Act III - Introduction
No. 17 - Duet - Winnie and Harry - "Make it up."
Harry: | Wife and I have had a quarrel, She believes me far from moral, Says I'm flirting with another, And she's going home to mother! |
Winnie: | Tho' she tries her heart to harden, She'll be glad enough to pardon; Say you're sorry you offended, She will cry, and all is ended! |
Both: | Make it up with your wife,
make it up, Tho' apology may prove a bitter cup. |
Winnie: | Say that ever since you parted You've been simply broken-hearted. |
Harry: | But I wasn't that exactly — |
Winnie: | Make it up, make it up, |
Both: | Make it up. |
Harry: | I'm afraid of trouble later With her uncle and her mater, And the worthy friends who tell us Anything to make us jealous! |
Winnie: | She will cry and mope and doubt you If she's left at home without you; If you'd have her love you rightly, Take her out to dinner nightly! |
Both: | Make it up, so I will, make it up, Take her with you/me to a restaurant to sup, |
Winnie: | But she won't be quite in keeping If her nose is red with weeping! |
Harry: | Well, in that case she must simply... |
Winnie: | Make it up, make it up, |
Both: | Make it up. |
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