THE DUKE IS THE LAD.
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Air.—"A master I have, and I am his man, Galloping dreary dun." "Castle of Andalusia."
The Duke is the lad to frighten a lass. Galloping, dreary duke; The Duke is the lad to frighten a lass, He's an ogre to meet, and the devil to pass, With his charger prancing, Grim eye glancing, Chin, like a Mufti, Grizzled and tufty, Galloping, dreary Duke.
Ye misses, beware of the neighborhood Of this galloping dreary Duke; Avoid him, all who see no good In being run o'er by a Prince of the Blood. For, surely, no nymph is Fond of a grim phiz. And of the married, Whole crowds have miscarried At sight of this dreary Duke.