S&S Elinor's Lament-- FINAL

[Intro] [Piano] [female vocal] Fanny – oh Fanny – our half- brother’s wife is Fanny. Now she’s the mistress of our home, it’s uncanny. She wants us to be gone, and very soon I’d say We must remove – we cannot stay. My mother cries all day and night -- But what is she to do that’s right? She’s got Marianne, little Margaret and Eleanor, that’s me. The young Miss Dashwoods, so unhappy, all three. Then oh my God – what happened next – I didn't expect – I double checked – it was him! The very one. How could it be that Fanny’s brother --- was he? [pause] How was it so? I didn’t know. I couldn’t run. -- I was undone -- I had to keep – my secret deep – he didn’t speak so I was meek -- But it was him – yes, it was him – just as I imagined, it was him. [break] As much as Fanny is a devil, her brother Edward is a saint. A perfect picture, let me paint – not a blemish – not a taint – It’s for him that I wait -- for my fate – for my fate – it is for him. For there has never been a man like him – without a twin, he’s kith and kin. I pray his heart I can win. It was HIM! It is him. Yes. forever, It is Edward, it is him! [end] For there has never been a man like him – without a twin, he’s kith and kin, I pray his heart I will win. It was HIM! It is him. Yes. forever, It is Edward, it is him! It is him. It is him. Oh thank God, I'll love him ever. It is him.