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You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin Silence-not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her memory She is smiling alone In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet And the wind [...]
(a vertical line of **** indicates areas of the text where there is a substantial overlapping of different voices) ANDR Your public needs you! FIRMIN We need you, too! CARLOTTA Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue? ANDRFIRMIN Signora, no! The world wants you! ANDRFIRMIN Prima donna, first lady of the stage! Your [...]
Jellicle cats come out tonight Jellicle cats come one, come all The jellicle moon is shining bright Jellicles come to the jellicle ball Jellicle cats are black and white Jellicle cats are rather small Jellicle cats are merry and bright And pleasant to hear when we caterwaul Jellicle cats have cheerful faces Jellicle cats have [...]
(a vertical line of **** indicates areas of the text were there is a substantial overlapping of different voices) PHANTOM Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair! Down we plunge to the prison of my mind! Down that path into darkness deep as hell! Why, you ask, was I bound and chained [...]
PHARAOH: Well I was wandering along by the banks of the river when seven fat cows came out of the Nile And right behind them fine healthy animals came seven other cows, skinny and vile Well the thin cows ate the fat cows which I thought would do them good But it didn’t make them [...]
NARRATOR: So Jacob came to Egypt, no longer feeling old And Joseph went to meet him in his chariot of gold
Phantom: Nighttime sharpens, Heightens each sensation. Darkness wakes, and stirs imagination. Silently the senses abandon their defenses, Helpless to resist the notes i write. For i compose the music of the night. Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendor. Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Hearing is believing, music is deceiving. Hard as lightning, soft [...]
(Mary Magdalene) Try not to get worried Try not to turn on to Problems that upset you (oh) Don’t you know Everything’s alright Yes everything’s fine And we want you to sleep well tonight Let the world turn without you tonight If we try We’ll get by So forget all about us tonight (Apostles’ Women) [...]
We had the experience but missed the meaning And approach to the meaning restores the experience In a different form beyond any meaning We can assign to happiness The past experience revived in the meaning Is not the experience of one life only But of many generations Not forgetting something that is probably quite ineffable [...]
The naming of cats is a difficult matter It isn’t just one of your holiday games You may think at first I’m mad as a hatter When I tell you a cat must have three different names First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James [...]
I have a gumbie cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots All day she sits beneath the stairs or on the steps or on the mat She sits and sits and sits and that’s what makes a gumbie cat That’s what makes [...]
JOSEPH: Seven years of bumper crops are on their way Years of plenty, endless wheat and tons of hay Your farms will boom, there won’t be room To store the surplus food you grow After that, the future doesn’t look so bright Egypt’s luck will change completely overnight And famine’s hand will stalk the land [...]
(Phantom) Insolent boy! This slave of fashion, basking in your Glory! Ignorant fool! This brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph! (Christine) Angel! I hear you! Speak – I listen… stay by my side, guide me! Angel, my soul was weak – forgive me… enter at last, Master! (Phantom) Flattering child, you shall know me, [...]
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy Well of all things can it be really No. Yes. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! My mind may be wandering but I confess I believe it is Old Deuteronomy Old Deuteronomy’s lived a long time He’s a cat who has lived many lives in succession He was famous in [...]
NARRATOR: And Joseph knew by this his brothers now were honest men The time had come at last to reunite them all again JOSEPH: Can’t you recognize my face? Is it hard to see? That Joseph, who you thought was dead, your brother, is me? BROTHERS: Joseph! Joseph! Is it really true? Joseph! Joseph! Is [...]
POTIPHAR: Potiphar had very few cares I was one of Egypt’s millionaires Having made a fortune buying shares In pyramids Potiphar had made a huge pile Owned a large percentage of the Nile Meant that I could really live in style and I did Joseph was an unimportant slave who found he liked his master [...]
(Moneylenders and Merchants) Roll on up — for my price is down Come on in — for the best in town Take your pick of the finest wine Lay your bets on this bird of mine Name your price I got everything Come and buy it’s all going fast Borrow cash on the finest terms [...]
Gus is the cat at the theatre door His name, as I ought to have told you before Is really Asparagus, and that’s a fuss to pronounce That we usually call him just Gus His coat’s very shabby, he’s thin as a rake And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake Yet he [...]
NARRATOR: Next day, far from home, the brothers planned the repulsive crime BROTHERS: Let us grab him now, do him in, while we’ve got the time NARRATOR: This they did and made the most of it Tore his coat and flung him in a pit BROTHERS: Let us leave him here, all alone, and he’s [...]
Remark the cat who hesitates toward you In the light of the door which opens on her like a grin You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin She haunted many a low resort Near the grimy [...]