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No. 1: CHORUS
"Won't it be a pretty wedding"
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SCENE . – Market place of Speisesaal , in the Grand Duchy of Pfennig Halbpfennig. A well, with decorated ironwork, up L.C. GRETCHEN, BERTHA, OLGA , and other members of ERNEST DUMMKOPF’S theatrical company are discovered, seated at several small tables, enjoying a repast in honour of the nuptials of LUDWIG , his leading comedian, and LISA , his soubrette.
| Sopranos. | Altos, Tenors & Basses. |
| Won’t it be a pretty wedding? | |
| Won’t it be a pretty wedding? | Won’t it be a pretty wedding? |
| Will not Lisa look delightful? | Such a pretty, pretty wedding, |
| Will not Lisa look delightful? | |
| Smiles and tears in plenty shedding – | Smiles and tears in plenty shedding – |
| Which in brides of course is rightful. | Smiles and tears in plenty shedding – |
| Which in brides of course is rightful | |
| One could say, if one were spiteful, | One could say, if one were spiteful, |
| Contradiction little dreading, | Contradiction little dreading, |
| Her bouquet is simply frightful – | Her bouquet is simply frightful – |
| simply frightful, frightful – | |
| Still, ‘twill be a pretty wedding! | Still, ‘twill be a pretty wedding! |
| Oh, ‘twill be a pretty wedding! | Oh, ‘twill be a pretty wedding! |
| Such a pretty, pretty wedding! | Such a pretty, pretty wedding! |
| Such a pretty wedding! | Such a pretty wedding! |
| Such a charming, charming wedding! | Such a charming, charming, cahrming wedding! |
| Elsa. |
If her dress is badly fitting, |
| Bertha. |
If her gloves are always splitting, |
| Olga. |
If upon her train she stumbled, |
| Gretchen. |
If her hair is rather tumbled, |
| All Four. |
| Such a pretty, pretty wedding. |
| Sopranos. | Altos, Tenors & Basses. |
| Such a very, very pretty wedding. | Such a very, very pretty wedding. |
| Won’t it be a pretty wedding? | Won’t it be a pretty wedding? |
| Oh, 'twill be a pretty wedding? | Oh, 'twill be a pretty wedding? |
| Such a pretty, pretty wedding! | Such a pretty, pretty wedding! |
| Such a pretty wedding! | Such a pretty wedding! |
| Such a charming, charming wedding! | Such a charming, charming, charming wedding! |
| Here they come, the couple plighted – | Here they come, the couple plighted – |
| On life’s journey gaily start them. | On life’s journey gaily start them. |
| Man and maid for aye united, | Man and maid for aye united, |
| Till divorce or death shall part them. | Till divorce or death shall part them. |
| Man and maid for aye united, | Man and maid for aye united, |
| Till divorce, divorce or death shall part them. | Till divorce, divorce or death shall part them. |
| Here they come, the couple plighted. | Here they come, the couple plighted. |
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