Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 57 minutes ago
Stay, Frederic, stay
MABEL AND FREDERIC
Stay, Frederic, stay !
They have no legal claim,
No shadow of a shame
Will fall upon thy name.
Stay, Frederic, stay !
Nay, Mabel, nay !
To-night I quit these walls,
The thought my soul appals,
But when stern Duty calls,
I must obey.
Stay, Frederic, stay !
Nay, Mabel, nay !
They have no claim —
But Duty's name !
The thought my soul appals,
But when stern Duty calls,
I must obey.
Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine
MABEL:
Ah, leave me not to pine
Alone and desolate;
No fate seemed fair as mine,
No happiness so great!
And Nature, day by day,
Has sung in accents clear
This joyous roundelay,
"He loves thee-- he is here.
Fa-la, la-la,
Fa-la, la-la.
He loves thee--he is here.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la."
FREDERIC:
Ah, must I leave thee here
In endless night to dream,
Where joy is dark and drear,
And sorrow all supreme--
Where nature, day by day,
Will sing, in altered tone,
This weary roundelay,
"He loves thee-- he is gone.
Fa-la, la-la,
Fa-la, la-la.
He loves thee-- he is gone.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la."
In 1940 I of age shall be,
I'll then return, and claim you--I declare it!
MABEL:
It seems so long!
FREDERIC:
Swear that, till then, you will be true to me.
MABEL:
Yes, I'll be strong!
By all the Stanleys dead and gone, I swear it!
BOTH:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
And here is food for joyous laughter:
He (she) will be faithful to his (her) sooth
Till we are wed, and even after.
FREDERIC:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
MABEL:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
FREDERIC:
She will be faithful to her sooth,
MABEL:
He will be faithful to her sooth,
FREDERIC:
Till we are wed, and even after,
MABEL:
Till we are wed,
FREDERIC:
And even after!
MABEL:
Yes, even after!
BOTH:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
And here is food for joyous laughter:
He (she) will be faithful to his (her) sooth
MABEL:
Till we are wed, and even after!
BOTH:
He (she) will be faithful to his (her) sooth,
FREDERIC:
Till we are wed, and even after, even after, even after!
BOTH:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
Oh here is love, is love
Stay, Frederic, stay
MABEL AND FREDERIC
Stay, Frederic, stay !
They have no legal claim,
No shadow of a shame
Will fall upon thy name.
Stay, Frederic, stay !
Nay, Mabel, nay !
To-night I quit these walls,
The thought my soul appals,
But when stern Duty calls,
I must obey.
Stay, Frederic, stay !
Nay, Mabel, nay !
They have no claim —
But Duty's name !
The thought my soul appals,
But when stern Duty calls,
I must obey.
Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine
MABEL:
Ah, leave me not to pine
Alone and desolate;
No fate seemed fair as mine,
No happiness so great!
And Nature, day by day,
Has sung in accents clear
This joyous roundelay,
"He loves thee-- he is here.
Fa-la, la-la,
Fa-la, la-la.
He loves thee--he is here.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la."
FREDERIC:
Ah, must I leave thee here
In endless night to dream,
Where joy is dark and drear,
And sorrow all supreme--
Where nature, day by day,
Will sing, in altered tone,
This weary roundelay,
"He loves thee-- he is gone.
Fa-la, la-la,
Fa-la, la-la.
He loves thee-- he is gone.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la."
In 1940 I of age shall be,
I'll then return, and claim you--I declare it!
MABEL:
It seems so long!
FREDERIC:
Swear that, till then, you will be true to me.
MABEL:
Yes, I'll be strong!
By all the Stanleys dead and gone, I swear it!
BOTH:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
And here is food for joyous laughter:
He (she) will be faithful to his (her) sooth
Till we are wed, and even after.
FREDERIC:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
MABEL:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
FREDERIC:
She will be faithful to her sooth,
MABEL:
He will be faithful to her sooth,
FREDERIC:
Till we are wed, and even after,
MABEL:
Till we are wed,
FREDERIC:
And even after!
MABEL:
Yes, even after!
BOTH:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
And here is food for joyous laughter:
He (she) will be faithful to his (her) sooth
MABEL:
Till we are wed, and even after!
BOTH:
He (she) will be faithful to his (her) sooth,
FREDERIC:
Till we are wed, and even after, even after, even after!
BOTH:
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
Oh here is love, is love
