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Ivan Caryll

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"Marriage a la Carte" (1911)

Music by Ivan Caryll (1861 - 1921)
Book and Lyrics by C. M. S. McLellan.

ACT I   -   The Gardens of Tottminster Hall at Stone Stixford in Surrey.

  • No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Did you ever hear the like of this before?  No, you never heard the like; here's a bride of half-an-hour - says that married life's a bore..."
  • No. 2 - Trio - Aubrey, Eustace and Daisy - "Though up till now but modestly placed, pursuing our art obscurely ... We trust we work with an epicure's taste..."
  • No. 3 - Song - Pettingill - "Some men have never been to Paris; some men have never been to Rome.  Some men have never been to Harrow-on-the-Hill..."
  • No. 4 - Duet - Rosalie and Dick - "To walk a wire I was taught when but a tiny child of five, and really now I think I ought to thank my stars that I'm alive..."
  • No. 5 - Song - Pettingill and Chorus - "It's perfectly hopeless to try and win my daughter fair (his daughter fair) for offers of marriage are pouring in from ev'rywhere."
  • No. 6 - Song - Rosalie and Officers - "No doubt I ought to try to direct a cheerful eye towards a man that I can learn to think of with affection, but ..."
  • No. 7 - Finale Act I - "Dear Mr. Pettingill, dear Mr. Wragge, you're a very interesting pair ... Apropos of what? ... Compliments are not calculated to clear the air..."

ACT II   -   The Dionysian Court, Tottminster Hall.

ACT III   -   At the Little Green Inn, on the Brighton Road.

  • No. 17 - Opening Chorus - "House there!  House there!  Come along and serve the tea.  Now then, must we blow you up with trumpets?  Bring us jam..."
  • No. 18 - Song - Rosalie and Chorus - "Remember, please, if I lack a proper pose, I had no Mamma!  I had Papa, but as ev'rybody knows I don't count Papa! ..."
  • No. 19 - Duet - Pettingill and Minstrel - "Said the dog to the duck: Stop quacking!  Come and have a good old bark, come and chase the cat thro' the garden..."
  • No. 20 - Song - Dick and Chorus - "Convention perhaps would disparage a public proposal of marriage, but there are young ladies demanding particular wooing..."
  • No. 21 - Song - Pettingill - "A very pretty story with a moral at the end occurs to me this moment, and if to me you'll lend your casual attention, I'll tell you..."

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