear-- RUD. (confidentially): Perhaps we'll have it once a year! BAR. (delighted): You are an open-handed dear! RUD: Though, mind you, it's expensive. BAR: No doubt it is expensive. BOTH: How fleeting are the glutton's joys! With fish and fowl he lightly toys, RUD: And pays for such expensive tricks Sometimes as much as two-and-six! BAR: As two-and-six? RUD: As two-and-six-- BOTH: Sometimes as much as two-and-six! BAR: It gives him no advantage, mind-- For you and he have only dined, And you remain when once it's down A better man by half-a-crown. RUD: By half-a-crown? BAR: By half-a-crown. BOTH: Yes, two-and-six is half-a-crown. Then let us be modestly merry, And rejoice with a derry down derry. For to laugh and to sing No extravagance bring-- It's a joy economical, very! BAR: Although as you're of course aware (I never tried to hide it) I moisten my insipid fare With water--which I can't abear-- RUD: Nor I--I can't abide it. BAR: This pleasing fact our souls will cheer, With fifty thousand pounds a year We could indulge in table beer! RUD: Get out! BAR: We could--I've tried it! RUD: Yes, yes, of course you've tried it! BOTH: Oh, he who has an income clear Of fifty thousand pounds a year-- BAR: Can purchase all his fancy loves Conspicuous hats-- RUD: Two shilling gloves-- BAR. (doubtfully): Two-shilling gloves? RUD. (positively): Two-shilling gloves-- BOTH: Yes, think of that, two-shilling gloves! BAR: Cheap shoes and ties of gaudy hue, And Waterbury watches, too-- And think that he could buy the lot Were he a donkey-- RUD: Which he's not! BAR: Oh no, he's not! RUD: Oh no, he's not! BOTH (dancing): That kind of donkey he is not! Then let us be modestly merry, And rejoice with a derry down derry. For to laugh and to sing Is a rational thing- It's a joy economical, very! |
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