MERMAN AND MERMAID.
(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)
1ST SEA NYMPH.
I'm afraid to wear that dress.
Those treacherous, sly gold fish
Will soon spy around this place,
And eat a fancy dish.
OWONDLO.
Great Heavens, those chains of gold,
Which once were owned
By many hundred souls.
4TH SEA NYMPH.
Say not such nonsense.
I'll wear this dress,
Perhaps the sea by magic
Will bring for me a lover.
2ND SEA NYMPH.
Behold my dress,
Spun from sea weed.
Glistens with dazzling pebbles
And golden rings.
OWONDLO.
(Aria)
Ah! embroidered with diamonds!
Of all Nature's creatures,
These Nymphs are bold.
They entered the staterooms,
In search of diamonds and gold.
If I could win those Nymphs
To be my wives,
I would try and coax them
To flee with me,
To the upper world,
To keep them for
My enchanted brides.
