34 OISEAUX DE PASSAGE Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) The Old Maid and the Thief (1939) Recitative and Aria of Laetitia Text by Gian Carlo Menotti What a curse for a woman is a timid man! A week has gone by He's had plenty of chances But he made no advances Miss Todd schemes and labors to get him some money She robs friends and neighbors, the club and the church. He takes all the money With a smile that entrances But still makes no advances The old woman sighs and makes languid eyes. All the doors are wide open All the drawers are unlocked! He neither seems pleased or shocked He eats and drinks and sleeps He talks of baseball and boxing But that is all! What a curse for a woman is a timid man!
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