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| No. 3 — TRIO (WINIFRED, LADY BUSHEY and HORACE) |
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| LADY BUSHEY. |
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My smelling salts get
And my gilt vinaigrette, |
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For I own that I need a reviver; |
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When I find that a girl
Who is fit for an earl |
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Is beloved by an omnibus driver! |
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To beauty and birth
In the dust of the earth |
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Such a person should grovel and wallow, |
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To think he should dare
To make love to a fare — |
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Oh! I wonder whatever will follow? |
| WINIFRED, LADY BUSHEY and HORACE. |
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A brougham or phaeton my lady could stand,
A carriage of state or a smart four-in-hand,
A single horse shay, or a shanderydand,
A single horse shay, or a shanderydand, |
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But a bus is too bitter, too bitter, too bitter, |
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A bus is too bitter to swallow, |
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But a bus is too bitter, too bitter, too bitter, |
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A bus is too bitter to swallow! |
| HORACE. |
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Proud lady who mocks
Should mount on the box, |
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And keep all her sneers in abeyance |
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Until she has tried
The practical side |
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Of driving a public conveyance. |
| WINIFRED. |
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Oh! pity the girl
That you meant for an earl, |
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For Society's fickle and hollow; |
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I'm sick of its charms,
So I fly to the arms |
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Of this omnibus driving Appollo. |
| WINIFRED, LADY BUSHEY and HORACE. |
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A brougham or phaeton my lady could stand,
A carriage of state or a smart four-in-hand,
A single horse shay, or a shanderydand,
A single horse shay, or a shanderydand, |
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But a bus is too bitter, too bitter, too bitter, |
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A bus is too bitter to swallow, |
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But a bus is too bitter, too bitter, too bitter, |
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A bus is too bitter to swallow! |
Exit LADY BUSHEY with WINIFRED left. HORACE gazes sorrowfully after them, then exit into cottage right.
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