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No. 28: Finale — Act II

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All.
  A bridal march
    The funeral dirge becomes!
  Let Heaven's arch
    Re-echo the band of drums!
      O happy pairs united this afternoon
        We greet you one and all
Both great and small
      With a popular Persian tune!
  Oh, raise your voice
    In epithalamiums!
  O King rejoice,
    And Tale-Teller of the slums!
      To high or low true love is an equal boon,
        There's no one here too base
To find a place
      In popular Persian tune!
       

O! raise your voice,
Let all rejoice,

          Illalah! Illalah!
        There's none too base
To find a place
          Illalah! Illalah!
       

Raise your voice,
All rejoice,
Raise your voice,

      Endeavour to sing a Persian tune!
       

A popular Persian tune,
A popular Persian tune,
A popular, popular Persian tune,
A popular Persian tune!

          Illalah! Illalah! lalah!


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