[Ladies:]
Maggie, Winnie, Catkin, Minnie,
Alison and Sue,
Lucy, Fanny, Mary, Nannie,
Here's a nice to-do,
Here's a nice to-do.
Swords! I saw them grasp and draw them,
Gave me such a fright!
Now they're flashing, crossing, clashing,
Come and see the sight.
I've never seen a fight
'Tween a pair of gentlemen.
Hurry over, you may never see
the like of it again.
No, I've never seen a fight
'Tween a pair of gentlemen.
Hurry over, you may never see
the like of it again,
you may never see the like,
see the like of it again.
[Mickey:]
Step up proudly, no, don't skip.
Talk out loudly. Hand on hip.
[Hester:]
Are you nervous over it?
[Molly:]
Heav'n preserve us, not a whit.
[Hester:]
Not a whit!
[Mickey:]
Not a whit!
[Trio:]
With an easy air and no sort of awe
I'll/You'll greet my/your prospective father-in-law.
[Hester:]
You'll greet your prospective father-in-law.
[Molly:]
I'll greet my prospective father-in-law,
my father-in-law.