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"Princess Beggar" (1906)

Music by Alfred G. Robyn (1860 - 1935)
Book and Lyrics by Edward Poulton

ACT I   -   Throne room in King Otto's Palace.

ACT II   -   Hermitage on the Island of Ferns.

  • No. 9 - Opening Chorus - "Our work is now before us;  we step with lively tread and sing our matin chorus while some lie a-bed.  In forest fresh and vernal..."
  • No. 10 - Solo - Prince Karl - "When lovers told their rhapsodies I smiled.  I may have seemed to fancy them beguiled; have even with amusement and surprise..."
  • No. 11 - Song - Elaine and Chorus - "The rain is heavily falling, and pattering on the leaves;  the clouds look quite appalling, no doubt of it..."
  • No. 12 - Duet - King and Hans - "How doth the little busy bee ... Delight to bark and bite ... To gather honey all the night ... And eat it all at night..."  (4 verses)
  • No. 13 - Song - Elaine and Chorus - "In the twilight as I wander, and I hear the faint sound of the bells, mem'ry wakens and I ponder o'er the scenes of the past..."
  • No. 14 - Song - Lombardo and Male Chorus - "Two woodmen swung their axes keen, by birth the two were brothers;  they hewed down fine trees day by day..."
  • No. 15 - Trio - Hans, Elaine and King - "I'm a hermit old and rude, and I've lived in solitude for nearly half a century or less ... I'm another and it's queer..."
  • No. 16 - Song - Ernina and Chorus - "I know of a flow'ret small and bright, with heart that is golden and petals white, that holds up its head from the lawn so gay..."
  • No. 17 - Finale Act II - "Too late!  too late, I can't be wed, my wealth and my estates have fled ... They all belong to me ... That's plain as plain can be..."

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