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If You Please
No. 3, Sung by Riosotto and Minestra
 MIDI File 1 min. 25 seconds.
MINESTRA. - If you please, I'm now a member of your band -
RISOTTO. - If you please, she's -
MINESTRA. - Now allow me, pray, to speak.
- I am married -
RISOTTO. - She's my wife, you understand.
MINESTRA. - If you interrupt, I'll leave you in a week.
RISOTTO. - I really think I might -
MINESTRA. - You are very impolite!
RISOTTO. - But I wanted to explain -
MINESTRA. - Well, now, there you go again!
RISOTTO. - But I wanted to explain -
MINESTRA. - Well, now, there you go again!
RISOTTO. - To explain -
MINESTRA. - There you go again!
RISOTTO. - To explain -
MINESTRA. - There you go again!
- If you kindly will permit me,
- I can perfectly acquit me:
- I'm a lady!
RISOTTO. - She's a lady!
MINESTRA. - Very good, then I refrain!
- If you kindly will permit me,
- I can perfectly acquit me:
- I'm a lady!
RISOTTO. - She's a lady!
BOTH. - Very good, then I/if she refrain!
RISOTTO. - Allow me to present to you my wife!
MINESTRA. - I think you'd better keep her to yourself.
RISOTTO. - She's the treasure and the pleasure of my life -
MINESTRA. - I dare say, until she's laid upon the shelf!
RISOTTO. - She's a poem, she's a song -
MINESTRA (relenting). - You don't mean it - go along!
RISOTTO. - I shall love her when she's grey!
MINESTRA. - Will you really? - I dare say;
RISOTTO. - I shall love her when she's grey!
MINESTRA. - Will you really? - I dare say;
- With your snapping and your snarling!
RISOTTO. - You're a dear, and you're a darling!
MINESTRA. - Do you mean it?
RISOTTO. - Yes I mean it!
BOTH. - Oh, my darling! Oh, my dear!
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RISOTTO. |
| Oh, my darling, oh, my dear! |
Oh, my darling, oh my dear! |
| With your snapping |
my dear |
| And your snarling! |
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You're a dear and you're a darling! |
| Do you really mean it! |
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Yes, I mean it! |
| Oh, my darling, oh, my dear! |
Oh, my darling, oh, my dear! |
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