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THE NEW MOON Book and Lyrics by FRANK MANDEL and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, 2nd Music by SIGMUND ROMBERG Concert Adaptation by David Ives SPECIAL NOTICE: The song lyrics on this web page are here for the personal enjoyment of our visitors and are provided through the courtesy of the Copyright owners and Warner Bros. Publications. Please know that any duplication, adaptation and/or transmission of this copyrighted musical content require the prior written consent of the Copyright owners and Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc. Unauthorized uses are an infringement of the Copyright Laws of the United States and other countries and are punishable there under. NEW MOON Music & Lyrics � 1928 by Harms, Inc. Copyright Renewed Book �1927 by Oscar Hammerstein II & Frank Mandel Copyright Renewed Copyright � 1927 by Harms, Inc. and Bambalina Music Publishing Co. (administered by Williamson Music) Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Property of TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 560 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022������������������������������������������������������������������������� For Encores! (212) 688-2525���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� CHARACTERS LE CHEVALIER ROBERT MISSION MARIANNE BEAUNOIR VICOMTE RIBAUD CAPTAIN GEORGES DUVAL JULIE, Marianne�s maid ALEXANDER, a servant M. BEAUNOIR, Marianne�s father PHILIPPE L�ENTENDU BESAC JACQUES CLOTILDE FOUCHETTE ADMIRAL DE JEAN DOORKEEPER INNKEEPER COURTIERS LADIES� SERVANTS SAILORS
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(click on the links below to see the lyrics to each song) 1) OVERTURE 2) OPENING 3) "MARIANNE" 4) "MARIANNE�S ENTRANCE" 5) "THE GIRL ON THE PROW" 6) "GORGEOUS ALEXANDER" 7) "AN INTERRUPTED LOVE SONG" 8) "SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE" 9) "STOUTHEARTED MEN" 10) "ONE KISS" 11) "THE TRIAL (LADIES OF THE JURY)" 12) "FINALETTO / WANTING YOU" 13) "FINALE ACT I" 14) "INTERMEZZO" 15) "FUNNY LITTLE SAILOR MEN" 16) "LOVER, COME BACK TO ME" 17) "STOUTHEARTED MEN (REPRISE)" 18) "MARRIAGE NUMBER / TRY HER OUT AT DANCES" 19) "SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE (REPRISE) / NEVER FOR YOU" 20) "LOVER, COME BACK TO ME (REPRISE)" 21) "FINALE ULTIMO" ACT ONE (The Beaunoir home outside New Orleans, in the year 1792.� GIRL SERVANTS admire a NEW FROCK.) GIRLS DAINTY WISP OFF THISTLEDOWN ON A SUMMER EVENING YOU�LL BE NEAR SOME CAVALIER DAINTY WISP OFF THISTLEDOWN VAGUER THAN THE MIST FIRST GIRLS MAGIC FOR MAIDENS TO WEAR WHEN THEY�RE YOUNG AND FAIR AND WANT TO BE KISSED DELICATE, GOSSAMER CHARM BOTH GROUPS TOGETHER IS MADE TO BE CRUSHED IN A LOVER�S ARM JULIE Who is the distinguished Parisian coming to visit? BEAUNOIR Our guest is none other than the great detective Monsieur Le Vicomte Ribaud. MEN HERE WE DO INTRODUCE A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF THE KING ALL HERE IS THE GREAT MONSIEUR RIBAUD WHO�S MADE ALL PARIS RING GIRLS HERE IN LOUISIANA HE�LL BE HAPPY, WE