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No. 11 - Scena and Concerted Number - "Inquisitive Gentlemen"
| Men: | What is this we see? Little lady all alone, Not a sign of chaperone! |
| Miyo: | How they stare at me! Had I better run away? No, I feel inclined to stay. |
| Men: | Little lady, we were merely Wond'ring what we ought to do, For to put the matter clearly This is not the place for you. |
| Miyo: | Still, you men find lots of fun, So why should poor little girls like me have none? |
| Men: | There's a question or two We would ask of you, If the liberty you'll forgive; So your name you will tell? And you might as well Let us kindly know where you live. |
| Miyo: | Oh, some sort of name of course I've got, And it is... |
| Men: | Yes, it is? |
| Miyo: | Well, never mind what! And as for my home, well, I declare That I live... |
| Men: | Yes, you live? |
| Miyo: | Oh, never mind where! |
| Men: | Now that sort of answer's hardly fair: "Never mind what!" "Never mind where!" |
| Miyo: | Oh, gentlemen, you're too inquisitive! You quite embarrass me now and then; I never as yet Have met such a set Of inquisitive, quisitive, quisitive gentlemen! |
| Men: | Oh, certainly we feel inquisitive! How can we manage to help it then? To meet honoured miss In a place like this, Well, it makes us inquisitive, quisitive, quisitive gentlemen! |
| Men: | But perhaps you will say How you found your way To this curious kind of spot? If your father were told, Don't you think he'd scold? For a father, no doubt, you've got. |
| Miyo: | I've made up my mind to stop here now, And I came... |
| Men: | Yes, you came? |
| Miyo: | Well, never mind how! My father's opinion I pooh-pooh, Tho' he is... |
| Men: | Yes, he is? |
| Miyo: | Oh, never mind who! |
| Men: | That's all the reply we get from you: "Never mind how!" "Never mind who!" |
| Miyo: | Oh, gentlemen, you're too inquisitive, You quite embarrass me now and then; You'll just have to guess My name and address, You inquisitive, quisitive, quisitive gentlemen! |
| Men: | Oh, certainly we feel inquisitive! But you were trying to snub us then. The fact we deplore That you won't say more, Though we are such inquisitive, quisitive, quisitive gentlemen! |
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Page modified 30 January 2017