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No. 17: QUARTET (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta & Tessa)
"In a contemplative fashion"
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In a contemplative fashion,
And a tranquil frame of mind,
Free from every kind of passion,
Some solution let us find.
Let us grasp the situation,
Solve the complicated plot —
Quiet, calm deliberation
Disentangles every knot. |
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Leonard Osborn, Muriel Harding, Joyce Wright & Jeffrey Skitch as Marco, Gianetta, Tessa & Giuseppe. c. 1950
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| Tessa. |
The others. |
| I, no doubt, Giuseppe wedded — |
In a contempla- |
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| That's, of course, a slice of luck |
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tive fashion, And |
| He is rather dunder-headed. |
a tranquil frame |
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| Still distinctly, he's a duck. |
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of mind, |
| Gianetta. |
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| I, a victim, too, of Cupid, |
Free from every kind |
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| Marco married — that is clear. |
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of passion, Some |
| He's particularly stupid, |
solution let |
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| Still distinctly, he's a dear. |
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us find. |
| Marco. |
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| To Gianetta I was mated; |
Let us grasp the sit- |
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| I can prove it in a trice: |
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uation, Solve |
| Though her charms are overrated, |
the complica- |
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| Still I own she's rather nice. |
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ted plot — |
| Giuseppe. |
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| I to Tessa, willy-nilly, |
Quiet, calm deli- |
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| All at once a victim fell. |
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beration Dis- |
| She is what is called a silly, |
entangles ev- |
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| Still she answers pretty well. |
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'ry knot! |
| She's a silly, still she answers pretty well. |
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| Marco. |
The others. |
Now when we were pretty babies
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In a contempla- |
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| Some one married us, that's clear — |
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fashion, And |
| Gianetta. |
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And if I can catch her
I'll pinch her and scratch her
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a tran- |
quil frame |
| And send her away with a flea in her ear. |
mind, Free |
| Giuseppe. |
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He whom that young lady married,
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from every kind |
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| To receive her can't refuse. |
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of passion, Some |
| Tessa. |
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If I overtake her
I'll warrant I'll make her
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solution |
let us |
| To shake in her aristocratical shoes! |
find. Let |
| Gianetta. (to Tessa) |
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If she married your Giuseppe
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us grasp the sit- |
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| You and he will have to part — |
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situation, Solve |
| Tessa. (to Gianetta) |
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If I have to do it
I'll warrant she'll rue it —
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the compli- |
cated |
| I'll teach her to marry the man of my heart! |
plot — Quiet, |
If she married Messer Marco
You're a spinster, |
delibe- |
ration Dis- |
| Gianetta. (to Tessa) |
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No matter — no matter.
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entangles |
| If I can get at her |
ev'ry |
| I doubt if her mother will know her again! |
knot! |
| Gianetta. |
Tessa. |
Marco. |
Giuseppe. |
No matter, no matter,
If I can get |
If I have to do it
I warrant she'll rue it — I'll |
To Gianetta
I was |
I to |
at her, I doubt if her
mother will know her again! |
teach her to marry
the man of my heart! If |
mated;
I can prove it in a |
Tessa, willy nilly,
All at |
No matter, no matter,
If I can get |
If I have to do it
I warrant she'll rue it — I'll |
trice,
Tho' her charms are over- |
once a victim fell.
She is |
at her, I doubt if her
mother will know her again! |
teach her to marry
the man of my heart! I'll |
rated
Still I own she's rather |
what is called a silly,
called a |
No matter,
no matter, no |
teach her, I'll teach her
I'll teach her |
nice, She's rather,
rather, rather, |
silly, silly,
silly, silly, |
matter, no matter, no matter,
no matter, no matter! |
teach her, I'll teach her
I'll teach her, I'll teach her! |
rather, rather,
rather, rather, nice. |
silly, still she answers
pretty well. |
| All. |
Quiet, calm deliberation
Disentangles every knot! |
Exeunt, pondering.
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22 October, 2005
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