[00:00.00]Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3:"Assign Your Prettiness To Me" - Owen Brannigan/Marion Studholme/Iris Kells/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Benjamin Britten
[00:12.68]Lyrics by：Montagu Slater/George Crabbe
[00:25.36]Composed by：Benjamin Britten
[00:38.04]Assign your prettiness to me
[00:41.27]I'll seal the deed and take no fee
[00:44.71]My signature your graceful mark
[00:48.01]Are witnessed by the abetting dark
[00:52.49]Together we are safe
[00:53.96]As any wedded wife
[00:55.70]For safety in number lies
[00:59.69]Aman is always lighter
[01:01.12]His conversation brighter
[01:02.84]Provided that the tête-à-tête's in threes
[01:10.21]Assign your prettiness to me
[01:13.60]I'll call it real property
[01:16.89]Your sister shan't insist upon
[01:20.37]Her stay of execution
[01:24.47]Save us from lonely men
[01:26.24]They're like a broody hen
[01:27.89]With habits but with no ideas
[01:32.01]But given choice of pleasures
[01:33.52]They show their coloured feathers
[01:35.22]Provided that the tête-à-tête's in threes
[01:42.11]I shall take steps to change her mind
[01:45.39]She has first option on my love
[01:48.56]If my appeal should be ignored
[01:50.26]I'll take it to the House of Lords
[01:53.71]O pairing's all to blame
[01:55.04]For awkwardness and shame
[01:56.83]And all these manly sighs and tears
[01:59.35]Which wouldn't be expended
[01:59.90]If people condescended
[02:00.33]Always to have their tête-à-tête's in threes
[02:01.66]Assign your prettiness to me
[02:02.39]We'll make an absolute decree
[02:03.42]Of quiet enjoyment which you'll bless
[02:04.64]By sending sister somewhere else
[02:11.05]Ned Keene is chasing me gives me no peace
[02:14.34]He went to the Boar to have a glass
[02:16.45]Sister and I will join him there
[02:19.70]If you don't want Ned you'd better stay here
[02:24.65]They're all watching
[02:26.05]I must wait till Auntie's turned her back