KNOW ALL HERE, THERE�S NOT A MAN ALIVE, WHO�LL NOT TRY TO BE RIBAUD ROBERT I'LL SING TO MY LOVE AND I'LL TELL HER THE SECRET I KEEP IN MY HEART ALEXANDER (Operatically) IF HER FATHER ONCE OVERHEARD YOU THEY�LL WHEEL YOU AWAY IN A CART (ALEXANDER EXITS.) ROBERT MARIANNE IS WHAT THEY CALL YOU BUT THERE�S NO NAME DESCRIBING ALL YOU COULD MEAN TO ANY LUCKY FELLOW � OH, LUCKY FELLOW, WHO WILL HE BE? IN YOUR EYE AN ELFIN GLEAMING CAN MAKE ME LOSE MYSELF IN DREAMING AND HOPING TOO SOMEDAY YOU MAY DREAM OF ME MARIANNE, I WANT TO LOVE YOU I�LL REPEAT IT EVERY DAY, DEAR MARIANNE, I WANT TO LOVE YOU IT�S A SIMPLE THING TO SAY, DEAR WERE THERE MORE PRAISES TO SING AND PHRASES TO RING I�D SING THEM TO YOU LET OTHERS DOUBT THEM WHO WILL BUT I WOULD BE STILL BELIEVING THEM TRUE AND THOUGH YOU MAY NEVER LOVE ME I WILL NEVER CEASE TO WOO YOU THOUGH YOU�RE FLYING HIGH ABOVE ME I WILL TRY TO FLY UP TO YOU I KNOW THE WORRY AND STRIFE THAT COME WITH A WIFE BUT HERE IS A MAN WHO�D GLADLY GIVE UP HIS LIFE TO MARRY YOU, MARIANNE! ����������������������� ����������������������� BOYS MARIANNE, WE WANT TO LOVE YOU WE�LL REPEAT IT EVERY DAY, DEAR MARIANNE, WE WANT TO LOVE YOU IT�S A SIMPLE THING TO SAY, DEAR MARIANNE WERE THERE MORE PRAISES TO SING AND PHRASES TO RING I�D SING THEM TO YOU LET OTHERS DOUBT THEM WHO WILL BUT I WOULD BE STILL BELIEVING THEM TRUE BOYS AND THOUGH YOU MAY NEVER LOVE US WE WILL NEVER CEASE TO WOO YOU THOUGH YOU�RE FLYING HIGH ABOVE US WE WILL TRY TO FLY UP TO YOU ALL WE KNOW THE WORRY AND STRIFE THAT COME WITH A WIFE BUT HERE IS A MAN WHO�D GLADLY GIVE UP HIS LIFE TO MARRY YOU, MARIANNE!
MARIANNE AS A CHILD, ON AN OLD SAILOR�S KNEE I WOULD HEAR EVERY TALE OF THE SEA AND MY EYES WOULD OPEN WIDE TO THE THRILL OF EACH ADVENTURE WITH A BREATH OF THE SALT IN THE AIR AND A BREEZE FROM THE SEA IN MY HAIR IN MY YOUNG IMAGINATION I�D SAIL AWAY GIRLS & MEN CAST AWAY!� DON�T DELAY! LITTLE MARIANNE MUST SAIL TODAY ����������������������������������� MEN������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� GIRLS LIVING IN HER CHILDHOOD FANCIES������������������������������������������������� FIND IN CHILDHOOD����� FANCIES EV�RY SAILOR FRIENDS� ROMANCE ���������������������������������������������������� LOST ROMANCES GIRLS & MEN FAR FROM HOME, WE CAN ROAM CUTTING THRU THE SPRAY OF SILVER FOAM BESAC THEN FROM ACROSS THE BLUE WE WILL RETURN WITH YOU ENSEMBLE BRINGING BACK THE SAME OLD TALES BESAC THAT YOU�LL SWEAR ARE TRUE (Spoken) At last you�re going to make a trip with us. MARIANNE Yes, on �The New Moon.� JACQUES Will you be a passenger or one of the crew? MARIANNE I know one girl you�ve always taken along with you.