ACT I

No. 1: Chorus of Courtiers

MIDI File

SCENE: Gardens of KING PORTICO’s palace.  ZAPETER, JAMILEK, COURTIERS, etc., discovered.  All are very prim and precise in appearance.

Tenors & Basses.
This is a Court in which you’ll find
  The most respectable society;
To ev'ry fault we are all blind,
  Except the fault of impropriety.
Sopranos & Altos.
We pride ourselves upon our taste,
  It is indeed our only vanity;
Tenors & Basses.
We pride ourselves upon our taste,
  It is indeed our only vanity;
Sopranos & Altos.
This is a Court in which you’ll find
  The most respectable society;
To ev'ry fault we are all blind,
  Except the fault of impropriety.
Tenors & Basses.
We pride ourselves upon our taste,
  It is indeed our only vanity;
All.
And when in false positions placed,
And when in false positions placed,
  It almost drives us to insanity,
It drives us to insanity, insanity.
Sopranos & Altos.
This is a Court in which you’ll find
  The most respectable society;
To ev'ry fault we are all blind,
All.
  Except the fault of impropriety.
This is a Court in which you’ll find
  The most respectable society,
 
  respectable society.

Sopranos. Altos. Tenors. Basses.
                    This is a
              This is a     Court where you
        This is a     Court where you     never will
  This is a     Court where you     never will,     find but the
    Court where you     never will     never will     best, you will
    find the     find but the     find but the     find but the
    best and the     best and the     best and the     best and the
    most respectable society!     most respectable society!     most respectable society!     most respectable society!

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