[Hana:]
Where, I wonder, can they be?
Hush, or they will hear us!
[Miyo:]
Not a sign of them I see,
They are nowhere near us!
[Makei:]
Here they come! I told you so!
They don't guess we're lying low!
[Fujiwara:]
Oh, for goodness sake keep quiet
Till I give the word to go!
[Hana:]
Listen! What was that I heard?
[Fujiwara:]
Intercept them! Quick's the word!
[Ladies:]
Hither, thither, run for shelter!
Hurry, hurry, helter-skelter!
[Men:]
Pretty maidens, not so fast!
We have captured you at last!
[All:]
We/You were really too confiding,
[Men:]
We were seeking,
[Ladies:]
We were hiding,
[All:]
So you/we captured us/you at last!
Love's a game of hide-and-seek
Play'd by maid and man,
Woman flies
And, mocking, cries,
"Catch me if you can!"
Quickly caught she's sure to be,
Let it be confess'd;
When the man is really 'He'
Woman seldom runs her best!
[Miyo:]
Let me go at once, I say!
Do as you are told, sir;
[Hana:]
Kindly leave us now, I pray;
Please release your hold, sir!
[Makei:]
If we left you all alone
You would quickly change your tone!
[Fujiwara:]
I'm afraid that we're unwelcome
If the truth were only known.
[Miyo:]
We've put up with you too long!
[Makei:]
Pardon me, that's where you're wrong!
[Ladies:]
Hither, thither, run for shelter!
Hurry, hurry, helter-skelter!
[Men:]
Pretty maidens, not so fast!
We have captured you at last!
[All:]
We/You were really too confiding,
[Men:]
We were seeking,
[Ladies:]
We were hiding,
[All:]
So you/we captured us/you at last!
Love's a game of hide-and-seek
Play'd by maid and man,
Woman flies
And, mocking, cries,
"Catch me if you can!"
Quickly caught she's sure to be,
Let it be confess'd;
When the man is really 'He'
Woman seldom runs her best!
Love's a game of hide-and-seek
Play'd by maid and man,
Woman flies
And, mocking, cries,
"Catch me if you can!"
Quickly caught she's sure to be,
Let it be confess'd;
When the man is really 'He'
Woman seldom runs her best!