� Oh, how I�d love to take her place. (Sings) LET ME BE LIKE THE GIRL ON THE PROW RIDING HIGH ON THE ROLL OF THE SEA LIKE A QUEEN ON THE THRONE IN THE BOW O�ER THE WORLD SAILS UNFURLED MY GOOD SHIP WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW ME IN THE BLAST OF A GALE WE�LL BE TOSSED AND A MAST OR A SAIL MAY BE LOST THRU THE NIGHT, THRU THE STORM, WE WILL PLOUGH AND THE MORNING SUN WILL SHINE ON THE GIRL ON THE PROW GIRLS and MEN YOU WILL BRING OLD LUCK TO OUR CRAFT BUT NO MAN WOULD EVER BE AFT THEY WOULD SPEND THEIR DAYS ONLY GAZING AT THEIR BEAUTIFUL FIGUREHEAD MARIANNE I�D FEEL PROUD TO BE RIDING THERE WITH MY CHIN HELD HIGH IN THE AIR GIRLS and MEN GODDESS OF THE BLUE WE WANT TO BE LED BY YOU MARIANNE LET ME BE LIKE THE GIRL ON THE PROW RIDING HIGH ON THE ROLL OF THE SEA LIKE A QUEEN ON HER THRONE IN THE BOW O�ER THE WORLD, SAILS UNFURLED MY GOOD SHIP WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW ME IN THE BLAST OF A GALE WE�LL BE TOSSED AND A MAST OR A SAIL MAY BE LOST THRU THE NIGHTS THRU THE STORM, WE WILL PLOUGH AND THE MORNING SUN WILL SHINE ON THE GIRL ON THE PROW
JULIE THIS IS THE END MY HEART IS BROKE IT WILL NOT MEND AND THAT�S NO JOKE THE MAN I LOVE�S A �TRIFLER-ER� A WOLF WHO WEARS THE CLOTHING OF A SHEEP! ����������� (GIRLS ENTER.) ALEXANDER AM I TO BLAME IF WOMEN PRIZE MY MANLY FRAME? MY SEXY EYES? SHE KNEW I WAS A �TRIFLER-ER� SO I SAY AS SHE SEWS, SO SHALL SHE REAP! JULIE IF HE BEGGED UPON HIS KNEE HE COULD NOT MAKE UP WITH ME ����������� (ALEXANDER moves away.) ALEXANDER, WON�T YOU COME BACK? ALEXANDER, DEAR, I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT YOU ALEXANDER NO, MY GIRL, MY LOVE IS DEAD AFTER ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID JULIE ALEXANDER! GIRLS REPRIMAND HER! JULIE ALEXANDER! GIRLS WE ARE READY NOW THAT YOU HAVE LOST YOUR STEADY JULIE GORGEOUS, ALEXANDER, GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE WHY CAN�T YOU BE ALWAYS TRUE TO ME ALONE? ALEXANDER SELFISH WOMAN!� WHAT CAN YOU BE THINKING OF? HEAVEN SENT ME FOR THE GOOD OF A STARVING WOMANHOOD! GIRLS GORGEOUS ALEXANDER, YOU�RE TOO GRAND TO BE ANY SINGLE GIRL�S EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY! JULIE WHY DO YOU PHILANDER WITH THESE WOMEN, ALEXANDER, WHEN I TELL YOU IN ALL CANDOUR I�M THE BEST GIRLS DO NOT TALK SUCH SLANDER TO OUR GORGEOUS ALEXANDER ALEXANDER HOW CAN I DECIDE UNTIL I�VE TRIED THE REST? (DANCE)
DUVAL I�M SEEKING THE HAND OF MAIDEN IN MY INCOMPETENT WAY WITH PASSION MY POOR HEART IS LADEN BUT I DON�T KNOW WHAT TO SAY MARIANNE I THINK YOU SHOULD SING HER A LOVE SONG WITH WORDS BOTH TENDER AND GAY DUVAL I�M NOT VERY GOOD AT A LOVE SONG BUT YOUR COMMAND I OBEY I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU DA DA DEE DA DA DUM I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU � NO THAT ISN�T VERY GOOD MARIANNE Oh, that�s excellent. Don�t get discouraged. DUVAL WHEN I AM HERE WITH YOU ALONE AND YOU�RE ALONE WITH ME, LOVE A PLACE WITH ONLY YOU, MY OWN, IS JUST THE PLACE TO BE, LOVE ����������� (ROBERT ENTERS.) WHEN YOUR EYES DIVINE LOOK UP INTO MINE, THERE�S NO SWEETER SIGN I WOULD SEE, LOVE ROBERT Mademoiselle. MARIANNE Yes, Robert. ROBERT The overseer wants to know if the sheep are to be sheared. DUVAL Must he know about the sheep right now? MARIANNE Robert, I leave the sheep to his discretion. ROBERT Very good, Mademoiselle. ����������� (Starts to leave; DUVAL is about to sing again; ROBERT RETURNS) Very good, Mademoiselle. DUVAL WHEN I AM HERE WITH YOU ALONE AND YOU�RE ALONE WITH ME, LOVE A PLACE WITH ONLY YOU, MY OWN IS JUST THE PLACE TO BE, LOVE WHEN YOUR EYES DIVINE LOOK UP INTO MINE ��������������(ROBERT ENTERS with SNUFF BOX.) ROBERT I beg your pardon, Captain Duval. DUVAL Can�t you stop this fellow from roaming around the house? ROBERT You left your snuff box in the other room.