Act 1 No. 8
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No. 8 - Duet - Susan and Gigg
| Susan: | If ever I marry, my husband must be In some occupation attractive to me; I'm sure I should dote on an artist of note, With wonderful ties and a velveteen coat! |
| Gigg: | Oh, that sort of man wouldn't suit you a bit. He'd always be trying to get you to sit, And painting away for sending-in day; You know the Academy opens in May! |
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| Both: (his words) | Now don't you see that you would be Unhappy with such a celebritee. His language artistic would fall rather flat! You wouldn't get on with a man like that! |
| Susan: | Now sometimes I think I would marry for choice An opera singer with beautiful voice, Who'd work with the whole of his heart and his soul In rendering, say, a Wagnerian rôle. |
| Gigg: | For choosing a singer your motif is leit. Remember that he would be out ev'ry night; That day-time, alas! I fear he would pass Rehearsing expression in front of a glass. |
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| Both: (her words) | I think I see that I would be Unhappy with such a celebritee. Although he would probably never sing flat, I shouldn't get on with a man like that! |
| Gigg: | I'm sure you'd find no one more suitable than A highly respectable medical man, Whose praise would be sung by the old and the young; Your pulse he would feel and examine your tongue. |
| Susan: | Well, I should get dreadfully jealous, you know, For popular doctors are flirted with so; Some ladies, you see, will ask them to tea, And fully describe what their symptoms may be. |
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| Both: (his words) | Now don't you see that you would be Unhappy with such a celebritee. With patients he'd always be having a chat, You wouldn't get on with a man like that! |
| Gigg: | Why not try a judge very learned and bland. The Law Courts, you know, are not far down the Strand, And there he'd preside, looking most dignified, And listen while different cases were tried. |
| Susan: | Yes, judges are wonderful persons, no doubt, But they're got a habit of finding things out; And I should object to have him suspect, Supposing my conduct was not quite correct. |
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| Both: (her words) | I think I see that I would be Unhappy with such a celebritee. He'd always be finding out what I was at. I shouldn't get on with a man like that! |
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British Musical Theatre | The Toreador
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