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No. 10: DUET (Baroness & Rudolph)
"As o'er our penny roll we sing"
| Baroness. |
Rosina Brandram and Walter Passmore as the Baroness and Rudolph
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As o'er our penny roll we sing,
It is not reprehensive
To think what joys our wealth would bring
Were we disposed to do the thing
Upon a scale extensive.
There's rich mock-turtle — thick and clear — |
| Rudolph. (confidentially) |
| Perhaps we'll have it once a year! |
| Baroness. (delighted) |
| You are an open-handed dear! |
| Rudolph. |
| Though, mind you, it's expensive. |
| Baroness. |
| No doubt it is expensive. |
| Both. |
How fleeting are the glutton's joys!
With fish and fowl he lightly toys, |
| Rudolf. |
And pays for such expensive tricks
Sometimes as much as two-and-six! |
| Baroness. (surprised) |
| As two-and-six? |
| Rudolph. |
| As two-and-six! |
| Both. |
| Sometimes as much as two-and-six! |
| Baroness. |
It gives him no advantage, mind —
For you and he have only dined,
And you remain when once it's down
A better man by half-a-crown. |
| Rudolph. (doubtfully) |
| By half-a-crown? |
| Baroness. (decisively) |
| By half-a-crown! |
| Both. (dancing) |
Yes, two-and-six is half-a-crown.
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
No extravagance bring —
It's a joy economical, very!
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
No extravagance bring —
It's a joy economical, very! |
| Baroness. |
Rosina Brandram as the Baroness
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Although as you're of course aware
(I never tried to hide it)
I moisten my insipid fare
With water — which I can't abear — |
| Rudolph. |
| Nor I — I can't abide it. |
| Baroness. |
This pleasing fact our souls will cheer,
With fifty thousand pounds a year
We could indulge in table beer! |
| Rudolph. |
| Get out! |
| Baroness. |
| We could — I've tried it! |
| Rudolph. |
| Yes, yes, of course you've tried it! |
| Both. |
Oh, he who has an income clear
Of fifty thousand pounds a year — |
| Baroness. |
Can purchase all his fancy loves
Conspicuous hats — |
| Rudolph. |
| Two-shilling gloves — |
| Baroness. (doubtfully) |
| Two-shilling gloves? |
| Rudolph. (positively) |
| Two-shilling gloves! |
| Both. |
| Yes, think of that, two-shilling gloves! |
| Baroness. |
Cheap shoes and ties of gaudy hue,
And Waterbury watches, too,
And think that he could buy the lot
Were he a donkey, |
| Rudolph. |
| Which he's not! |
| Baroness. |
| Oh no, he's not! |
| Rudolph. |
| Oh no, he's not! |
| Both. (dancing) |
That kind of donkey he is not!
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
Is a rational thing —
It's a joy economical, very!
Then let us be modestly merry,
And rejoice with a derry down derry.
For to laugh and to sing
Is a rational thing —
It's a joy economical, very! |
(Exit Baroness.)
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19 June, 2006
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