ACT I - In front of the ancestral temple, outside of the city walls and near the Gate of Victory, of the Forbidden City of Kachoo.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus
- "Sho-Guns were they! Hail to the natal day! Let us all unite in singing praises to the mighty Ming! ..."
- No. 1a - Recitative - Shaman
- "Come, let us ask a benediction from the proud spirit of our mighty dead..."
- No. 2 - Song - Moozoo-May and Chorus
- "The rose of June can feel no sorrow, if never droops or says: "Ah, me!" ..."
- No. 3 - Entrance of Hanki-Pank
- "Each day I most devoutly thank the gods for making Hanki-Pank a person of such sterling worth..."
- No. 4 - Chorus of Bachelors and Song - Tee-To
- "We scoff at the man who sits at home with junior on his knee..."
- No. 5 - Entrance of Maids of Honor, with Hunni-Bun, Hi-Faloot & Kee-Otori
- "We are the chums of Hunni-Bun at a private female college..."
- No. 6 - Ballad - Tee-To
- "How often in this careless life a word but lightly spoken, by magic of a love sincere becomes a blessed token..."
- No. 7 - Quartette - Hunni-Bun, Hi-Faloot, Tee-To & Kee-Otori
- "Observe the loving mother bird up in the spreading tree..." (4 verses)
- No. 8a - Chorus of Soldiers
- "We are a mercenary lot of Oriental rangers, ready to join in any plot that's quite devoid of dangers..."
- No. 8b - Entrance of Spangle
- "Wherever British drum-beats sound, unending round the world..." (3 verses)
- No. 9 - Mourners' Chorus and Song - Widow Omee-Omi
- "See where she comes, broken-hearted, life is but an empty dream..."
- No. 10 - Duet - Omee-Omi and Spangle
- "Tell me, if you can, the rule by which a man selects his worse or better half..."
- No. 11 - Finale Act I
- "What ho! What ho! What ho! What ho! Lay hold upon this bold invader..."
ACT II - The Wistaria Garden of the Forbidden City.
Lyrics to songs:
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