Country House

from the musical Follies, 1987

by

STEPHEN SONDHEIM

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 COUNTRY HOUSE
from the musical FOLLIES, 1987
Music and Lyrics by
STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Allegretto ( = 92)

leggiero

PHYLLIS:

How a - bout a coun-try house? You want to get a coun-try house?

BEN:

Fine. If you like.

sim.

What would you like? Would you like one?

No, a coun-try house would be fine. Sure, if

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Swell. Yes,

that would make you hap - py. What - ev - er makes you hap - py.

well... Kind?

Why not? We’ll get a coun-try house What kind? What-ev - er kind you

You choose. Oh, for -

have in mind. Look, it’s your i - dea. A coun-try house.

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get it. Oh, Hap - py...

dim.

And a good one. If that’s what makes you hap - py. Com -

dim.

All right, where?

par - a - tive - ly hap - py. All right, where? I don’t care.

That’s not fair. Some -where by the sea. Don’t a -

Well, then— Some -where in the woods. By the sea, then.

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gree just to a - gree. Yes, I know. Oh, let it go.

Look, it’s all the same to me. Mean-ing?

Look, as long as we’re to - geth - er...

Look, as long as we’re to - geth - er...

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Let’s.

How a - bout a trip a - broad? We have-n’t had a trip a - broad in years.

Not for a - ges. Just the two of us.

Take a ship a - broad, get a - way A

That’s the point. As long as it’s to - geth - er...

chance to be to - geth - er. As long as it’s to - geth - er...

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cresc.

It’s what we need, a trip a - broad. To?

Where to? To Lon-don, Par - is—?

poco cresc.

Some-where new. ’Round the world. ’Round the world won’t do?

Up to you. No, real - ly...

dim.

Let’s not get in - to that one a - gain. “If

Where? If that would make you hap - py. No, real - ly. Fine. If

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that would make me hap - py.” It just might. All right, when? Name the day.

that would make you hap - py. All right, when?

Why? No, that’s my

Just not May. The meet-ing in At - lan - ta. June, Ju - ly—?

ben - e - fit for AN - TA. So—? And you

So—? It’s e - nough to lend your name.

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could-n’t do the same? Oh, dear Lord. No, and you

It’s my board. And they can’t be ig - nored.

can’t af - ford To be bored with your board, can you?

BEN:

Well, so much for trav - el...

dim. poco a poco

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How a - bout a friend-ly shrink? You want to see a friend-ly shrink?

What? Why me?

ten.

Us. O - kay, your turn.

ten.

I think I’d rath - er have an - oth - er drink. But if

ten.

colla voce

What?

that would make you hap - py... Joke: If a shrink could make you hap - py.

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PHYLLIS:

Nice joke.

What a - bout a St. Ber - nard? We could a - dopt a

What?

St. Ber - nard. Or a child.

In New York? Are you ser - i - ous, a St. Ber - nard?

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a tempo

All right, why? Why not?

rubato a tempo

Ah, the child... All right, why? Why now?

colla voce a tempo

We need some-thing we can share. We need some - thing.

We need air. We need some-thing if it’s

May-be say-ing what we feel? For a change. Af-ter you.

real. It’s a deal. You go first.

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BEN:

I’ve got noth - ing to con - ceal, so there’s noth - ing to re - veal.

PHYLLIS: (spoken)

“Good. We’re all set there, then.”

May-be we could take a suite at the Wal - dorf.

I could take a few days off.

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Just the two of us. Sec-ond hon-ey-moon.

Mm...

There are times when you can be a louse.

Should be bet-ter than the first.

(ten.) a tempo ten.

rubato a tempo
ten. ten.

The hell, let’s get a house.

ten.

colla voce a tempo

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