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"The Motor Girl" (1909)

Music by Julian Edwards (1855 - 1910)
Book and Lyrics by Chas. J. Campbell and Ralph M. Skinner

ACT I   -   The Plaze of the Holland City of Saardam on Kermess Day.

  • No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Oolie, oolie, oo, etc. ... With sunshine bright, the day's begun, the girls and boys will have their fun;  for this you know is Kermis day..."
  • No. 2 - Song - Awlhoff and Chorus - "Awlhoff, we know you can drive a mighty blow;  here's the faucet and the mallet.  'Tis well I'm here, I'll tap the Kermis beer..."
  • No. 3 - Song - Ruffhaus and Chorus - "Here we are, quite a strenuous lot of manouvering, mad, Militarians, and we come at a trotity trot..."
  • No. 4 - Song - Duke - "A happy-go-lucky young rogue was I, when I was twenty one; and every year that has since gone by, I've had twelve months of fun..."
  • No. 5 - Song - Wilhelmina and Chorus - "Mein fadder vas a farmer man, his vife she vas his Frau, und I vas once a baby too, but look vat I vas now..."
  • No. 6 - Song - Dorothy and Chorus - "A girl with a book in a hammock, as she gracefully swung to and fro, was the dream of the man in the Summer..."
  • No. 7 - Trio - Wilhelmina, Bill and Bob - "Out in the barnyard two little ducks, their feet in the puddles paddled.  They were spoon-bill ducks..."
  • No. 8 - Trio - Dorothy, Louise and Ludwig - "My heart you have captured,  my soul is enraptured,  I tremble with life's sweet thrill..."
  • No. 9 - Song - Louise - "The dream of a girl in her teens, is a youth, to make love as they do in romances,  to stand 'neath her window and warble..."
  • No. 10 - Duet - Dorothy and Dick - "If I were lucky enough to win the love of a girl like you, I wouldn't be foolish enough to give some fellow the chance..."
  • No. 11 - Finale Act I - "May I ask you where you're going? ... Tell me how you came by Dare's car.  Where's the owner? ... You are showing too much interest..."

ACT II   -   Salon of the Grand Hotel, Paris.

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