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No. 3: Madrigal (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo & Pish-Tush)
"Brightly dawns our wedding day"

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Yum-Yum.
Brightly dawns our wedding day;
All.
Joyous hour, we give thee greeting!
Whither, whither art thou fleeting?
Fickle moment, prithee stay!
Fickle moment, prithee stay!
Pish-Tush.
What though mortal joys be hollow?
Pitti-Sing.
Pleasures come, if sorrows follow:

Yum-Yum. Pitti-Sing. Nanki-Poo. Pish-Tush.
Though the tocsin sound, Though the tocsin sound, Though the tocsin sound, Though the tocsin sound,
ere long, ere long, ere long, ere long,
  Ding ere long, Ding
Though the tocsin sound, dong! Ding dong! Though the tocsin dong! Ding dong! Ding
ere long, Ding sound, ere  
Though the tocsin sound, dong! Ding dong! long, sound, ere long. dong! Ding dong!
ere long,      
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong!

All.
Yet until the shadows fall
Over one and over all,
Yum-Yum.
Sing a merry madrigal,
All.
Sing a merry madrigal,
Sing a merry madrigal,
Fa la la la la, etc.
(Ending in tears.)

Yum-Yum.
Let us dry the ready tear,
All.
Though the hours are surely creeping
Little need for woeful weeping,
Till the sad sundown is near,
Till the sad sundown is near.
Pish-Tush.
All must sip the cup of sorrow —
Pitti-Sing.
I to-day and thou to-morrow;

Yum-Yum. Pitti-Sing. Nanki-Poo. Pish-Tush.
This the close of This the close of This the close of This the close of
every song — every song — every, every song —
  Ding every song — Ding
This the close of dong! Ding dong! This the close of dong! Ding dong! Ding
every song — Ding every song,  
Though the tocsin sound, dong! Ding dong! this the close. dong! Ding dong!
ere long,      
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong!

All.
What, though solemn shadows fall,
Sooner, later, over all?
Yum-Yum.
Sing a merry madrigal,
All.
Sing a merry madrigal,
Sing a merry madrigal,
Fa la la la la, etc.
(Ending in tears.)

Exeunt Pitti-Sing and Pish-Tush.

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