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English
1823
The stage peasant is fond of drinking, and when he drinks he likes to let you know he is drinking. None of your quiet half pint inside the bar for him. He likes to come out in the street and sing about it and do tricks with it, such as turning it topsy turvy over his head. THE STAGE PEASANT IS FOND OF DRINKING AND WHEN HE DRINKS HE LIKES TO LET HIM KNOW HE IS DRINKING NONE OF YOUR QUIET HALF PINT INSIDE THE BAR FOR HIM HE LIKES TO COME OUT IN THE STREET AND SING ABOUT IT AND DO TRICKS WITH IT SUCH AS TURNING IT TOPSY TURVY OVER HIS HEAD
to her all through and she sticks to him. Girls in yellow may come and go, girls in green may laugh and dance--the gentleman in pink heeds them not. Blue is his color, and he never leaves it. He stands beside it, he sits beside it. He drinks with her, he smiles with her, he laughs with her, he dances with her, he comes on with her, he goes off with her. When the time comes for talking he talks to her and only her, and she talks to him and only him. Thus there is no jealousy, no quarreling. But we should prefer an occasional change ourselves. There are no married people in stage villages and no children (consequently, of course--happy village! oh, to discover it and spend a month there!). There are just the same number of men as there are women in all stage villages, and they are all about the same age and each young man loves some young woman. But they never marry. They talk a lot about it, but they never do it. The artful beggars! They see too much what it's like among the principals. ED IN THE END HE STICKS TO HER ALL THROUGH AND SHE STICKS TO HIM GIRLS IN YELLOW MAY COME AND GO GIRLS IN GREEN MAY LAUGH AND DANCE THE GENTLEMEN AT PINK HEEDS THEM NOT BLUE IS HIS COLOR AND HE NEVER LEAVES IT HE STANDS BESIDE IT HE SITS BESIDE IT HE DRINKS WITH HER HE SMILES WITH HER HE LAUGHS WITH HER HE DANCES WITH HER AND HE COMES ON WITH HER AND HE GOES OFF WITH HER WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR TALKING HE TALKS TO HER AND ONLY HER AND SHE TALKS TO HIM AND ONLY HIM THUS THERE IS NO JEALOUSY NO QUARRELLING BUT WE SHOULD PREFER AN OCCASIONAL CHANGE OURSELVES THERE ARE NO MARRIED PEOPLE IN STAGE VILLAGES AND NO CHILDREN CONSEQUENTLY OF COURSE HAPPY VILLAGE OH TO DISCOVER IT AND SPEND A MONTH THERE THERE ARE JUST THE SAME NUMBER OF MEN AS THERE ARE WOMEN IN ALL STAGE VILLAGES AND THEY ARE ALL ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND EACH YOUNG MAN LOVES SOME YOUNG WOMAN BUT THEY NEVER MARRY THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT IT BUT THEY NEVER DO IT THE ARTFUL BEGGARS THEY SEE TOO MUCH OF WHAT IS LIKE AMONG THE PRINCIPALS
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