No. 15: RECIT. (Ludwig) & SONG (Lisa)
"Yes, Ludwig and his Julia are mated!...
Take care of him – he’s much too good to live"
(Lisa, through this, has expressed intense distress at having to surrender Ludwig.)
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Lisa. |
Florence Perry as Lisa
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Take care of him – he’s much too good to live,
With him you must be very gentle:
Poor fellow, he’s so highly sensitive,
And O, so sentimental!
Be sure you never let him sit up late
In chilly open air conversing –
Poor darling, he’s extremely delicate,
And wants a deal of nursing! |
| Ludwig. |
| I want a deal of nursing! |
| Lisa. |
And O, remember this –
When he is cross with pain,
A flower and a kiss –
A simple flower – a tender kiss
Will bring him round again!
| Lisa. |
His moods you must assiduously watch:
When he succumbs to sorrow tragic,
Some hardbake or a bit of butter-scotch
Will work on him like magic.
To contradict a character so rich
In trusting love were simple blindness –
He’s one of those exalted natures which
Will only yield to kindness! |
| Ludwig. |
| I only yield to kindness! |
| Lisa. |
And O, the bygone bliss!
And O, the present pain!
That flower and that kiss –
That simple flower – that tender kiss
I ne’er shall give again! |
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19 June, 2006
