The Emerald Isle - No. 20

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No. 20: Duet (Rosie and Terence, with Chorus)

Music by Arthur Sullivan

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Terence.	Isabel Jay as Lady Rosie Pippin and Robert Evett as Terence O'Brien.
'Twas in Hyde Park beside the Row That she and I first met; Against the rails I pressed my suit (Although the paint was wet, was wet);
Chorus.
Ah me! the paint was wet.
Terence.
I said, "Love me, and I'll love you," She could not answer "No!" For she was one and I was two, That day in Rotten Row.
Chorus.
Oh, she was one and he was two, That day in Rotten Row.

Rosie.
'Twas at a ball, the lights were low, And he and I had met; He told me of that hopeless suit - I felt my eyes grow wet;

Chorus.
She felt her eyes grow wet.

Rosie.
He whispered, "How can I win you?" I answered "I don't know, For I was won when you were too That day in Rotten Row." For I was won when you were too That day in Rotten Row.

Chorus.
For she was won when he was too That day in Rotten Row.

Rosie.	Terence.	Chorus.
	For she was won
La, la, la, la, la,	and I was too,	For
la, la, la, la, la, la, la,	and I was too,	she was won
	When I was two
La, la, la, la, la,	and she was one,	When
la, la, la, la, la, la, la,	and she was one,	he was too,
		For she was one
		when he was two,
For I was won	For you were won	One
when you were too,	and I was too,	when he was two,
That day in Rotten Row,	That day in Rotten Row,	That day in Rotten Row,
In Rotten Row!	In Rotten	In Rotten
Rotten Row,	Rotten Row,	Rotten Row,
Rotten Row!	Rotten Row!	In Rotten, Rotten, Rotten Row!

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