The minuet from Coming of Age
Curtain – there are four dancers singing in the style of a madrigal whilst dancing the minuet.
We raise a glass of wine, to love & to romance We drink a toast to lovers as we step the lover’s dance We raise a glass of wine to lovers newly wed And wish them all the happiness of the wedding bed. All four dance a minuet around each otherWe raise a glass of wine, to happy groom and bride And celebrate their love with love & more beside We raise a glass of wine to bride and groom and all A toast the happy news that love shall conquer all. All four dance a minuet around each other
We raise a glass of wine and with it wish you well Let there be happy days and happy nights as well We raise a glass of wine to a long married life Let there be just harmony for husband & for wife. All four dance a minuet around each other
We raise a glass of wine to lovers newly wed And wish them all the happiness of the wedding bed We raise a glass of wine to lovers good and true And wish their happiness brings love to all of you. Outside the dancers can here everyone clink glasses and drink a toast to bride and groom. Their private minuet as before each singing two lines and turning and singing two lines in close harmony until the last verse when they all sing together
We raise a glass of wine to lovers newly wed And wish them all the happiness of the wedding bed We raise a glass of wine to lovers good and true And wish their happiness brings love to all of you. All four dance a minuet around each other
We raise a glass of wine, to love and to romance We drink a toast to lovers as we step the lover’s dance We raise a glass of wine to lovers newly wed And wish them all the happiness of the wedding bed. All four dance a minuet around each other
We raise a glass of wine, to happy groom and bride And celebrate their love with love and more beside We raise a glass of wine to bride and groom and all A toast the happy news that love shall conquer all. All four dance a minuet around each other
We raise a glass of wine and with it wish you well Let there be happy days and happy nights as well We raise a glass of wine to a long married life Let there be just harmony for husband and for wife. All four dance a minuet around each other
We raise a glass of wine to lovers newly wed And wish them all the happiness of the wedding bed We raise a glass of wine to lovers good and true And wish their happiness brings love to all of you.