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No. 16:
Quartet (Scent-of Lilies, Honey-of-Life, Heart's Desire & Yussuf)
| Scent-of Lilies, Honey-of-Life, Heart's Desire. |
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If you or I should tell the truth |
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We all shall be executed, |
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So won't you try, O noble-minded youth, |
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To tell the truth diluted? |
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As we all shall be thrown down a well, |
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Pell-mell,
If the truth we tell,
(You and I as well), |
| In a heap down a deep dark well — |
| Yussuf. |
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Well, well! |
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We'll tell the truth diluted! |
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Diluted! Diluted! |
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As I'm loth that we both
Take a leap in a heap,
Down a steep and a deep, dark well, |
| Yussuf. Well, well? |
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We'll tell the truth diluted!
We'll tell the truth diluted! |
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Just a little tarradiddle-iddle-id
Just a little tarradiddle-iddle-
diddle-iddle-id diluted! |
| Yussuf. |
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As you and I, the truth to tell, |
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Have naught but the truth to dread, dear, |
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We'll let Truth lie at the bottom of a well — |
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Or we shall be there instead, dear! |
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As we all shall be cast down a well, |
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Pell-mell,
If the truth we tell,
(You and I as well), |
| Very fast down a nasty well — |
| Scent-of-Lilies. |
Honey-of-Life and
Heart's Desire. |
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Well, well, |
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We'll tell a fib instead, dear! |
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A fib! |
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Instead dear!
Instead! |
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Instead!
Instead! |
| All. (to one another) |
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As I'm loth that we both
At the last shall be cast
Very fast down a nasty well, |
| Scent & Honey. Well, well? |
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We'll tell a fib instead, dear!
We'll tell a fib instead, dear! |
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Just a little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear!
Just a little tarradiddle idyll
diddle-iddle idyll instead! |
| Girls. |
Yussuf. |
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As I'm loth that we both |
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Just a little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear! |
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Should be cast down a well, |
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Very fast down a nasty well, |
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Just a little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear! |
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We'll tell a fib instead, dear! |
| All. |
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A little tarradiddle idyll fib instead! |
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A little tarradiddle idyll,
Little tarradiddle idyll |
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Little tarradiddle idyll fib instead, dear! |
Dance and Exeunt.
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