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The Tenderfoot is a musical play in three acts with lyrics by Richard Carle and music by Harry Lawson Heartz. It opened at the Dearborn Theatre, Chicago on 12 April 1903.
Dramatis Personæ
| PROF. ZACHARY PETTIBONE, L.L.D., B.A. | Richard Carle |
| COL. PAUL WINTHROP SERGT. BILL BARKER CAPT. O'REILLY CAPT. VINCENT |
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(Texas Rangers) | { { { { |
Edmund Stanley Gilbert Gregory D. J. Moyles Frank Randall |
| CAPT. TODD | Abbott Adams |
| HONEST JOHN MARTIN (gambler) | George Romain |
| HOP LEE (servant) | William Rock |
| RECKLESS REDDY (cowboy) | H. S. Austin |
| BIG BLUFF (chief) | William Russell |
| WHITE PILL (medicine man) | Edward Beck |
| ABE SPLICER (parson) | Melville Baldwin |
| MARION WORTHINGTON (heiress) | May de Sousa |
| SALLY (maid) | Edna Hunter |
| FLORA JANE FIBBY (authoress) | Vira Rial |
| PATSY (waif) | Ethel Johnson |
| MISS AMSTERDAM MISS MANHATTAN MISS KNICKERBOCKER MISS GOTHAM MISS NARRAGANSETT MISS NEWPORT MISS ASBURY MISS NIAGARA |
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(Gibson Girls) | { { { { { { { { |
Rose Leslie Myra Davis Alberta Hays Kitty Young Margaret McBride Kathleen Florence Louise Tozier Lotta Maydoc |
ACT I - Courtyard of the house on Marion Worthington's ranch.
- No. 1 - Washing Song - Hop Lee - "Ti ong lay tsing tli o ti ong lay..."
- No. 2 - Male Chorus - "In us you see the cavalry, best known as Texas Rangers, rough and ready fighting lads are we..."
- No. 3 - Duett - Flora and John - "Won't you take a chance, dear, and be mine? If yer do, I'll bet yer won't regret it...."
- No. 4 - Song - Sergeant Barker and Soldiers - "Who's the foremost man in battle? Who's the bravest in the throng? ..."
- No. 5 - Song - Professor Pettibone and Girls - "From far Vermont I took a jaunt as personal conductor..."
- No. 6 - Entrance of Marion - "List to the sound of clattering hoofs as over the prairie they're driving! ..."
- No. 7 - Song - Sally and Girls - "Since I was quite a little girl I've loved the militaire, there's something in their presence..."
- No. 8 - Song - Paul - "I'm a free-lance on the search for romance as I roam the wide world over..."
- No. 9 - Finale Act I - "Bells, bells, merry wedding bells, what a potent mystery their gladsome ring foretells! ..."
- No. 9a - Paraphrase of Mendelssohn's Wedding March
ACT II - Interior of the ranch barn.
- No. 10 - Opening Chorus - "Congratulations are in order here tonight! Felicitations on a pathway bathed in light! ..."
- No. 11a - Dance - Two-Step
- No. 11b - Dance - Schottische
- No. 12 - Gibson Girls - "Sylph-like, spirituelle, graceful as a gazelle, here's a typical girl you cannot fail to recognise! ..."
- No. 13 - Song - Professor Pettibone and Chorus - "Once all alone in San Antone I found myself one June day..."
- No. 14 - Ballad - Paul - "When first we met, you were my ideal, my love sincere I gave you, dear..."
- No. 15 - Trio - Professor, John and Barker - "Listen to my story true, 'tis the tale of the tortured Tom cat! ..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act II - "Husband! What means this situation? Explain at once! Explain! ..."
ACT III - An Indian camping ground.
- No. 17 - Opening Chorus - "The Red Man now prepares himself for warfare, in paint and feathers starts upon the trail..."
- No. 18 - Fascinating Venus - Marion and Chorus - "There's a spark in the dark of the star-gemm'd sky..."
- No. 19 - Dancing Quartet - Sally, Patsy, Professor and Barker - "Most ev'ryone delights to trip the light fantastic toe..."
- No. 20 - Finale Act III - "I'm a peaceable party! Health and appetite hearty! Chosen by brothers and voted by mothers..."
MIDI Files
- External Links
- Vocal Score at The Internet Archive
- Program for The Tenderfoot at the Dearborn Theatre
Page modified 31 March 2017