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"A Yankee Tourist" (1907)

Music by Alfred G. Robyn (1860 - 1935)
Lyrics by Wallace Irwin

ACT I   -   Hotel Angleterre, Athens.

ACT II   -   The Wharf at Piraeus.

  • No. 6 - Opening Chorus - "Roll, barrel, roll! ... Oh, forty days and forty nights a-workin' on the wharf ... Roll, barrel, roll! ..."
  • No. 7 - Trio - Grace, Eva and Blanche - "Other girls may treat you spiteful, frightful; others may be cruel and cold.  I am neither haughty..."
  • No. 8 - Song - Sybil - "The girl who's to the manner born, whose blood is running blue, she never makes the rude mistakes that other maidens do..."
  • No. 9 - Song - Captain O'Malley and Legion - "Oh, Irish lad, your Irish dad has taught you in his day.  Shenannigan or Brannigan, he never ran away..."
  • No. 10 - Principals' Ensemble - "The trouble with the most of us is that we love fight and fuss, at little things we snarl and cuss and keep our tempers sore..."
  • No. 11 - Finale Act II - "The dogs of war are growling, they're goin' to bark and bite!  The dogs of war are prowling, preparing for a fight..."

ACT III   -   Reception Rooms, Shepard's Hotel.

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