ACT I - Borivenia.
- No. 1 - Opening Song - Princess Jeneka and Chorus
- "The plumes of the palm trees wave to and fro, caress'd by gentle breath of fragrant morning air..."
- No. 2 - Patrol - Captain and Male Chorus
- "When the Guards go marching by, it's then you hear the music of the boom, tzing, boom..."
- No. 3 - Song (see note below **)
- "I've heard by chance that in Paris, France, where women go for all the fashions it's quite the right and proper thing..."
- No. 4 - Love's Lesson
- "When girls are under seventeen their little minds and hearts are green, unschool'd as yet in love's romance... "
- No. 5 - Consul's Song
- "I'm a loyal loving subject of his Majesty the King; I'm the British consul here in Boriveenia, but to certain English customs..."
- No. 6 - Kalora's Entrance
- "Here she comes, the princess at last, at last; we now shall see the form and the beautiful face, what a contour of grace has she..."
- No. 7 - Yankee Doodle Song
- "I'm here, my dear, in this wonderful queer old garden with you, and I would like to stay all the day, but you won't let me! ..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I
- "Now fly, the guards are on you; no power will save you, should my father see. Alarm is given that you a stranger found inside these walls..."
ACT II - Washington, DC.
- No. 9 - Opening Chorus
- "A Caddie, here caddie, now take my bag and hurry along, I really mean to make a bogey score today..."
- No. 10 - Duet and Chorus
- "Lovers are we in an unromantic fashion, for we bill and we coo in a reasonable way! We don't need the stars to help us..."
- No. 11 - Nursery Rhymes
- "When I was young, I always loved to hear the dear old nursery jingle, fairy rhymes and pantomimes I used to think were great..."
- No. 12 - Song
- "I've knocked around the world a lot, I've lived in countries cold and hot; and there's no telling where or what I haven't been or done..."
- No. 13 - Song
- "So this, they tell me, is the land of the free, where a man is as good as his neighbor, where love rules above and where graft is unknown..."
- No. 14 - Song
- "Say, little girl, do you belong to anyone particular, for I'm looking for a girl like you are, and I'll admit that you're a hit with me..."
- No. 15 - Song
- "My father was the youngest of a farmer's flock of ten; he work'd all day and studied half the night. And ev'ry great successful man will tell you..."
- No. 16 - Song
- "Romance is not over when a girl consents to marry, though she's never seen the fellow in her life. She has trouble to discover when she meets..."
- No. 17 - Song and Chorus
- "Ah, how shall I ever describe what I feel for this marvellous creature I love and adore! A passion so pure that no words can reveal..."
- No. 18 - Reprise Duet - Kalora, Pike and Chorus
- "I'm here, my dear, in this wonderful queer old garden with you, and I would like to stay all the day..."
** Note: In very few of the above songs is any soloist identified by a character name in the vocal score.
Song no. 7, and its reprise which closes the first and second acts, was composed by John L. Golden.
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