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1905 Version
The Cingalee, or Sunny Ceylon is a musical play in two acts by James T. Tanner, with music by Lionel Monckton, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and additional material by Paul Rubens. It opened at Daly's Theatre in London, managed by George Edwardes, on March 5, 1904 and ran until March 11, 1905 for a total of 365 (another source giving 391) performances.
Dramatis Personæ
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 Huntley Wright as Chambhuddy Ram and Gracie Leigh as Peggy Sabine |
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MIDI Files
ACT I - Vereker's Tea Plantation, "Karagama," Ceylon.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus of Girls - "Never a cloud in the sky, never a wind on the hill, birds do not waken to cry, noon-tide is still..."
- No. 2 - Song - Vereker and Tea Girls - "Beyond the bar of fair Manaar the diver seeks for pearls. I know a gem out-shining them, a jewel queen of girls..."
- No. 3 - Chorus and Scene - "What on earth is that, that's carried by a coolie? That's a lady's hat, the hat is in it truly..."
- No. 4 - Song - Naitooma and Tea Girls - "We're four young ladies, whose pleasant trade is to make tea all the day long..."
- No. 5 - March, Chorus and Song - Boobhamba - "Hail the noble, deeply venerated for his ancient pedigree! Since his race has not degenerated..."
- No. 6 - Song - Lady Patricia - "As you have to decide on a bride, let me offer myself for the post. You must first call to mind I'm good-tempered and kind..."
- No. 7 - Song - Warren and Tea Girls - "Four little girls of Ceylon; one man they're all sweet upon, one man who cannot contrive to decide..."
- No. 8 - Duet - Peggy and Chambhuddy - "If I were a sweet little green parakeet ... And I were a gay cockatoo..."
- No. 9 - Dance
- No. 10 - Sextet - Lady Patricia, Peggy, Angy, Boobhamba, Sir Peter and Warren - "Oh, what an isle where nature's smile is never dim or chilly!"
- No. 11 - Song - Chambhuddy - "London very peculiar place, English very contrary race; you are most particular, still you never know where you are! ..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act I - "Is it Nanoya? It is Nanoya! It is Nanoya, Nanoya! ... When this girl was a wee girl..."
ACT II - Boobhamba's Palace by the Lake of Kandy.
- No. 13 - Opening Chorus - "On the quiet lake the moonbeams shimmer, other light is none ... Not a fire to glow or lamp to glimmer till the year is done..."
- No. 14 - Song - Nanoya, Tea Girls and Chorus - "I'm a maiden merry, sorry to be sold to a husband very old! ..."
- No. 15 - Song - Chambhuddy - "If English Pot a rich man be, he spend it all in a day; when finish'd with a thing, then he will throw the lot all away..."
- No. 16 - Song - Peggy - "The London girl is a curious thing, there are so many types about! There's the girl with a smile quite half a mile..."
- No. 17 - Song - Vereker - "When sunbeams rise out of the skies, flooding the world with light, and shadows grey vanish away after the weary night..."
- No. 18 - Song - Warren and Chorus - "Now gather girls from near and far, wherever you may be; I never care how close you are, so don't mind squeezing me..."
- No. 19 - Duet - Peggy and Chambhuddy - "Lots of time somehow we've wasted up to now, when we might have had such fun! ..."
- No. 20 - Duet - Lady Patricia and Warren - "If only all the world had been made for you and me ... O, what a perfect place the world would be..."
- No. 21 - Song - Boobhamba and Chorus - "Though of course I may feel irritation at my wedding not carrying through, there is certainly some compensation..."
- No. 22 - Duet - Peggy and Chambhuddy - "Once a Gollywog loved a dolly wog ... Wog, wog! Wog, wog! ..."
- No. 23 - Duet - Lady Patricia and Warren, with Chorus - "I'm afraid I do not quite understand what people mean by Parahara! ..."
- No. 24 - Finale Act II - "Cingalee, Cingalee, my wife for life is my Cingalee! ..."
Additional Songs
- No. 25 - Song - Nanoya - "You met a little girl one day, far away. She'd not got very much to say, not that day..."
- No. 26 - Song - Nanoya - "In my happy childhood hours that are past and flown, I'd a little plot of flow'rs, for my very own! ..."
- Original Version
- External Links
- Vocal Score at the University of Rochester
- The Cingalee at Wikipedia
- The Cingalee at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 7 October 2016