� I thought you might want it, Monsieur. DUVAL Well, I don�t want my snuff box and I don�t want you either!� Get out and don�t come back. O.K. fine I�ll have a little snuff.� Now get out! (ROBERT EXITS.) �(Sings) WHEN I AM HERE WITH YOU ALONE AND YOU�RE ALONE WITH ME, LOVE (HE SNEEZES) A PLACE WITH ONLY YOU, MY OWN IS JUST THE PLACE TO BE, LOVE WHEN����������� YOUR EYES DIVINE � (SNEEZES again.� Spoken) I�m sorry, will you please sit here, Mademoiselle � I will sit right there -- and I am going to start and finish this song � ready? (Sings) WHEN I AM HERE WITH YOU ALONE AND YOU�RE ALONE WITH ME, LOVE A PLACE WITH ONLY YOU,� MY OWN IS JUST THE PLACE TO BE, LOVE WHEN YOUR EYES DIVINE LOOK UP INTO MINE, THERE�S NO SWEETER SIGN I WOULD SEE, LOVE WHEN I AM HERE WITH YOU ALONE AND YOU�RE ALONE WITH ME, LOVE
8) "SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE" PHILIPPE LOVE CAME TO ME GAY AND TENDER LOVE CAME TO ME SWEET SURRENDER LOVE CAME TO ME IN BRIGHT ROMANTIC SPLENDOR FICKLE WAS SHE FAITHFUL NEVER FICKLE WAS SHE AND CLEVER SO WILL IT BE � FOREVER � FOREVER SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE THE LIGHT OF LOVE COMES STEALING INTO A NEW BORN DAY -- OH FLAMING WITH ALL THE GLOW OF SUNRISE A BURNING KISS IS SEALING THE VOW THAT ALL BETRAY FOR THE PASSIONS THAT THRILL LOVE AND LIFT YOU HIGH TO HEAVEN ARE THE PASSIONS THAT KILL LOVE AND LET YOU FALL TO HELL SO ENDS THE STORY SOFTLY, AS IN AN EVENING SUNSET THE LIGHT THAT GAVE YOU GLORY WILL TAKE IT ALL AWAY
ROBERT GIVE ME SOME MEN WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT THEY ADORE START ME WITH TEN WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN AND I�LL SOON GIVE YOU TEN THOUSAND MORE, OH SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND BOLDER AND BOLDER THEY GROW AS THEY GO TO THE FORE THEN THERE�S NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN HALT OR MAR A PLAN WHEN STOUTHEARTED MEN CAN STICK TOGETHER MAN TO MAN PHILIPPE YOU, WHO HAVE DREAMS IF YOU ACT, THEY WILL COME TRUE TO TURN YOUR DREAMS TO A FACT, IS UP TO YOU! ROBERT IF YOU HAVE THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT NEVER FEAR IT, YOU�LL SEE IT THRU PHILIPPE AND MEN HEARTS CAN INSPIRE OTHER HEARTS WITH THEIR FIRE ROBERT FOR THE STRONG OBEY WHEN A STRONG MAN SHOWS THEM THE WAY PHILIPPE, ROBERT and ENSEMBLE GIVE ME SOME MEN, WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT THEY ADORE START ME WITH TEN WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN AND I�LL SOON GIVE YOU TEN THOUSAND MORE, OH SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, AND BOLDER AND BOLDER THEY GROW AS THEY GO TO THE FORE THEN THERE�S NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN HALT OR MAR A PLAN WHEN STOUTHEARTED MEN CAN STICK TOGETHER MAN TO MAN
