Songs, Duos, Trios, Chorusses, &c. in the Comic Opera of the Carnival of Venice, as it is Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane [by Richard Tickell] |
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DIALOGUE. |
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DIALOGUE.
First Shewman.My masters—here's the lion great,
The pride of all creation;
Second.
And here the dwarf and giant wait,
The wonder of the nation.
Mountebank.
But here's the doctor, lord of fate,
Stands first in reputation.
First Shewman.
He's a quack.
Second.
Drive him back.
Mountebank.
Envious rogues, you fear me.
First Shewman.
Best be civil.
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Why? the Devil!
All.
Let the people hear me.
CHORUS.
Now with song and dance rejoice,
All be mirth and gay delight;
Every heart and every voice
Join to greet the festive night.
FINIS.
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