No. 2
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No. 2 — DUET (WINIFRED & HORACE) |
| Winifred. | ||
| My heart, my heart goes pit-a pat,... | ||
| O brave and gallant fellow; | ||
| For I have often sat... | ||
| Within your 'bus so yellow. | ||
| I always liked you so,... | ||
| Because the 'bus you well drove | ||
| When shopping I would go | ||
| To Marshall and to Snelgrove, | ||
| When shopping I would go | ||
| To Marshall and to Snelgrove! | ||
| And now you are my king,... | ||
| My captain, chief, commander, | ||
| Your praise I'll ever sing,... | ||
| Oh, Horace Alexander, Oh, Horace Alexander. |
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| Winifred. | Horace. |
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| How sweetly through | |
| the air, | How sweetly through |
| Dispersing tales of | the air,... |
| slander, | Dispersing tales |
| There sound the praises fair... | of slander,... |
| of Horace Alexander, | Dispersing tales of slander, |
| of Horace Alexander | Dispersing tales of slander, |
| There sound, there sound the praises fair | There sound, there sound the praises fair |
| Of Horace Alexander!... | Of Horace Alexander!... |
| Horace. | ||
| Although my hopes were nill,... | ||
| And love's young dream was blighted, | ||
| I kept the horses still... | ||
| While you and ma alighted; | ||
| I watch'd you pay the fare,... | ||
| My love I might not show you, | ||
| Nor from the box-seat dare | ||
| A single kiss to blow you. | ||
| Nor from the box-seat dare | ||
| A single kiss to blow you, A single kiss to blow you. |
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| O Queen of woman kind... | |||
| In Britain, France or Flanders, | |||
| No heart more true you'll find... | |||
| Than Horace Alexander's, Than Horace Alexander's. |
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| Winifred. | Horace. |
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| How little do | |
| we heed | How little do |
| The world's censorious | we heed The |
| slander, | The world's censo- |
| A happy man indeed... | rious slander, How |
| Is Horace Alexander, | little do we heed,... |
| is Horace Alexander, | The world's censorious slander, |
| A happy, happy man indeed | A happy, happy man indeed |
| Is Horace Alexander! | Is Horace Alexander! |
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