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No. 4: DUET (Rose & Robin)
"I know a youth who loves a little maid"
Robin Oakapple (Peter Pratt)
-1950s
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| Robin. |
I know a youth who loves a little maid –
(Hey, but his face is a sight for to see!)
Silent is he, for he's modest and afraid –
(Hey, but he's timid as a youth can be!) |
| Rose. |
I know a maid who loves a gallant youth,
(Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!)
She cannot tell him all the sad, sad truth –
(Hey, but I think that little maid will die!) |
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| Rose. |
Robin. |
Now tell me pray, and tell me true,
What in the world should the maiden do? |
Now tell me pray, and tell me true,
What in the world should the young man do? |
| Robin. |
He cannot eat and he cannot sleep –
(Hey, but his face is a sight for to see!)
Daily he goes for to wail – for to weep –
(Hey, but he's wretched as a youth can be!)
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| Rose. |
She's very thin and she's very pale –
(Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!)
Daily she goes for to weep – for to wail –
(Hey, but I think that little maid will die!) |
| Rose. |
Robin. |
Now tell me pray, and tell me true,
What in the world should the maiden do? |
Now tell me pray, and tell me true,
What in the world should the young man do? |
| Rose. |
If I were the youth I should offer her my name –
(Hey, but her face is a sight for to see!) |
| Robin. |
If were the maid I should fan his honest flame –
(Hey, but he's bashful as a youth can be!) |
| Rose. |
If I were the youth I should speak to her to-day –
(Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!) |
| Robin. |
If I were the maid I should meet the lad half way –
(For I really do believe that timid youth will die!) |
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John Reed and Mary Sansom as Robin and Rose (1960s)
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| Rose. |
Robin. |
I thank you, sir, for your counsel true;
I'll tell that maid what she ought to do! |
I thank you, miss, for your counsel true;
I'll tell that youth what he ought to do! |
(Exit Rose.)
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