El Capitan, Act II: “I’ve a most decided notion”

[DON MEDIGUA]
I've a most decided notion
That your maidenly devotion
Isn't lavished in a quarter
That will bring you much return
I have pegged ahead of forty
I've a reputation sporty
And I consequently haven't any
Wickedness to learn

If you'll stop and think a minute
You'll admit I am not in it
With the chaps who make
A superfine impression on a girl
For I'm creaky and rheumatic
And my heartbeat is erratic
And I'm thoroughly exhausted by
The smallest social whirl

[ESTRELDA]
The smallest social whirl

[DON MEDIGUA]
The smallest social whirl

[ESTRELDA]
That the soldier so magnetic
Is in lovе apologetic
Is a moral paradoxical
A very funny fact
You may spare your modеst tattle
Mighty champion of battle
For a hero's very weaknesses
A maiden will attract

[DON MEDIGUA]
Then I'll have to mention matters
Which would tear the love to tatters
Of the most romantic petticoat
That ever chanced to spoon
I'm an animated bluffer
And at fighting I'm a duffer
I'm as hollow and as noisy as
A double-bass bassoon
My adventures grim and gory
Are a highly-seasoned story
Why, the very smell of powder
Makes me tremble like a leaf
I have never earned a laurel
In a creditable quarrel
And my terrifying record has been
Singularly brief

[ESTRELDA]
What, singularly brief?

[DON MEDIGUA]
Yes, singularly brief

[ESTRELDA]
You but deepen my affection
By your character dissection
We are certainly affinities
If ever there were two
For, apart from gun and dagger
And your military swagger
There's a something undefinable
That draws my love to you

[DON MEDIGUA]
No doubt your words are true

[ESTRELDA]
No doubt my words are true

[ESTRELDA & DON MEDIGUA]
There's a something undefinable

[ESTRELDA, DON MEDIGUA]
That draws my love to you (No doubt your words are true)