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No. 24:
Recit. and Madrigal
(Blush-of-Morning, Dancing Sunbeam, Yussuf & a Royal Guard)
| Blush. | Sunbeam. | Yussuf. | ||||||
| What does it mean? | ||||||||
| What does it mean? | ||||||||
| What does it mean? | What does it mean? | What does it mean? | ||||||
| Upon what hidden trap | ||||||||
| have I now stumbled? | ||||||||
| One moment Queen. Then comes a thunder- |
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| clap. | ||||||||
| And I lie humbled! | And I lie humbled! | And I lie humbled! | ||||||
| So surely swings the | ||||||||
| pendulum of Fate | ||||||||
| That maketh joy and | ||||||||
| sorrow alternate! | ||||||||
| All. | |||
| Joy and sorrow alternate | |||
| Ev'ry hour that passeth by; | |||
| Till tomorrow fickle Fate | |||
| May ordain you laugh or cry! | |||
| Till tomorrow fickle Fate | |||
| May ordain, ordain you laugh or cry! | |||
| Joy and sorrow alternate | |||
| Ev'ry hour that passeth by; | |||
| Till tomorrow fickle Fate | |||
| May ordain you laugh or cry! | |||
| Till tomorrow fickle Fate | |||
| May ordain, ordain you laugh or cry! | |||
| So the clock that strikes the time Rings at first a merry chime; |
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| Blush. | Sunbeam. | Yussuf. | Guard. | ||||||||
| Then to mock | Then to mock the | Then to mock the | Then to mock | ||||||||
| the marriage | marriage bell, | marriage bell, | the mar- | ||||||||
| bell, Tolls a | Tolls a melancholy | Tolls a melancholy | riage bell, Tolls a | ||||||||
| melancholy knell! | knell, a me- | knell, a me- | melancho- | ||||||||
| Tolls a melancholy | lancholy | lancholy | ly, melancholy | ||||||||
| knell! | knell! | knell! | knell! | ||||||||
| All. | |||
| Or the melancholy gong | |||
| Tolls a solitary "Dong," | |||
| a dong, dong, dong! | |||
| Then you hear the joy-bell ring | |||
| Ring-a-ding-a-dong-a-dong, | |||
| So the clock doth indicate | |||
| Blush. | Sunbeam. | Yussuf. | Guard. | ||||||||
| Joy and sorrow | Joy and sorrow, | Joy and sorrow | Joy and sor- | ||||||||
| alter- | joy and | alter- | row | ||||||||
| nate! | sorrow alternate! | nate! | alternate! | ||||||||
| Ding, | Ding, ding, | Ding, ding, ding, | Ding! | ||||||||
| dong, | ding, ding, | ding, ding, | |||||||||
| ding, | ding, ding, | ding, ding, | |||||||||
| dong: | dong. Ding, | dong. | |||||||||
| Ding, | Ding, ding, | ding, ding, | |||||||||
| dong, | ding, ding, | ding, ding, | |||||||||
| ding! | ding, ding! | ding, ding, | |||||||||
| So the clock | So the clock | dong! The clock | So the clock | ||||||||
| doth indicate | doth indicate | doth indicate | doth indicate | ||||||||
| Joy and sorrow | Joy and sorrow | Joy and sorrow | Joy and sorrow | ||||||||
| alternate. | alternate. | alternate. | alternate. | ||||||||
| The clock doth | The clock doth | Doth | The clock doth | ||||||||
| indicate, joy and | indicate, | indicate, | indicate, | ||||||||
| sorrow, joy and | joy | joy | joy | ||||||||
| sorrow, | and | and | and | ||||||||
| joy and sorrow | sorrow | sorrow | sorrow | ||||||||
| alternate. | alternate. | alternate. | alternate. | ||||||||
| Ding, ding, ding | |||||||||||
| ding, ding, ding | |||||||||||
| Ding, dong, | Ding, dong, | ding, dong, | Ding, dong, | ||||||||
| joy and | joy and | Ding, ding, ding, | joy and | ||||||||
| sor- | sor- | ding, ding, | sor- | ||||||||
| ding, ding, | |||||||||||
| row, | row, | dong. | row, | ||||||||
| Joy or sorrow. | Joy or sorrow. | Joy or sorrow. | Joy or sorrow. | ||||||||
Exeunt Yussuf, Soldier, and Blush-of-Morning.
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Page modified 5 July 2008