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"He Came from Milwaukee" (1910)

Music by Louis A. Hirsch (1887 - 1924) and Ben M. Jerome
Lyrics by Edward Madden

ACT I   -   Hotel of Ostend.

  • No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "My!  What a cosmopolitan crowd at Ostend!  Quite annoying, is it not?  Sort of a social melting pot.  Classes mix!  What utter rot! ..."
  • No. 2 - Song - Leska and Chorus - "There lies a land where I command full many a wand'ring band ... Gypsy Land, Gypsy Land, Gypsy Land ..."
  • No. 3 - Duett - Bruce and Betty - "Now, what if I tarried till someone got married to you? ... Poor she!  And likewise supposing some fellow proposing won you? ..."
  • No. 4 - Duett - Duke and Constance - "What is there in love, to thrill until it seems divine? ... If I knew, I'd tell you.  What is there in love that courses thro'..."
  • No. 5 - Wedding Bells Chorus - "Sweetest of creatures, the neatest of preachers lives near in a dear little church ... Oh my, what a lover you'd sigh to discover..."
  • No. 6 - Finale Act I - "What was that noise!  What was that noise!  It sounded like a terrible explosion.  Was it a bomb, if so where from? ..."

ACT II   -   Street in Zurach, in front of the Palace.

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