JEALOUSY DUET - THREEPENNY OPERA

LUCY Come on out, you Rose of Old Soho!

Let us see your legs, my little sweetheart!

POLLY Please yourself!

LUCY I hear you have a lovely ankle
And I'd love to see such a complete tart.

POLLY Would you now?

LUCY They tell me that Mac says your behind is so
provoking.

POLLY Did he now, did he now?

LUCY If what I see is true he must be joking.

POLLY Is he now, is he now?

LUCY Oh, it makes me split my sides!

POLLY Oh, that's how you split your side?

LUCY Fancy you as Mackie's bride!

POLLY Mackie fancies Mackie's bride.

LUCY Ha ha ha! Catch him sporting
With something that the cat brought in.

POLLY Just you watch your tongue, my dear.

LUCY Must I watch my tongue, my dear?

BOTH Mackie and I,
See how we bill and coo, man;
He's got no eye
For any other woman.
The whole thing's an invention
You mustn't pay attention
To such a bitch's slanders.
Poppycock!

POLLY Oh, they call me Rose of Old Soho
And Macheath appears to nd me pretty.

LUCY Does he now?

JEALOUSY DUET - THREEPENNY OPERA
POLLY They say I have a lovely ankle
And the best proportions in the city.

LUCY Little whippersnapper!

POLLY Who's a little whippersnapper?
Mac tells me that he nds my behind is most provoking.

LUCY Doesn't he? Doesn't he?

POLLY I do not suppose that he is joking.

LUCY Isn't he, isn't he?

POLLY Ho, it makes me split my sides!

LUCY Oh, that's how you split your sides?

POLLY Being Mackie's only bride!

LUCY Are you Mackie's only bride?

POLLY Can you really picture him sporting
With something that the cat brought in?

LUCY Just you watch your tongue, my dear.

POLLY Must I watch my tongue, my dear?

BOTH Mackie and I
See how we bill and coo, man;
He's got no eye
For any other woman.
The whole thing's an invention
You mustn't pay attention
To such a bitch's slanders.
Poppycock!