 | The Yellow Dwarf and the King of the Gold Mines |  |
Scene Ninth.
—Throne Room in the Palace of Meliodorus in the Royal Gold Mine.Meliodorus and Allfair re-appear as the Palms descend, surrounded by the Queen and Court, all the other Kings, Princes, &c.
Mel.
(to Audience)
Restored to form and throne, happy and glorious,
'Tis you alone can make me here victorious.
Join all your palms that I may long behold mine,
And make this house, for the lessee, a gold mine.
Finale—“The old friends at home.”
Mel.
Let other miners seek the diggins
Far, far away—
Here on this minor stage of Wigan's
I'm more inclined to stay.
From the realms I now behold mine
No more bid me roam,
But make this house a little gold mine,
And for your old friends a home.
Allf.
How far am I from perfect, sadly
I feel to-day;
And fear Allfair would fare but badly
But for your kind hearts' stay.
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At this season roam;
Here bring, to pass a little leisure,
All of your young friends at home.
Moral—“Villikins and his Dinah.”
Dwarf.
The moral, like me, is so uncommon small,
I might almost say there's not no moral at all,—
But that pretty young girls should beware of sly elves,
And not be so werry much “nuts” on themselves.
I might almost say there's not no moral at all,—
But that pretty young girls should beware of sly elves,
And not be so werry much “nuts” on themselves.
Singing, Too ral, lal loo ral, &c.
Now all you young folks who are home for the holidays,
And children of all growths who hate melancholy days,
Come add to the number of Allfair's adorers,
And join every night in the popular chorus
And children of all growths who hate melancholy days,
Come add to the number of Allfair's adorers,
And join every night in the popular chorus
Of—Too ral, lal loo ral, &c.
CURTAIN.
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