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II
No. 18: Song (Lutin) & Chorus.
Lutin. | ||||
In yonder world, which devils strew, | ||||
With worry, grief, and pain in plenty, | ||||
This maxim is accounted true | ||||
With nemine dissentiente: | ||||
A woman doth the mischief brew | ||||
In nineteen cases out of twenty! | ||||
Chorus. | ||||
A woman doth the mischief brew | ||||
In nineteen cases out of twenty! | ||||
Lutin. | ||||
In all the woes | ||||
That joy displace, | ||||
In all the blows | ||||
That bring disgrace | ||||
On much enduring human race, There's ever a lady in the case! |
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Chorus. | ||||
On much enduring human race, There's ever a lady in the case! |
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Lutin. | ||||
Ah! Yes, that's the fix | ||||
We have to face — | ||||
Her whims and tricks | ||||
Throughout you trace. | ||||
In all the woes that curse our race There is a lady, a lady, a lady in the case. |
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Chorus. | ||||
Yes, that's the fix | ||||
They have to face — | ||||
Her whims and tricks | ||||
Throughout they trace. | ||||
Lutin & Chorus. | ||||
In all the woes that curse our/their
race There is a lady, a lady, a lady in the case. |
Lutin. | ||||
If woman from great Nature's scheme | ||||
Were utterly eliminated, | ||||
Unruffled peace would reign supreme, | ||||
No quarrels would be propagated. | ||||
But that is a Utopian dream | ||||
Of mortals unsophisticated. | ||||
Chorus. | ||||
Yes, that is a Utopian dream | ||||
Of mortals unsophisticated. | ||||
Lutin. | ||||
It's true that foes | ||||
Might then embrace, | ||||
And earthly woes | ||||
Dissolve apace. | ||||
But where would be the human race With never a lady in the case? |
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Chorus. | ||||
But where would be the human race With never a lady in the case? |
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Lutin. | ||||
Ah! Yes, that's the rub | ||||
We have to face — | ||||
It gives a snub | ||||
That kills the case. | ||||
What would become of all our race With never a lady, a lady, a lady in the case? |
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Chorus. | ||||
Yes, that's the rub | ||||
They have to face — | ||||
It gives a snub | ||||
That kills the case. | ||||
Lutin & Chorus. | ||||
What would become of all our/their
race With never a lady, a lady, a lady in the case? |
Dance.
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