MARIANNE IN THIS YEAR OF SEVENTEEN NINETY-TWO OUR CONVENTIONS HAVE BEEN THROWN ALL ASKEW AND I KNOW I�M OUT OF DATE WHEN I SEEK ONE MATE ONE FAITHFUL LOVER TRUE TO BE REALLY IN THE FASHION TODAY YOU MUST HAVE A DOZEN BEAUX IN YOUR SWAY BUT SOMEHOW I DON�T BELIEVE IN THE MODERN PLAN I WANT TO WAIT FOR JUST ONE MAN GIRLS IT�S MORE FUN TO LOVE �EM ALL KISS �EM ALL SHORT AND TALL MARIANNE I HAVE ANOTHER SCHEME IT�S MY ONLY DREAM ONE KISS, ONE MAN TO SAVE IT FOR ONE LOVE FOR HIM ALONE ONE WORD, ONE VOW AND NOTHING MORE TO TELL HIM I�M HIS OWN ONE MAGIC NIGHT WITHIN HIS ARMS WITH PASSION�S FLOWER UNFURLED AND ALL MY LIFE I�LL LOVE ONLY ONE MAN AND NO OTHER MAN IN THE WORLD GIRLS YOU�VE BEEN READING STORIES OF ROMANTIC GLORIES ARE YOU GROWING SAD FOR YOUR GALAHAD? MARIANNE SOON MY KNIGHT MAY FIND ME SOFTLY STEAL BEHIND ME PUT ME ON A HORSE AND CARRY ME AWAY LAUGH ALL YOU LIKE AT ME I�LL FIND MY MAN � YOU�LL SEE ONE KISS, ONE MAN TO SAVE IT FOR ONE LOVE FOR HIM ALONE ONE WORD, ONE VOW, AND NOTHING MORE TO TELL HIM I�M HIS OWN ONE MAGIC NIGHT WITHIN HIS ARMS WITH PASSION�S FLOWER UNFURLED AND ALL MY LIFE I�LL LOVE ONLY ONE MAN AND NO OTHER MAN IN THE WORLD
11) "THE TRIAL (LADIES OF THE JURY)" ����������������������� CLOTILDE TOO LONG THIS WORLD HAS BEEN OBSESSED BY WOMEN SUCH AS YOU IT�S TIME A FAITHFUL WIFE PUT UP A FIGHT GIRLS RIGHT! ALEXANDER NOW WHAT�S THE USE OF FIGHTING? CLOTILDE ALEXANDER!� THAT WILL DO! I�M GOING TO WIN YOU BACK THIS VERY NIGHT JULIE NOT TO-NIGHT! CLOTILDE WE MUST DECIDE WHO OWNS THE RIGHT AND TITLE TO THIS MAN LET�S ARGUE CALMLY WITHOUT FUSS OR FURY JULIE I�M WILLING TO DISCUSS THE CASE IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR PLAN CLOTILDE WE�LL LEAVE IT TO MY GIRL FRIENDS AS A JURY JULIE THAT ISN�T FAIR! CLOTILDE BUT THAT�S THE WAY WE�LL DO IT -- I�LL NOT BUDGE! ALEXANDER DON�T WORRY, JULIE -- ALEXANDER�S GOING TO BE THE JUDGE ����������������������� HERE�S A CASE WHEREIN TWO LOVE-SICK GIRLS LAY CLAIM TO ONE FINE MAN � A-HEM � THAT�S ME! GIRLS WE�LL DECIDE WHICH GIRL SHOULD GET THE PRIZE ALEXANDER AND LADIES, WHAT A PRIZE THAT PRIZE WILL BE! CLOTILDE DEAR JUDGE AND LADIES OF THE JURY, I HAVE ONE THING TO� SUGGEST WHY NOT TAKE EACH OF US BY TURN AND GIVE HER A TEST? JULIE THAT WILL BE ROUGH ON YOU FOR ANYTHING YOU DO I CAN DO TWICE AS WELL CLOTILDE YOU LIE LIKE HELL! CLOTILDE I CAN SING JULIE ����������� I CAN DANCE ALEXANDER YOU�LL GET YOUR CHANCE TO SING AND DANCE TO A TUNE THAT�S LIGHT AND LILTY BUT DON�T FORGET THE LAW OF FRANCE UNTIL YOU PROVE YOU�RE INNOCENT WE ASSUME THAT YOU ARE GUILTY (To JULIE:) PROCEED � ����������� CLOTILDE Can I sing now? ALEXANDER All right, but don�t make me any angrier than I am. CLOTILDE ALEXANDER DEAR, I LOVE YOU I�LL REPEAT IT EV�RY DAY, DEAR ALEXANDER DEAR, I LOVE YOU IT�S A SIMPLE THING TO SAY, DEAR ����������������������� ALEXANDER I THINK WE�VE SEEN SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THE CASE IS FAIRLY TRIED AND BOTH THESE DAMES ARE GUILTY THAT IS WHAT I DECIDE GIRLS BUT THEN, YOU POOR DEAR JUDGE, YOU�RE LEFT WITHOUT A GIRL JULIE and CLOTILDE YOU HAVE TO TAKE A GIRL. ALEXANDER I�LL TAKE THE JURY!
