The Water Babies
Channel: waynerichmond
Date: 2019-11-16

A folk opera for children and adults by Freddie Hill. Performed at the ACA Theatre, Leichhardt, Sydney Australia in September 2019 as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival (http://sydneyfringe.com).  We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and wish to pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging.  Special thanks to the Blue Mountains Steiner School who contributed their school as a free venue for rehearsals.

Opening Chorus - 0:00
Grimes's Song - 5:00
Fairies' Round - 8:45
Octet - 10:43
Seed of Sedition - 13:17
Tom on Moors - 14:15
Schoolhouse Sequence - 15:16
Clear and Cool - 18:13
When all the world is young - 20:58
Tom's Song - 23:37
Salmon Polka - 26:50
Otter Song - 29:06
It's all so beautiful - 33:35
Professor's Song - 36:57
Lobster Song - 38:34
In the world beneath the sea -  43:25
Lolly Song - 46:58
The Doll Song - 49:58
Sweetutopia - 51:41
We're Together - 53:31
Tom meets Ellie - 56:03
Ellis is going - 58:14
In the world beneath the sea (reprise) - 60:08
Mother Cary Sequence - 63:02
Backstairs (jazz duo) - 64:50
Workhouse Sequence - 66:48
Ellie's Song - 69:22
Credits - 74:40