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50 Cents ABRA ADORA AH FEATHER ain't audience AUNT BETT blue boys in blue Bridget broom cambric carry centre chair CHARACTERS AND COSTUMES CHLOE chorus chune Comedy command march curtain dance dear DINAH DOLLY dress Enter eyes face father Four Acts front girls GRANDFATHER GRANDMOTHER GULL GULLIVER gwine head instructor commands JAKE JAMES FOGARTY kentry KINK ladies left hand look LUCY M'lle males mammy Mikado Miss Johnsing modern MOLLY MOSE mother MULLY never nigger Pantomime Plays a full POMPEY rear ribbon right hand right or left Rosy scene scenery shakes side sing singin sisters sits soldier song Spect spune stage stands sweet TABLEAU tell Three Acts three interiors TILLY TOPSY turn VINCENT WALTER H wear Whar wife woman young
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Page 8 - HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! What more can he say than to you he hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled...
Page 51 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?
Page 11 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still, yet brave despair; And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?
Page 7 - You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage, And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by.
Page 19 - MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Page 20 - OFT, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain hath bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 8 - I am thy God, and will still give thee aid ; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
Page 15 - When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer, the boys will shout, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home.