I Am Happy Here

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[ANGELA] I am happy here Why then must I go? Life is very queer I am happy here Fate comes from the rear Floors me with a blow I am happy here Why then must I go? [ANGELA, EMILIA, CELLINI] She is happy here Every moment will be gloomy I am happy here Why then must she go? Once my Angela is gone Why then must I go? Life is very queer What is this they're doing to me? Life is very queer She is happy here How am I to carry on? I am happy here Fate comеs from the rear Body, heart and soul I own hеr Fate comes from the rear Floors her with a blow But the Duke I must obey Floors me with a blow She is happy here Heaven, heaven I have shown her I am happy here Why then must she go? Yet they're taking her away Why then must I go? [EMILIA & ENSEMBLE, DUKE, CELLINI, ANGELA] She is happy here You will be happy there, my child Every moment will be gloomy I was so Why then must she go? By all the pleasures there beguiled Once my Angela is gone Happy here Life is very queer You'll know an evening of romance What is this they're doing to me? Why must I She is happy here The tarantella we shall dance How am I to carry on? Go? Fate comes from the rear You will be happy there, my pet Body, heart and soul I own her I was so Floors her with a blow You'll meet a most Bohemian set But the Duke I must obey Happy here She is happy here Why the waiting, hesitating? Heaven, heaven I have shown her Why then must she go? I'm impatient, so let's go! Yet they're taking her away [ANGELA] I was so happy here Then why must I go? [ENSEMBLE] Make way for the noblest of nobility! Make way or suffer his rebuke [OTTAVIANO] But my Lord, you forget about Cellini.  [DUKE] Of course, of course Cellini, I command you to not leave Florence In fact, you do not leave this house until final judgment is rendered [CELLINI] You are very good, my Lord [DUKE] Not at all I shall probably hang you yet (spoken) Come along, my children.  [ENSEMBLE, spoken] Make way for the noblest of nobility! Make way or suffer his rebuke Bow low to show humility Bow, you peasants, in the presence of the Duke Sing his praises to the skies Alessandro the Wise! [ANGELA] I was happy here [ENSEMBLE] Alessandro the Wise! [NARRATOR, spoken] Cellini will now try a plan Of posing as a soldierman So with his man Ascanio He'll slip straight to the palace and go To rescue Angela from the clutches Of the Duke. But where's the Duchess? Well, at this crucial juncture Cellini's plan receives a puncture