PROLOGUE - Garden of the Caboceer (Governor of a Province).
- No. 1 - Opening Song and Chorus
- "In Dahomey so grand, just alongside the strand, lives a Moorish maid so near and dear to me..." (soloist unspecified)
- No. 2 - Caboceers' Entrance
- "Hm...... We are the loyal subjects of King Eat-em-All, the ruler over all our states, both great and small..."
ACT I - Public Square, Boston. Three months later.
- No. 3 - Opening Chorus
- "Swing along, chillun, swing along de lane; lif' yo' head and yo' heels mighty high. Swing along, chillun, 'taint a-goin' to rain..."
- No. 4 - Ensemble Song
- "There's a bright ray of sunshine, Molly Green; pure as the light of day time, she's a dream..."
- No. 5 - Song - Shylock, Pinkerton and Chorus
- "If we went to Dahomey, suppose the King would say, we want a Broadway built for us, we want it right away..."
ACT II - (1) Exterior of Lightfoot's Home, Gatorville, Florida. (2) Road, one and a half miles from Gatorville. (3) Interior of Lightfoot's Home.
- No. 6 - Song and Chorus
- "Crazy for the stage was Carrie Brown, she work'd in a dry goods store up town. Ev'ry time a play open'd on Broadway..."
- No. 7 - Song and Chorus
- "Dar's a charmin' dark eyed little lassie dat I know, who wid' tender teasin' glances sets my heart a glow..."
- No. 8 - Song - Cecilia and Chorus
- "To be the leader of the color'd aristocracy is my ambition ... I have a longing just the same as all the quality for recognition..."
- No. 9 - Ensemble - Hamilton, Pansy, Leather and Chorus
- "To get in high society you need a great reputation, don't cultivate sobriety but rather ostentation..."
- No. 10 - Song - Shylock
- "My hard luck started when I was born, leas' so the old folks say. Dat same hard luck been my bes' fren' up to dis very day..."
- No. 11 - Chorus and Solo - Pinkerton
- "He is the greatest thing, and known afar; the black folks always sing, he is the Czar..."
- No. 12 - Song and Chorus
- "Streets are gay, on dey way, all de alleys done turn'd out, Mistah Giles wid Miss Liles make a figure widout doubt..."
- No. 13 - March - "On Emancipation Day"
- No. 14 - Cake Walk - "Chocolate Drops"
- No. 15 - Jig
- No. 16 - Cake Walk - "Happy Jim"
Song no. 10 was written and composed by Alex Rogers. Item no. 16 was composed by James Vaughan.
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