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Colin Johnson's MIDI Files
PROLOGUE - The Town Square of New Amsterdam, now New York, in 1660.
- No. 1 - Chorus of Dutch Girls - "Come, come, let us be jolly; though clouds may lower, let's happy be..."
- No. 2 - Entrance of Burgher Soldiers & Colonel Kraal - "Behold the lusty burghers of the town, New Amsterdam..."
- No. 3 - Song - Peter Stuyvesant - "Take advice from Peter Stuyvesant, the ruler of the Dutch..."
- No. 4 - Chorus of Bluefeather & Indians - "We're the high Muckeemucks of the Tammany Clan..."
- No. 5 - Song - Lieut. Sweetser & Dutch Cadets - "We know it's something frightful to kill..."
- No. 6 - Drinking Song - Capt. Spuyten, Dutch Girls & Sailors - "See the golden bubbles sparkle, merrily they're dancing..."
- No. 7 - Finale - Dutch Girls, Soldiers & Indians - "Come lads and lasses, fill up your glasses, let's frolic while yet we may..."
ACT I - Broadway and Madison Square, New York. Today (i.e. 1900).
- No. 8 - Chorus of Working Men - "We believe in honest labor, when indulged in by a neighbor..."
- No. 9 - Song - Willie von Astorbilt & Chorus - "I'm a Broadway boy, right up to date, a rollicking jolly young reprobate..."
- No. 10 - Song - Daisy and Soubrettes - "A soubrette is a girl with flaxen curl and a heart that's marked 'To let.' ..."
- No. 11 - Chorus of College Boys - "We know nothing of the ologies taught in modern colleges..."
- No. 12 - Song - Spider and Tough Girls - "In days of old when knights were bold and barons held their sway..."
- No. 13 - Song - The Rainy Daisies - "Is there any earthly reason, when we strike the rainy season..."
- No. 14 - Song - Peter Stuyvesant and Chorus - "In a grove far away in Australia dwelt a dear little kangaroo..."
- No. 15 - Finale Act I, with Solo - Willie - "The tutelar goddess of old New York is a maiden whose mission is light..."
ACT II - The Seashore (and elsewhere in subsequent scenes).
- No. 16 - Song - Daisy and Chorus of Bathing Girls - "We are dainty, dimpled darlings, ev'ry one..."
- No. 17 - Song - Talkington and Bathing Girls - "Within this modest tent you'll find the girl who charms the snakes..."
- No. 18 - Song - Ruth - "The shades of night are gently falling. My thoughts take wing and fly across the sea..."
- No. 19 - Duet - Ruth and Willie - "When your heart begins to flutter and your head begins to whirl..."
- No. 20 - Song - Daisy and Chorus - "There's goin' to be a cake-walk, all the darkies will be there..." [Note: The lyrics of this song reflect the less enlightened attitudes of 1900]
- No. 21 - Chorus of Yachtsmen and Bathing Girls - "Yo ho! for a jolly good sail, a sail on the ocean blue..."
- No. 22 - Finale Act II - "Get into line, join in the whirl. We'll tincture the town of the liberty girl..."
Page modified 10 October 2016