El Capitan, Act II: “Don Medigua, here’s your wife”

[DON MEDIGUA]
Don Medigua, here's your wife

[POZZO]
My wife?

[DON MEDIGUA]
Yes, your wife, you understand, your wife, your wife

[To PRINCESS]
Remember you're his wife
His comforter in strife
The one to him most dear

[PRINCESS]
Errico!

[POZZO]
Eulalia!

[ISABEL]
Oh, Papa, Papa, we're so glad to see you

[PRINCESS]
We pray El Capitan will quickly free you

[DON MEDIGUA]
If ladies were not present I would "d" you
But as it is I meekly acquiesce

[ESTRELDA]
Please, bear in mind she is a married lady
Permit me to remark your conduct's shady

[POZZO]
Oh, do not rob me
Of my one remaining treasure

[DON MEDIGUA]
Go on, kiss, hug
'Twill be a very short-lived pleasure

[POZZO]
My darling girl and partner dear
I soon shall whirl from this sad sphere
So I'll proceed the sweets to sip
With utmost speed from rosy lip

[DON MEDIGUA]
I cannot stand this kind of thing
A reprimand at him I'll fling
Don't look forlorn, that simply shows
There is a thorn to every rose

[ESTRELDA]
Remember they are man and wife
She is his hope, he is her life

[DON MEDIGUA]
Propriety, society
Sobriety and piety
With every other "iety"
Don't justify their loving attitude

[ISABEL]
Oh, Papa, Papa dear
I so miss you, I must kiss you
Papa, Papa dear
Kiss poor Mama too

[ISABEL, ESTRELDA, PRINCESS, DON MEDIGUA, POZZO & DON CAZARRO]
Papa, Papa dear
They / I so miss you, they / I must kiss you
Papa, Papa dear
Kiss poor Mama too

[ESTRELDA]
She's flirting with El Capitan

[PRINCESS]
I love you, poor dejected man

[DON MEDIGUA]
If mother earth would swallow me
'Twould fill my aching heart with glee
With glee, glee, glee, glee

[ESTRELDA]
Come, Capitan, don't interfere
With that poor man whose end is near
But let his bliss have fullest sway
And bid him kiss 'til close of day

[DON MEDIGUA]
I scarce can speak, I'm choked with woes
I'd like to tweak the rascal's nose
Don't show surprise, it must be clear
Had you been wise you'd not been here

[ESTRELDA]
It's not quite right to interfere
Between two souls whose love's sincere

[DON MEDIGUA]
Propriety, society
Sobriety and piety
With every other "iety"
Don't justify their loving attitude

[ISABEL]
Oh, Papa, Papa dear
I so miss you, I must kiss you
Papa, Papa dear
Kiss poor Mama too

[ISABEL, ESTRELDA, PRINCESS, DON MEDIGUA, POZZO & DON CAZARRO]
Papa, Papa dear
They / I so miss you, they / I must kiss you
Papa, Papa dear
Kiss poor Mama too

Propriety, society
Sobriety and piety
With every other "iety"
To add to the variety
Condemns the very evident anxiety
To keep their / our loving hearts apart

Papa, Papa dear
They / I so miss you, they / I must kiss you
Papa, Papa dear
Kiss poor Mama too