Gilbert And Sullivan: Duet Ernest And Julia Song Lyrics

Duet Ernest And Julia


ERN:
If the light of love's lingering ember
Has faded in gloom,
You cannot neglect, O remember,
A voice from the tomb!
That stern supernatural diction
Should act as a solemn restriction,
Although by a mere legal fiction
A voice from the tomb!

JULIA (in affected terror):
I own that that utterance chills me--
It withers my bloom!
With awful emotion it thrills me--
That voice from the tomb!
Oh, spectre, won't anything lay thee?
Though pained to deny or gainsay thee,
In this case I cannot obey thee,
Thou voice from the tomb!

(Dancing)

So, spectre, appalling,
I bid you good-day--
Perhaps you'll be calling
When passing this way
Your bogydom scorning,
And all your love-lorning,
I bid you good-morning,
I bid you good-day

ERN (furious):
My offer recalling,
Your words I obey--
Your fate is appalling,
And full of dismay
To pay for this scorning
I give you fair warning
I'll haunt you each morning,
Each night, and each day!

(Repeat Ensemble, and exeunt in opposite directions)

[Re-enter the Wedding Procession dancing]

CHORUS:
Now bridegroom and bride let us toast
In a magnum of merry champagne--
Let us make of this moment the most,
We may not be so lucky again
So drink to our sovereign host
And his highly intelligent reign--
His health and his bride's let us toast
In a magnum of merry champagne







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