score two staves long in four-four time, in the key of A Minor." 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You’ll think ere many days ensue This sentence not severe; I hang your husband, child, ’tis true, But with him hang your care. Twang dang dillo dee.
Like a good wife, go moan over your dying husband. That, child is your duty—Consider, girl, you can’t have the man and the money too—so make yourself as easy as you can, by getting all you can from him. Exit Lockit.
Enter Macheath.
Lucy
Though the ordinary was out of the way today, I hope, my dear, you will, upon the first opportunity, quiet my scruples—Oh sir!—my father’s hard heart is not to be softened, and I am in the utmost despair.
Macheath
But if I could raise a small sum—Would not twenty guineas, think you, move him?—Of all the arguments in the way of business, the perquisite is the most prevailing—Your father’s perquisites for the escape of prisoners must amount to a considerable sum in the year. Money well timed, and properly applied, will do anything.
Air XXXII. London ladies.
If you at an office solicit your due, And would not have matters neglected; You must quicken the clerk with the perquisite too, To do what his duty directed.
Or would you the frowns of a lady prevent, She too has this palpable failing, The perquisite softens her into consent; That reason with all is prevailing.
Lucy
What love or money can do shall be done: for all my comfort depends upon your safety.
Enter Polly.
Polly
Where is my dear husband?—Was a rope ever intended for this neck!—O let me throw my arms about it, and throttle thee with love!—Why dost thou turn away from me? ’Tis thy Polly—’Tis thy wife.
Macheath
Was ever such an unfortunate rascal as I am!
Lucy
Was there ever such another villain!
Polly
O Macheath! was it for this we parted? Taken! Imprisoned! Tried! Hanged—cruel reflection! I’ll stay with thee ’till death—no force shall tear thy dear wife from thee now.—What means my love?—Not one kind word! not one kind look! think what thy Polly suffers to see thee in this condition.
Air XXXIII. All in the Downs, etc.
Thus when the swallow seeking prey, Within the sash is closely pent, His consort, with bemoaning lay, Without sits pining for th’ event. Her chatt’ring lovers all around her skim; She heeds them not (poor bird!) her soul’s with him.
Macheath
Aside. I must disown her. Aloud. The wench is distracted.
Lucy
Am I then bilked of my virtue? Can I have no reparation? Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them! O villain! Villain!
Polly
Am I not thy wife?—Thy neglect of me, thy aversion to me too severely proves it.—Look on me.—Tell me, am I not thy wife?
Lucy
Perfidious wretch!
Polly
Barbarous husband!
Lucy
Hadst thou been hanged five months ago, I had been happy.
Polly
And I too—If you had been kind to me ’till death, it would not have vexed me—And that’s no very unreasonable request, (though from a wife) to a man who hath not above seven or eight days to live.
Lucy
Art thou then married to another? Hast thou two wives, monster?
Macheath
If women’s tongues can cease for an answer—hear me.
Lucy
I won’t.—Flesh and blood can’t bear my usage.
Polly
Shall I not claim my own? Justice bids me speak.
Air XXXIV. Have you heard of a frolicksome ditty, etc.
Macheath
How happy could I be with either, Were t’other dear charmer away! But while you thus tease me together, To neither a word will I say; But tol de rol, etc.
Polly
Sure, my dear, there ought to be some preference shown to a wife! At least she may claim the appearance of it. He must be distracted with his misfortunes, or he could not use me thus.
Lucy
O villain, villain! thou hast deceived me.—I could even inform against thee with pleasure. Not a prude wishes more heartily to have facts against her intimate acquaintance, than I now wish to have facts against thee. I would have her satisfaction, and they should all out.
Air XXXV. Irish trot.
Polly
I am bubbled.
Lucy
I’m bubbled.
Polly
O how I am troubled!
Lucy
Bambouzled, and bit!
Polly
My distresses are doubled.
Lucy
When you come to the Tree, should the hangman refuse, These fingers, with pleasure, could fasten the noose.
Polly
I’m bubbled, etc.
Macheath
Be pacified, my dear Lucy—This is all a fetch of Polly’s, to make me desperate with you in case I get off. If I am hanged, she would fain have the credit of being thought my widow—Really, Polly, this is no time for a dispute of this sort; for whenever you are talking of marriage, I am thinking of hanging.
Polly
And hast thou the heart to persist in disowning me?
Macheath
And hast thou the heart to persist in persuading me that I am married? Why, Polly, dost thou seek to aggravate my misfortunes?
Lucy
Really, Miss Peachum, you but expose yourself. Besides, ’tis barbarous in you to worry a gentleman in his circumstances.
Air XXXVI.
Polly
Cease your funning; Force or cunning Never shall my heart trapan. All these sallies Are but malice To seduce my constant man. ’Tis most certain, By their flirting Women oft’ have envy shown. Pleased, to ruin Others wooing; Never happy in their own.
Polly
Decency, madam, methinks might teach you to behave yourself with some reserve with the husband, while his wife