GIRLS GENTLE AIRS, COURTLY MANNERS, GRACE THE COURT OF FRANCE TENORS THIS COULD BE THE COURT OF FRANCE WE APE THE COURTLY MANNERS SEEN AT OLD VERSAILLES BOYS THE COURT OF FRANCE AND THAT IS WHY WE APE THE COURTLY MANNERS OF VERSAILLES GIRLS THESE AIRS AND THESE COURTLY MANNERS COME FROM PARIS DO NOT CRY FOR VERSAILLES WHILE YOU�RE IN LOUISIANA GIRLS THIS IS A ROYAL DANCE MEN WE KNOW THE NEW COTILLION DANCE ����������������������� (MEN PICK NUMBERS from Alexander�s bowl.) GIRLS OH, GENTLEMEN, NO GENTLEMEN ACT LIKE THIS IN A DANCE MEN WE FALL IN LINE WE�RE ALL IN LINE HOPING TO WIN A DANCE ����������������������� (BEAUNOIR, RIBAUD (IN MASK) and FOUCHETTE ENTER.) GIRLS and MEN DANCE WITH MARIANNE AND KNOW THE BLISS OF HER SWEET KISS. MARIANNE Monsieur, you have won the lottery.� I grant the privilege of a dance, and a kiss. ROBERT Mademoiselle, I want more than I could ever hope to win. ROBERT MY HEART IS ACHING FOR SOMEONE AND YOU ARE THAT SOMEONE YOU KNOW THE TRUTH OF MY STORY YOU MUST BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE MARIANNE I, TOO, MAY SOMEDAY LOVE SOMEONE FROM SOMEWHERE THERE�LL COME ONE ONE WHO WILL HEAR THE SAME STORY THAT YOU�RE TELLING ME ROBERT WANTING YOU, EV�RY DAY I AM WANTING YOU EV�RY NIGHT I AM LONGING TO HOLD YOU CLOSE TO MY EAGER BREAST WANTING LOVE, IN THAT HEAVEN I�M DREAMING OF MAKES THAT HEAVEN SEEM FAR ABOVE ANY HOPE THAT I�LL GAIN MY QUEST DREAMS ARE VAIN, BUT I CLING TO THE MEREST CHANCE THAT YOU MAY HEAR ME DREAMS ARE VAIN, FOR WHENEVER I WAKE I NEVER FIND YOU NEAR ME WANTING YOU, NOTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD WILL DO IN THIS WORLD YOU ARE ALL THAT I ADORE ALL I ADORE MARIANNE WANTING YOU, EV�RY DAY I AM WANTING YOU EV�RY NIGHT I AM LONGING TO HOLD YOU CLOSE TO MY EAGER BREAST WANTING LOVE, IN THAT HEAVEN I�M DREAMING OF MAKES THAT HEAVEN SEEM FAR ABOVE ANY HOPE THAT I�LL GAIN MY QUEST BOTH DREAMS ARE VAIN, BUT I CLING TO THE MEREST CHANCE THAT YOU MAY HEAR ME DREAMS ARE VAIN, FOR WHENEVER I WAKE I NEVER FIND YOU NEAR ME MARIANNE WANTING YOU, NOTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD WILL DO BOTH IN THIS WORLD YOU ARE ALL THAT I ADORE ALL I ADORE
RIBAUD Fouchette, take off his mask! ����������� ROBERT All right, Ribaud, you�ve won.� ����������� (To MARIANNE:) As for you, Mademoiselle � you have won, too.� But long after this night if love never comes to you, remember that one day you made a mockery of it. RIBAUD Take him away. MARIANNE ONE KISS, ONE MAN TO SAVE IT FOR ONE LOVE FOR HIM ALONE ONE WORD, ONE VOW AND NOTHING MORE TO TELL HIM I�M HIS OWN AND ALL MY LIFE I�LL LOVE ONLY ONE MAN AND NO OTHER MAN IN THE WORLD MEN & WOMEN ONE MAGIC NIGHT WITHIN HIS ARMS WITH PASSIONS FLOWER UNFURLED MARIANNE AND ALL MY LIFE I�LL LOVE ONLY ONE MAN MARIANNE AND MEN & WOMEN AND NO OTHER MAN IN THE WORLD END OF ACT ONEACT TWOBESAC I HATES THE SIGHT OF EVERYTHING WHAT CALLS HERSELF A FEMALE FOR HELL IS WHAT THEY ALWAYS BRING TO EV�RY HAPPY FREE-MALE MEN NO GOOD CAN COME OF PETT-IN� EM AND LETT-IN� �EM NEAR TO YOU BESAC OH I HATES A SEX, WHAT CAN MAKE POOR WRECKS MEN OUT OF ANY SAILOR CREW BESAC THEY FIND AN UNSUSPECTING MAN AND TREAT HIM KIND AND TENDER THEY SCHEME AND PLOT, CONNIVE AND PLAN AND FORCE HIM TO SURRENDER MEN THEY TAKE HIS GROG AND BACON AND FEED HIM ON MILK AND TARTS BESAC OH I HATES THE SEX, WITH THEIR SWAN-WHITE NECKS AND THEIR COAL BLACK HEARTS GIRLS