CHORUS: Why this si-lence? Was there vio-lence?
Or did Jung-frau Gret-chen sim-ply up and run a-way?
If not real-ly ve-ry clear-ly They should stop this sil-ly gos-sip-ing with-out
de-lay!
But to han-dle such a scan-dal
Puts the Bur-go-mas-ter in a ver-y- sor-ry plight!
You'll dis-cov-er she'd a lov-er And she se-cret-ly
e-loped with him last night.
Yes, we do, it is true just as ev-'ry bo-dy knew!
You'll dis-cov-er she'd a lov-er and she se-cret-ly e-loped!
With her lov-er she e-loped.
BERTHA: What's this, i-dle gos-sip!
You should rath-er be a-fraid!
Your mis-tress you may nev-er see a-gain,
Have you not heard the le-gend of the mill?