He Had Twins

Lyrics

[CROWD] Hurrah! Hurroo! There'll be an execution It serves him right The law makes retribution There's going to be a killing Hurrah! Hurroo! [ANGELO] It serves him right Hurrah! Hurroo! What did he do? [SERGEANT] He came from Syracuse [CROWD] No! No! No! [SERGEANT] Yes! Yes! Yes! So let him plead For what's the use? The sap's from Syracuse [CROWD] The sap's from Syracuse! [SERGEANT, spoken] Shh! Listen! [DUKE] Yes, he dies [CROWD] Good! That's one down [DUKE] He dies tomorrow at sundown Our rigid laws of Ephesus most rightfully refuse A visa to any citizen of uncivilized Syracuse If any one of us would dare to go to that barbaric city He'd get the axe the same as he That's why he gets no pity [CROWD] Give him the axe, the axe, the axe Give him the axe, the axe [DUKE] Unless he can pay a thousand marks Or borrow it from the local sharks Why did you come here? [AEGEON] I had twins [CROWD] He had twins That's nothing much agin' him He had twins [SERGEANT] I never thought he had it in him [DUKE] Is that why you came here? [AEGEON] I had twins who looked alike Couldn't tell one from the other They had two slaves who looked alike Couldn't tell one from his brother But on one unhappy day We went sailing on the sea This was an unlucky blunder For our ship was torn asunder Just like that Just like that Just like that! See? One young twin went down with me One went swimming with his mother We were parted by the sea Man and wife and slave and brother Now my one remaining brave boy Went a-searching with his slave boy Having lost my son and wife too I will gladly lose my life too Just like that Just like that Just like that! I have searched the isles of Greece From my home to far Samoa Didn't know your local laws I am just an ignoramus I am sinless I am twinless I am wifeless I am glad to die! [SERGEANT] He had twins For them he'd give his life He had twins To say nothing for his wife [CROWD] Hurrah! Hurroo! There'll be an execution It serves him right The law makes retribution There's going to be a killing Hurrah! Hurroo! What did he do? He came from Syracuse Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!