HOW CAN YOU SPEAK THAT WAY SUCH DREADFUL THINGS TO SAY YOU SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF US YOU KNOW THAT WOMEN PAY WHAT COULD WE EVER DO TO HARM THIS MIGHTY CREW WHEN EV�RY SINGLE MAID OF US IS SCARED TO DEATH OF YOU CLOTILDE THERE IS NO NEED TO HIDE AWAY IN CORNERS �LIKE SHEEPISH AND GIGANTIC YOUNG JACK HORNERS BESAC OH I HATES THE SEX, TO BE ON THESE DECKS HANG-IN� ROUND OUR NECKS, JUST TO HOUND AND VEX CLOTILDE IF OUR LIPS ONCE TOUCH GIRLS YOU WILL FIND IT WON�T HURT MUCH CLOTILDE OH WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF GIRLS FUNNY LITTLE SAILOR BOY CLOTILDE OH WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF WHAT IS MAKING YOU SO COY? GIRLS YOU SAY THAT WE PURSUE YOU WE ONLY LAG BEHIND WE WOULD NEVER DARE MEN HEY GET OVER THERE! GIRLS HOW CAN YOU BE SO UNKIND CLOTILDE WE�RE REALLY VERY HARMLESS IS A SAILOR ARMLESS WHEN HE HAS A GIRL TO HUG? MEN PLEASE RUN AWAY AND LEAVE US YOU CANNOT DECEIVE US WITH A LOT OF LOVE HUMBUG CLOTILDE NOW SMILE AND SHOW YOUR DIMPLES AND ALL THOSE TEETH OF PEARL BOYS FOR A SAILORS EYES CAN WIN SWEET SIGHS FROM THIS ADORING GIRL! MARIANNE YOU WENT AWAY, I LET YOU WE BROKE THE TIES THAT BIND I WANTED TO FORGET YOU AND LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND STILL THE MAGIC OF THE NIGHT I MET YOU SEEMS TO STAY FOREVER IN MY MIND THE SKY WAS BLUE AND HIGH ABOVE THE MOON WAS NEW AND SO WAS LOVE THIS EAGER HEART OF MINE WAS SINGING LOVER WHERE CAN YOU BE YOU CAME AT LAST � LOVE HAD ITS DAY THAT DAY IS PAST � YOU�VE GONE AWAY THIS ACHING HEART OF MINE IS SINGING LOVER COME BACK TO ME REMEMBERING EVERY LITTLE THING YOU USED TO SAY AND DO I�M SO LONELY EVERY ROAD I�VE WALKED ALONG, I�VE WALKED ALONG WITH YOU NO WONDER I�M LONELY THE SKY IS BLUE THE NIGHT IS COLD THE MOON IS NEW BUT LOVE IS OLD AND WHILE I�M WAITING HERE THIS HEART OF MINE IS SINGING LOVER COME BACK TO ME 17) "STOUTHEARTED MEN (REPRISE)" ROBERT, MEN AND GIRLS GIVE ME SOME MEN WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT THEY ADORE START ME WITH TEN WHO ARE STOUT HEARTED MEN AND I�LL SOON GIVE YOU TEN THOUSAND MORE, OH SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, AND BOLDER AND BOLDER THEY GROW AS THEY GO TO THE FORE THEN THERE�S NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN HALT OR MAR A PLAN WHEN STOUT HEARTED MEN CAN STICK TOGETHER MAN TO MAN ����������������������� 18) "MARRIAGE NUMBER / TRY HER OUT AT DANCES" GIRLS JUST ONE YEAR AGO WE WERE MATED THAT IS WHY TODAY WE ARE FETED AS A LOT OF HAPPY BRIDES AND GROOMS MEN YOU HAVE HONORED AND OBEYED US GOOD AND FAITHFUL BRIDES YOU HAVE MADE US WE�LL FORGET THE TIMES YOU HAVE FLAYED US WITH THE HEAVY HANDLES OF YOUR BROOMS GIRLS YOU MADE HANDSOME YOUNG GROOMS AND NOW AT LAST THE FIRST YEAR�S OVER WHAT A CHANCE WE ALL WERE TAKING WHEN WE GAVE OUR PLEDGE STANDING HERE IN FEAR OF QUAKING ALL OUR NERVES ON EDGE MEN HAS IT BEEN FOR WORSE OR BETTER? GIRLS SO FAR IT�S BEEN SO-SO ����������������������� (ALEXANDER and JULIE ENTER.) MEN HERE COMES ALEXANDER, HE�S BEEN MARRIED JUST AS LONG. YOU ARE GLAD YOU�RE MARRIED.