This fool I’ll straight about his business send.
If you two marry—why, then, I’m a noodle,
Who dare dispute me—
Song. Tomb opens, and Mercutio appears as Yankee Doodle. (Allegorical dress of America.)
Mer. Only Yankee Doodle!
Old man, within my home across the water,
I’ve had my eye upon your handsome daughter,
And sighed to think that two fond lovers here
Should find a home within a tomb so drear.
And so I’ve opened it to have it aired: