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The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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The Sorcerer: I Rejoice That It's Decided
QUINTETTE.ALEXIS, ALINE, SIR MARMADUKE, MRS. PARTLET, and DR. DALY.(ALEXIS.) I rejoice that it's decided, Happy now will be my life, For my father is provided With a kind and tender wife. (ENSEMBLE.) She will tend him, nurse him, mend him, Air his linen, dry his tears; Bless the thoughtful fates that send him Such a wife to soothe his years! (ALINE.) No young giddy thoughtless maiden, Full of graces, airs, and jeers – But a sober widow, laden With the weight of fifty years! (SIR M.) No high-born exacting beauty Blazing like a jewelled sun – But a wife who'll do her duty, Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com As that duty should be done! (ENSEMBLE.) She will tend him etc. (MRS. P.) I'm no saucy minx and giddy – Hussies such as them abound – But a clean and tidy widdy Well be-known for miles around! DR. D. All the village now have mated, And are happy as can be – I to live alone am fated: No one left to marry me! No one left to marry he! (ENSEMBLE.) She will tend him etc.
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