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No. 20:
Duet (Rose-in-Bloom & Sultan)
| Rose-in-Bloom. |
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Suppose — I say suppose — |
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That your silly ickle wife
Just for once in all her life |
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Were to foolishly forget
Oriental etiquette |
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And infringe a regulation
Formed for persons of her station — |
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Would oo blame oo ickle wifie?
Would oo punish wifie-pifie? |
(Earnestly.) Would she meet a dreadful doom?
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| Sultan. |
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Suppose my lovely Rose,
My Royal Rose-in-Bloom, |
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My Royal spouse Zubeydeh,
Could forget she is a lady — |
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Then my silly ickle wifie
Oo would lose oo ickle lifie! |
| Rose. |
Sultan. |
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For queens must not forget |
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For queens must not forget |
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Their "set," |
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My pet, |
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They owe to etiquette |
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They owe to etiquette |
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A debt; |
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A debt; |
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And Royalty must ever be
Upheld in perfect dignity! |
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And Royalty must ever be
Upheld in perfect dignity! |
| Rose-in-Bloom. |
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Suppose — I say suppose — |
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That one night she couldn't sleep,
So she thought that she would creep |
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Like a silent little mouse
Down the stairs and out the house |
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And about the city trotted —
Would she have to be garotted? |
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Would a nasty knifie-pifie
Put an end to ickle wifie |
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Or a bow-string be her doom? |
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| Sultan. |
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My wifie-pifie knows,
My Royal Rose-in-Bloom, |
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If she did what you refer to,
Then the Executioner to, |
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With his great big knifie-pifie,
I should send my ickle wifie! |
| Rose. |
Sultan. |
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But as I can't suppose |
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But as I can't suppose |
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Your Rose, |
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My Rose |
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Forgetting what she knows |
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Forgetting what she knows |
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She owes |
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She owes |
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To rigid Royal etiquette,
We will not talk of that, as yet! |
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To rigid Royal etiquette,
We will not talk of that,
my pet! |
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Will not talk |
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We will not talk of it, |
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of that, We will not talk |
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We will not talk of it, |
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of that, We will not talk |
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We will not talk, not talk, |
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of that, not talk |
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Not talk of that, as yet! |
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of that, my pet! |
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