Vocal Score

4. CHINA DOLL
MARGUERITE: Go on. I dare you - say it. (Otto exits; music)
MARGUERITE: No, no. I can't. Absolutely not. (music stops)
ARMAND: Oh, please Madame. (music begins again)

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Andante moderato

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   
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    

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(Onstage)
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            
 
      
    


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5 3
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
       
 
     


       

       
    
 

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 MARGUERITE
9 3

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Mar.
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Some - one turns the key And the chi - na doll stands on
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     
     
  

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12

        
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Mar.

tip - toe Pale and pink is she As she

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    
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         

   
   
  

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3
         
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Mar.

pi - rou - ettes to the mu - sic All that she can

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 
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           
 

    
  
  


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18

         
Mar.
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see As her paint - ed head goes spin - ning Is a

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             
      

  

 

  

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    
  
       
Mar.

cir - cle with no be - gin - ning Is a ca - rou - sel ne - ver

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            
       

    
  
   

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24 rall. a tempo

            
Mar.
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end - ing Is a round - a - bout to no - where So she ne - ver

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 

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  
         
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 
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



   
    
 

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3
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Mar.
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knows If she's hap - py or bro - ken heart - ed

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        
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     
        

       
     
 

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3
        
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Mar.

Round and round she goes Al - ways back a - gain where she

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      
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        
 

   
  
  

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Mar.              
start - ed She will dance for you A - ny ho - ur you choose

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    
          

   

 
  
  
 

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Mar.            

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She has no choice She is there to a - muse She twists and

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      
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              


   
   
 

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             
Mar.
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turns She will do as you say She can't es - cape She can ne - ver re -

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
     


          

  
  
     

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    
Mar.
    
fuse you Spin the wheel of chance Is there

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  
       
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     

    
  

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45 3

         
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Mar.

a - ny - one there to save her? Some - one turns the

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             
          
   

     
    
  

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Mar.         
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key and the Chi - na doll must dance
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  
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  
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   
  
   
 

     
   
  
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