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- Swarthy, horny-skinned
- Rogue of a dwarf!
- Find thou a sweetheart
- Fonder than I!
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| Alberich
Tries to detain her
by force.
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- I may not be fair,
- But fast I can hold!
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| Wellgunde
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- Hold firm, or I will escape!
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Swimming up quickly to the middle rock.
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| Woglinde
and Flosshilde
Laughing.
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- Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
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| Alberich
Angrily calling after Wellgunde.
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- Fickle maid!
Bony, cold-blooded fish!
- Fair if I seem not,
- Pretty and playful,
- Smooth and sleek—
Hei! if I am so loathsome
Give thy love to the eels!
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| Flosshilde
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- What ails thee, dwarf?
- Daunted so soon?
- Though two have been wooed,
- Still a third waits thee,
- Solace sweet
Fain at a word to grant!
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| Alberich
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- Soothing song
- Sounds in my ear!
- ’Twas well I found
- Three and not one!
The chance is I charm one of many,
Whilst, single, no one would choose me!
- Hither come gliding,
- And I will believe!
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