30 HELENE … Another little drink! (HELENE tries to stand, up but is too tipsy. The mood slackens into self-pity.) HELENE How were we saddled With such a man? This was hardly My plan. JENNY Why did I settle For such a fate? How did I come to This lowly, Unholy estate? I am Jenny Von Westphalen! Born To a life of ease! How was Jenny Von Westphalen, With one blow, Brought so low? HELENE To her shame … BOTH To her knees … JENNY & HELENE (contd) Another little drink! Let them think What they will, While we swill! Another little drink! While we sink Into deep Not-quite sleep. Another little drink! Till we stink Like a jolly jack tar In a Bermondsey bar, And forget who we are …
Dove - Marx in London libretto
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