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SONG (Defendant) and CHORUS
"When First my Old, Old Love I Knew...
Oh, I Was Like That When a Lad "
Defendant tunes his guitar.
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The Defendant (Leo Darnton) plays an imaginary guitar (c. 1922)
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When first my old, old love I knew,
My bosom welled with joy;
My riches at her feet I threw -
I was a love-sick boy!
No terms seemed too extravagant
Upon her to employ -
I used to mope, and sigh, and pant,
Just like a love-sick boy!
Tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank,
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Chorus.
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Tink-a-tank,
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| Defendant, |
Tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank,
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| Chorus. |
Tink-a-tank,
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| Defendant. |
Chorus. |
I used to mope, and sigh, and pant,
Just like a love-sick boy. |
Tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank,
Tink, tink, tink, tink-a-tank. |
| Defendant. |
But joy incessant palls the sense,
And love, unchanged, will cloy;
And she became a bore intense
Unto her love-sick boy!
With fitful glimmer burned my flame,
And I grew cold and coy,
At last, one morning, I became
Another's love-sick boy!
Tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank,
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| Chorus. |
| Tink-a-tank, |
| Defendant. |
| Tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank, |
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| Chorus. |
| Tink-a-tank, |
| Defendant. |
Chorus. |
At last, one morning, I became
Another's love-sick boy! |
Tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank,
Tink, tink, tink, tink-a-tank. |
| Jury. (aside, advancing stealthily) |
Oh, I was like that when a lad!
A shocking young scamp of a rover,
I behav'd like a regular cad,
But that sort of thing is all over.
I'm now a respectable chap
And shine with a virtue resplendent;
And therefore I haven't a scrap
Of sympathy with the defendant!
He shall treat us with awe,
If there isn't a flaw,
Singing so merrily - Trial-la-law!
Trial-la-law! Trial-la-law!
Singing so merrily - Trial-la-law!
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| All. |
Trial-la-law! Trial-la-law!
Singing so merrily - Trial-la-law!
Trial-la-law! Trial-la-law!
Singing so merrily - Trial-la-law!
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Jury enter Jury-box.
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5 November, 2004
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