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No. 21: DUET (Dame Carruthers & Meryll)
"Rapture, Rapture!"
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Orchestral Arrangement MIDI file [32KB, 1' 47"] Sequenced by George Pollen |
| Dame Carruthers. |
| Rapture, rapture When love's votary, Flushed with capture, Seeks the notary, Joy and jollity Then is polity; Reigns frivolity! Rapture, rapture! Joy and jollity Then is polity; Reigns frivolity! Rapture, rapture! |
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 Darrell Fancourt as Sergeant Meryll, 1926 |
| Meryll. |
| Ghastly, ghastly! When man, sorrowful, Firstly, lastly, Of to-morrow full, After tarrying, Yields to harrying— Goes a-marrying. Ghastly, ghastly! |
| Dame Carruthers. | Meryll. |
| Joyful, joyful! | |
| Ghastly, ghastly! | |
| Joyful, joyful! | |
| Ghastly, ghastly! | |
| Joyful, joyful! | Ghastly, ghastly! |
| Joyful, joyful, joyful! | Ghastly, ghastly, ghastly! |
Rapture, rapture, |
Doleful, doleful! When humanity With its soul full Of satanity, Courting privity, Down declivity, Seeks captivity! Doleful, doleful! Courting privity, Down declivity Seeks captivity! |
| Rapture, rapture! |
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| Doleful, doleful! | |
| Rapture, rapture! |
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| Doleful, doleful! | |
| Rapture, rapture, Rapture, rapture! Joy and jollity Then is polity; Reigns frivolity! Rapture, rapture! |
Doleful, doleful, Doleful, doleful! Courting privity, Down declivity Seeks captivity! Doleful, doleful! |
Exeunt Dame Carruthers & Sergeant Meryll.
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