Songs, &c In the romantic drama of Adelmorn, the outlaw. First performed at Drury Lane theatre on Monday, May 4, 1801. [by M. G. Lewis] The overture and music entirely new, composed by Mr. Kelly |
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[OLD Orpheus play'd]
HUGO.
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OLD Orpheus play'dSo well, 'tis said,
That, whenever he touch'd his fiddle,
Wild beasts and flocks,
Streams, woods, and rocks,
Danc'd about to his hey diddle diddle.
Here figures out
A tower so stout,
There figures in a fountain;
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The dance leads down,
And goes back to back with a mountain.
Sing tweedle-dum!
At his strum strum strum
Forests and fields cut capers;
Sing tweedle-dee!
Oh! was not he
The prince of catgut scrapers?
At his strum strum strum
Forests and fields cut capers;
Sing tweedle-dee!
Oh! was not he
The prince of catgut scrapers?
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See, ranged in pairs,Twelve dancing bears
Go as fast as e'er they can-go;
A lively pig
Performs a jig,
And a graceful goose a fandango:
While an arm of the sea,
Introduc'd by a tree,
To a fair young whale advances,
And, making a leg,
Cries—“Miss, may I beg
Your fin for the two next dances?”
Sing tweedle-dum, &c.
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