The Truth is Found

Member Arthur Robinson [has] a clue about possible words to
Latitia's wordless solo in The Zoo.  In a copy of the vocal score
he purchased recently, he found some lyrics, dated between July 4
and August 23, 1975, stuck in the book.  Those lyrics are:

          Alone and broken-hearted I go my way.
          The cries of these wild beasts my weary soul affright not.
                    By my darling?
                    Who knows?
          He believes me dead, or worse -he-
          Thinks I drank that potion.
Fates, oh tell me is my lover lost?  Oh, say.
          Could he have wandered to this place, this place of dread?
          Its terrors I have braved all with the hope that I might
                              find him.
                    If I do not?
                    What then?
          Then my hope of love is fled -all-
          Joy in life has vanished.
Fates, oh tell me is my lover lost?  oh, say.
Oh heartless Fates, Ah  Oh, say.

[This item appeared in Issue 26 (March 1990) of Precious Nonsense,
the newsletter of the Midwestern Gilbert & Sullivan Society. 
Posted by permission of Sarah Cole, Society Secretary/Archivist. 
For information on Society membership write to:  The Midwestern
Gilbert & Sullivan Society, c/o Miss Sarah Cole, 613 W. State St.,
North Aurora, IL 60542-1538.]