� ARE WE RIGHT OR ARE WE WRONG? GIRLS HAS HE MADE YOU HAPPY, JULIE? MEN HAS SHE NEVER BEEN UNRULY? ALL TELL US NOW, AND TELL US TRULY, HOW YOU GET ALONG JULIE MARRIAGE IS A GAMBLE � THAT IS TRITE BUT TRUE GIRLS THE SAME FOR ME AND YOU BUT WHAT�S A GIRL TO DO? ALEXANDER JUST GAMBLE AND THE ONES THAT BEAT THE GAME ARE VERY FEW MEN ����������� YOU CANNOT TELL WHO�LL BE SWEETEST OR BRIGHTEST ALEXANDER YOU�LL COME OUT WELL, IF YOU PUT HER TO MY TEST TRY HER OUT AT DANCES AND IF HER STEP ADVANCES WHEN YOU ADVANCE, THE CHANCE IS SHE�LL BE THE GIRL MEN WHAT A WAY TO PICK THEM! JULIE BUT, IF WHEN YOU�RE LEADING SHE TRIPS ALONG UNHEEDING SLOWS DOWN WHEN YOU ARE SPEEDING THEN FREE THE GIRL! MEN SEND HER RIGHT AWAY ALEXANDER IF YOU CANNOT BLAST HER DESIRE TO BE YOUR MASTER DISASTER WILL PILE UPON DISASTER! JULIE BUT IF SHE SHOULD FOLLOW THE ARM OF HER APOLLO AND NESTLE IN ITS HOLLOW ALEXANDER and JULIE SHE�LL BE THE GIRL ALL TRY HER OUT AT DANCES AND IF HER STEP ADVANCES WHEN YOU ADVANCE, THE CHANCE IS SHE�LL BE THE GIRL BUT, IF WHEN YOU�RE LEADING SHE TRIPS ALONG UNHEEDING SLOWS DOWN WHEN YOU ARE SPEEDING THEN FREE THE GIRL! IF YOU CANNOT BLAST HER DESIRE TO BE YOUR MASTER DISASTER WILL PILE UPON DISASTER! BUT IF SHE SHOULD FOLLOW THE ARM OF HER APOLLO AND NESTLE IN ITS HOLLOW SHE�LL BE THE GIRL 19) "SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE (REPRISE) / NEVER FOR YOU" PHILIPPE SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE PHILIPPE Robert, forget her. ROBERT AS LONG AS SHE�S NEAR, SOMEHOW MY HOPE WILL NOT DIE ����������� (MARIANNE ENTERS.) MARIANNE MONSIEUR, I HAVE OVERHEARD.� MY WINDOW�S JUST ABOVE YOUR DUTY IS VERY PLAIN DON�T SHIRK IT FOR A HOPE THAT�S VAIN YOUR PEOPLE COME FIRST GIVE ME UP AND LET ME GO OUR LOVE IS DEAD YOU KNOW FOR YOU DESTROYED IT LONG AGO LONG AGO���� ONCE MY HEART WAS YOURS FOR THE ASKING I WOULD HAVE GIVEN ALL TO YOU. ONCE MY HEART WAS YOURS FOR THE ASKING BUT YOU TRIED TO TAKE IT AWAY AND NOW THAT HEART HAS GONE ASTRAY LOVE MAY RETURN � AND START ANEW BUT NEVER, NEVER FOR YOU! 20) "LOVER, COME BACK TO ME (REPRISE)" ROBERT AND MEN THE SKY WAS BLUE AND HIGH ABOVE THE MOON WAS NEW AND SO WAS LOVE THIS EAGER HEART OF MINE WAS SINGING LOVER WHERE CAN YOU BE YOU CAME AT LAST � LOVE HAD ITS DAY THAT DAY IS PAST � YOU�VE GONE AWAY THIS ACHING HEART OF MINE IS SINGING LOVER COME BACK TO ME REMEMBERING EVERY LITTLE THING YOU USED TO SAY AND DO I�M SO LONELY EVERY ROAD, I�VE WALKED ALONG, I�VE WALKED ALONG WITH YOU NO WONDER I�M LONELY THE SKY IS BLUE THE NIGHT IS COLD THE MOON IS NEW BUT LOVE IS OLD AND WHILE I�M WAITING HERE THIS HEART OF MINE IS SINGING LOVER COME BACK TO ME ����������� DE JEAN I claim this island in the name of France!� Where is Robert Mission? ROBERT I am he. RIBAUD You salute this traitor?� You, a servant of the king of France? DE JEAN Monsieur -- there is no king of France. RIBAUD No king of France�? DE JEAN Put this fellow in chains.� Have you any more aristocrats on this island? MARIANNE We have one former aristocrat.� I am citizen Marianne Mission. DE JEAN Are you his wife, Madame? MARIANNE I am his loving wife.� And his faithful comrade � in everything! � ALL Hooray! MARIANNE GIVE ME SOME MEN WHO ARE STOUT-HEARTED MEN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT THEY ADORE! MARIANNE, ROBERT AND ENSEMBLE START ME WITH TEN WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN AND I�LL SOON GIVE YOU TEN THOUSAND MORE, OH SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND BOLDER AND BOLDER THEY GROW AS THEY GO TO THE FORE THEN THERE�S NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN HALT OR MAR A PLAN WHEN STOUTHEARTED MEN CAN STICK TOGETHER MAN TO MAN THE END |