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MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEUX
(Continued from Page
514)
SECOND BARBER
Between the devil and the deep
blue sea, your Honor!
FIRST BARBER
His Honor likes
the sea. Everyone loves a sailor.
MAN WITH PERIWIG
Hurry! I'm
in
torture! Open!
I have authority, hem, hem!
( MAN WITH PERIWIG
knocks loudly. The
WOMAN
stands in doorway. )
WOMAN
(Singing)
Where is my boy in leather pants,
who gives a woman what she wants?
MAN WITH PERIWIG
(Singing in falsetto )
Woman, I have a royal Crown
your countryman gave the ferryman
a-standing on the strand;
but money goes from hand to hand:
the crown is on the town,
the money's mine, I want to dine.
Whatever we do is our affair,
the breath of freedom's in the air.
FIRST BARBER
The lady's ballast's in the air.
SECOND BARBER
Two ten pound tea chests. The lady needs
a little uplift from the clergy.
MAN WITH PERIWIG
WOMAN
I'm breaking on the foamy breakers!
Help, help!
I loved a loyal boy, his stick
was bigger than a tea-ship's mast;
alas, love comes, and goes as fast
as soldiers on the double-quick.
MAN WITH PERIWIG
Lady, I wish my fate were cast
inside a lucky little dory
(Singing)
( Singing)