No. 2: Entrance & Solo
(Indru & Chorus)
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(Enter Indru).
Indru | ||
This is the place, the sweet and hallowed spot, And these the folks who share her humble lot. |
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Pariahs. | ||
Salaam, Sahib!
Salaam, Sahib! |
Solo - "Bow not, Good People"
(Indru & Chorus, T.B.)
(Indru & Chorus, T.B.)
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Tenors. | |
These sentiments are Democrat indeed, | |
Basses. | |
But who is this that preaches such a creed? | |
Indru. | |
I am Indru, the Rajah's only son. | |
Pariahs. | |
He is Indru, the Rajah's only son. | |
(They fall back salaaming). | |
Indru. (con espressivo) | |
Nay, shrink not from me. Rank I have eschewed. I am your brother from this day henceforth; I love a maid, one of your humble Caste, 'Mongst you she lives, and where she lives, live I; You are her friends, and Beebee's friends are mine. List! and I'll tell the story of our love. List! list! |
Ballad —"The Sun was Setting"
(Indru, with Chorus, T.B.)
Indru. (1st verse) | ||
The sun was setting, cool the day, And, half asleep, I dreaming lay, |
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When, through the window from the street, There came a voice so clear and sweet. |
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'Twas like the surf o'er pebbles tripping Or drops of water drip, drip, dripping |
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In a crystal stream. | ||
Pariahs. | ||
In a crystal stream. | ||
Indru. | ||
In a crystal stream. | ||
Pariahs. | ||
In a crystal stream | ||
Indru. | ||
'Twas not an ordinary voice But something like a dream. |
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Tenors | ||
'Twas not an ordinary voice | ||
Basses. | ||
But something like a dream. | ||
All. | ||
Like a dream. |
Indru. (2nd Verse) | ||
I rose, and to the casement flew,
And what a vision met my view, . . . |
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A dancing maid, a thing of grace,
A Nautch girl with an angel's face. |
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'Twas like a cherub's calmly sleeping Or Venus through her tresses peeping |
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At her bashful love. | ||
Pariahs. | ||
At her bashful love. | ||
Indru. | ||
At her bashful love. | ||
Pariahs. | ||
At her bashful love. | ||
Indru. | ||
'Twas not an ordinary face, But something from above. |
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Tenors. | ||
'Twas not an ordinary face, | ||
Basses. | ||
But something from above. | ||
All. | ||
From above. |
Indru. | ||
I stood transfixed before my Queen, Such beauty I had never seen; |
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And while I watched her from above, My eyes drank in deep draughts of love. |
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'Twas such a sweet ecstatic feeling, Like perfume o'er the senses stealing, |
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Lulling one to sleep, | ||
Pariahs. | ||
Lulling one to sleep. | ||
Indru. | ||
'Twas not an ordinary love, | ||
Pariahs. | ||
Not an ordinary love | ||
Indru. | ||
But something far more deep. | ||
Tenors. | ||
'Twas not an ordinary love, |
Tenors. | Basses. | Indru. |
But something far more deep | But something warm and deep | Not an ordinary love |
But somethiong far more deep |
Indru. | |
But something | |
All. | |
Far more deep. |
Enter Currie. (brief entrance music Allegro vivace)
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