[Beginning of Act II]
[Part I, Sung]
[CHORUS OF GIRLS]
Oh, dry the glistening tear
That dews that martial cheek;
Thy loving children hear,
In them, thy comfort seek.
With sympathetic care
Their arms around thee creep,
For oh, they cannot bear
To see their father weep!
[MABEL]
Dear father, why leave your bed
At this untimely hour,
When happy daylight is dead,
And darksome dangers lower?
See, heaven has lit her lamp,
The twilight hour is past,
And the chilly night air is damp,
And the dews are falling fast!
Dear father, why leave your bed
When happy daylight is dead?
[Part I, Sung]
[CHORUS OF GIRLS]
Oh, dry the glistening tear
That dews that martial cheek;
Thy loving children hear,
In them, thy comfort seek.
With sympathetic care
Their arms around thee creep,
For oh, they cannot bear
To see their father weep!
[MABEL]
Dear father, why leave your bed
At this untimely hour,
When happy daylight is dead,
And darksome dangers lower?
See, heaven has lit her lamp,
The twilight hour is past,
And the chilly night air is damp,
And the dews are falling fast!
Dear father, why leave your bed
When happy daylight is dead?
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