Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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FOLLOW THE LYRICS BELOW: Jack and Sydney; Transcribed from an 1806 original score by Richard Sheridan (The Duenna) into the program Mozart. I've transcribed about 3/4 of the opera. When the song would be sung, I added a voice instrument. This video actually matches the lyrics, if you happened to check.

Music Intro - Merry-go-Round

If a daughter you have, she's the plague of your life,
No peace shall you know, though you've buried your wife,
At twenty she mocks at the duty you taught her!
Oh, what a plague is an obstinate daughter! 
Sighing and whining, 
Dying and pining,
Oh, what a plague is an obstinant daughter!

Music Bridge - Thanksgiving

When scarce in their teens, they have wit to perplex us,
With letters and lovers for ever they vex us,
While each still rejects the fair suitor you've brought her,
Oh, what a plague is an obstinate daughter! 
Wrangling and jangling,
Flouting and pouting,
Oh, what a plague is an obstinate daughter!