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This beautifully composed Mezzo song is from The Gondoliers. Tessa sings it at the point of being married, only to learn afterwards that her new-found gondolier husband is leaving with his brother to take up a possible appointment as king in a foreign land! I dedicate this arrangement to two wonderful Tessas - Alma and Elizabeth  - I have played opposite to as Guiseppe in a former life! We hope you will like this song and sing along with us. (Chorus can include friends, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, children, the dog, cat and canary, if you wish. Enjoy it . . .

When a Merry Maiden Marries
(Sung by Tessa and Chorus)

When a merry maiden marries,
Sorrow goes and pleasure tarries;
Every sound becomes a song,
All is right, and nothing's wrong!
From today and ever after
Let our tears be tears of laughter,
Every sigh that finds a vent
Be a sigh of sweet content!
When you marry merry maiden,
Then the air with love is laden;
Every flower is a rose,
Every goose becomes a swan,
Every kind of trouble goes
Where the last year's snows have gone!
Chorus join in: Sunlight takes the place of shade-
When you marry merry maid.
When a merry maiden marries,
Sorrow goes and pleasure tarries;
Every sound becomes a song,
All is right and nothing's wrong!

When a merry maiden marries,
Sorrow goes and pleasure tarries;
Every sound becomes a song,
All is right, and nothing's wrong!
Gnawing care and aching sorrow
Get ye gone until tomorrow;
Jealousies in grim array,
Ye are things of yesterday!
When you marry merry maiden,
Then the air with love is laden;
All the corners of the earth
Ring with music sweetly played,
Worry is melodious mirth,
grief is joy in masquerade;
Chorus join in: Sullen night is laughing day
All the year is merry May!
All the year is merry May!
All the year is merry May!
Merry, merry, May,
Merry, merry, May,
All the year is merry, merry May!

Now what about meeting: A King of Old . . .?

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