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 RIGOLETTO. 17 Entrano MARULLO, CEPRANO, BORSA, ed altri Cor- tigiani. Enter MARULLO, CEPRANO, BORSA, and other Courtiers. Tutti. Duca, Duca ! Duc. Tutti. All. Oh, Duke ! oh, Duke! Duke. All. Ebben ? What news ? L' amante From Rigol. tto Fu rapita a Rigoletto. We have carried off his mistress. Duc. Bella ! e d' onde ? Tutti. Duc. Ah, ah ! dite, come fu ? Duke. Capital! Where is she ? Ail. Duke. Ah, ah ! tell me how 'twas done ? Dal suo tetto. In your palace. SCORRENDO UNITI-AS WE WITH GLEE. CHORUS Scor-ren do u - ni Brev re - mo on mis - chief bent last ti ta vi a ra with glee night rov'd, When hush'd in As we do ca - du the world seem'd di; ben s' e-ra in a - lone, mis- to il Co - me pre vi - sto po ful sleep - ried, The one we sought we met- peace bu Ra ra trust ing, Be-side the house ci si in which sco - prì, we guess'd the bird E - ra The charm -ing pri - a, bel - tà sco - prì. was cag'd. l'a- di Ri - go was Ri go-let - to's let mis Che, vis - ta ap - pe But she si di - le- her home then man te - - to - na, fair tress, af - fright - ed to gud. ran; s' a-vea il pro - get we sport Quan-do il Già buf- thy di pir - ap-pear'd, with whom la to, - ed : ra The jes - ter then fone ver - noi aid, spun - tò, Ce - pra - no's wife Che "di The trap he fell Ce- pra - ver - noi spun - tò ; to steal noi la in- oh, sport worth no Con- a - way !' Ra - pir A ban-dage then les - si - mo, stol - to, be - fore la tes tell cre - dè ; his La A lad der sa vo sea - ing! we plac'd eyes; quin quick di all uo - po the Ben - da - to, ei stes bade fer - ma and firm ly mes te sa, win - dow, so ly plac'd We him stand by, to te - nè. nè, hold. La sca Ah, yes, la quin - di ei stes - he lirm ly held so ei stes the lad fer - ma fer - ma der;-the lad der firm ly held. so
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