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"Winsome Winnie" (1903)

Music by Gustave Kerker (1857 - 1923)
Book and Lyrics by Frederic Ranken

ACT I   -   The Landing at Cataro-Montenegro.

  • No. 1 - Song - Winnie - "If you see a stealthy couple who are looking out for clew, if they've badges on their waistcoats, black moustaches, square-toed shoes..."
  • No. 2 - Duet - Aileen, Captain and Chorus - "Within a garden once there lived a fickle rosebud fair, a rose bud tender, slim and slender, sweet beyond compare..."
  • No. 3 - Trio - Pericles, Aileen and Captain - "In days of old, a Brigand bold went forth at the fall of night, Yo-ho! ... And armed, they say, to seek his prey..."
  • No. 4 - Song - Winnie and Chorus - "You can sail around this world, from Greenland's mountains to Bombay, take trips to frozen Norway and see Paris..."
  • No. 5 - Finale Act I - "Why none but all of us..." etc... "Then follow me!  To catch them, unhatch them, in strategy to match them shall be out first endeavor..."

ACT II   -   The Lair of the Brazen Bandits.

  • No. 6 - Prelude and Opening Chorus - "Hola! Hola!..." etc., then "Though we are a band of cut-throats, steeped in ev'ry sort of crime, with the stealthy sneak..."
  • No. 7 - Song - Pericles and Chorus - "Come, gather around and I'll give ye a song, as the song it was given to me;  'Tis a tale of a miller who loved a lass..."
  • No. 8 - Duet - Aileen and Captain - "Two little doves sat on a bough and cooed their loves in plighted vow.  She softly said: I love you dear, no night is dark..."
  • No. 9 - Song - Winnie and Girls - "Sing Song Lee was a little Chinee with a cu-cu-curious queue, and Sing Song Lee loved Ping Pong Tee as Chinamen oft will do."
  • No. 10 - Song - (singer unspecified) - "I'm a cute little soldier of Company A;  Attention, please!  Keep step with your knees.  Rat-ta-ta-tat! ..."
  • No. 11 - Song - Desmond - "There's a fascinating captivating pretty little maid, I wonder if you've ever chanc'd to meet;  she is wilful, very skillful..."
  • No. 12 - Song - Winnie and others - "The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but him had fled;  the flames that lit the battles wreck shone round him..."
  • No. 13 - Finale Act II - "Winnie!  My winsome Winnie!  Oh! won't you please, dear, came back to me?  Oh! Winnie!  It seems so wintry..."

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