GIA. Thank you, gallant gondolieri! In a set and formal measure It is scarcely necessary To express our pleasure. Each of us to prove a treasure, Conjugal and monetary, Gladly will devote our leisure, Gay and gallant gondolieri. Tra, la, la, la, la, la, etc. TESS. Gay and gallant gondolieri, Take us both and hold us tightly, You have luck extraordinary; We might both have been unsightly! If we judge your conduct rightly, 'Twas a choice involuntary; Still we thank you most politely, Gay and gallant gondolieri! Tra, la, la, la, la, la, etc. CHORUS OF Thank you, gallant gondolieri; GIRLS. In a set and formal measure, It is scarcely necessary To express our pleasure. Each of us to prove a treasure Gladly will devote our leisure, Gay and gallant gondolieri! Tra, la, la, la, la, la, etc. ALL. Fate in this has put his finger— Let us bow to Fate's decree, Then no longer let us linger, To the altar hurry we! (They all dance off two and two—Gianetta with Marco, Tessa with Giuseppe.) (Flourish. A gondola arrives at the Piazzetta steps, from which enter the Duke of Plaza-toro, the Duchess, their daughter Casilda, and their attendant Luiz, who carries a drum. All are dressed in pompous but old and faded clothes.) (Entrance of Duke, Duchess, Casilda, and Luiz.) DUKE. From the sunny Spanish shore, The Duke of Plaza-Tor!— DUCH. And His Grace's Duchess true— CAS. And His Grace's daughter, too— LUIZ. And His Grace's private drum To Venetia's shores have come: ALL. If ever, ever, ever They get back to Spain, They will never, never, never Cross the sea again— DUKE. Neither that Grandee from the Spanish shore, The noble Duke of Plaza-Tor'— DUCH. Nor His Grace's Duchess, staunch and true— CAS. You may add, His Grace's daughter, too— LUIZ. Nor His Grace's own particular drum To Venetia's shores will come: ALL. If ever, ever, ever They get back to Spain, They will never, never, never Cross the sea again!