oy rom The Duke o Monmouth s Maggot Tim orter 2007 MusicOLi and Tim orter You may coy this score or erormance and archival uroses only. I you ant to reroduce it in ournals, ooks, sites or other ulications, lease otain ritten consent rom MusicOli. I you erorm it, lease let me kno! oliver.arton@talktalk.net
This iece is the inal chorus rom the oera "The Duke o Monmouth s Maggot." This is hat haens ust eore... KIRKE: Thus erish all the King s enemies! SOLDIERS: Thus erish all the King s enemies! [Suddenly, every reel is seized y a hangman, every girl y a raacious soldier, GREY is shackled, MONMOUTH is conronted y a lock and axeman. TOM roduces a utcher s cleaver, and gloats over a cauldron o oiling itch. At the same moment, SAL and OLIER enter, in a state o agitation.] OLIER: Well, Sal my girl, here s a situation eyond my art to cure. Are your its equal to it SAL: master doctor, or I can cure the itch, the itch, The alsy and the gout, But hether I can settle this I really rather dout. I this re ut a mummer s lay them all Turkish Knights, Tould e a matter o a ord To set em all to rights: But as or raising o the dead Or getting ack their maidenhead, I couldn't make this usiness straight I I should live to ninetyeight! MONMOUTH: Be silent riends, and do not ret, Or seek your lives to save: We all must yield them soon or late sink into the grave. since this orld ought to gain Seems such a hellish it, Such orthy olks as you or I Were etter out o it! So axeman, cut my neck in tain! Escae is orth a moment s ain! This orld is ut a roken toy! We ll leave it no, ll leave ith oy! [ELIZABETH, the WIDOW, MARCUS and the ARSON all aear high aove in some celestial region, clothed in hite and singing eaceully. MONMOUTH listens ith rature...] [or interest, the stage directions are included ith the chorus that ollos...]
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