Brightly dawns our wedding day

[YUM-YUM]
Brightly dawns our wedding day;

[ALL]
Joyous hour, we give thee greeting!
Whither, whither art thou fleeting?
Fickle moment, prithee stay!
Fickle moment, prithee stay!

[PISH-TUSH]
What though mortal joys be hollow?

[PITTI-SING]
Pleasures come, if sorrows follow!

[YUM-YUM]
Though the tocsin sound
Ere long

Though the tocsin sound
Ere long
Though the tocsin sound
Ere long
Ding dong!
Ding dong!
[NANKI-POO]
Though the tocsin sound
Ere long
Ere long
Though the tocsin
Sound, ere long
Sound, ere long

Ding dong!
Ding dong!
[PITTI-SING & PISH-TUSH]
Though the tocsin sound
Ere long
Ding
Dong! Ding dong!
Ding
Dong! Ding dong!

Ding dong!
Ding dong!
[ALL]
Yet until the shadows fall
Over one and over all

[YUM-YUM]
Sing a merry madrigal

[ALL]
Sing a merry madrigal
Sing a merry madrigal
Fa la la la la, etc
(Ending in tears)

[YUM-YUM]
Let us dry the ready tear

[ALL]
Though the hours are surely creeping
Little need for woeful weeping
Till the sad sundown is near
Till the sad sundown is near

[PISH-TUSH]
All must sip the cup of sorrow —

[PITTI-SING]
I to-day and thou to-morrow

[YUM-YUM]
This the close of
Every song

This the close of
Every song
This the close of
Every song
Ding dong!
Ding dong!
[NANKI-POO]
This the close of
Every
Every song
This the close of
Every song
This the close

Ding dong!
Ding dong!
[PITTI-SING & PISH-TUSH]
This the close of
Every song
Ding
Dong! Ding dong!
Ding
Dong! Ding dong!

Ding dong!
Ding dong!
[ALL]
What, though solemn shadows fall
Sooner, later, over all?

[YUM-YUM]
Sing a merry madrigal

[ALL]
Sing a merry madrigal
Sing a merry madrigal
Fa la la la la