S&S Edward's Lament - FINAL

[Intro] [Piano] [male vocal] Fanny – oh Fanny – my little sister is Fanny. Now she’s the mistress of this home, it’s uncanny. She wants them to be gone, very soon I’d say They must remove – they cannot stay. Their 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 she. The young Miss Dashwoods, so unhappy, all three. Then oh my God – what happened next – I didn't expect – I double checked – it was HER! The very one. How could it be that Eleanor --- was she? [pause] How was it so? I didn’t know. I couldn’t run. -- I was undone -- I had to keep – my secret deep – I didn’t dare speak so she was meek -- But it was her – yes, it was her – just as I imagined, it was her! [break] As Much as Fanny is a devil, Eleanor is a saint. A perfect picture, let me paint – not a blemish – not a taint – It’s for her that I’ll wait -- for my fate – for my fate – it is for her. For there has never been a woman like her – without a twin, she’s kith and kin. I pray her heart I will win – I don’t know how without sin – but I MUST .. Yes I MUST. It is HER! It is her. Yes. forever, It is Eleanor, it is her! [end] For there has never been a woman like her – without a twin, she’s kith and kin. I pray her heart I will win – I don’t know how it can happen with the secret that I carry – but it MUST .. Yes it MUST. It is HER! It is her. Yes. forever, It is Eleanor, it is her! It is her. It is her. Oh my God, I must do what’s right! But --- It is her.