'Duet'
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Poems_and_Verses_of_Charles_Dickens/lLs_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Duet%20from%20the%20lamplighter
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Dickens, Charles. 'Duet.' The Lamplighter (1838): pp. 31-32. Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1838-The_Lamplighter_Duet.
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Air – ‘The Young May-moon’
Tom. There comes a new moon twelve times a year.
Betsy. And when there is none, all is dark and drear.
Tom. In which I espy –
Betsy. And so, too, do I –
Both. A resemblance to womankind very clear –
Both. There comes a new moon twelve times a year;
And when there is none, all is dark and drear.
Tom. In which I espy –
Betsy. And so do I
Both. A resemblance to womankind very clear.
Tom: She changes, she’s fickle, she drives men mad.
Betsy. She comes to bring light, and leaves them sad.
Tom. So restless wild –
Betsy. But so sweetly wild –
Both. That no better companion could be had.
Both. There comes a new moon twelve times a year;
And when there is none, all is dark and drear.
Tom. In which I espy –
Betsy. And so do I –
Both. A resemblance to womankind very clear.
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