Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-12

IHe CHie4 ana NUN departed TO return
anon with the whole band In the mean
time Ma5le appears and is apprised by
| Frederick of the leap-year incident.
"What IS to be done ?" ne asks her,
| and she consents to wait for him until he
has reached his twenty-tirst birthday,
February 20, 1910. He then leaves once
more to JOIN the pirates. In the meantime
the unfortunate g Botbies return. CUES.
toned by Mabel, they state that they have
no leader Frederick commanding them no
longerl, and then sing song and chorus
with the "refrain that 90 a policeman's lot
| is not happy one, so arranged that the
| last words or syllables of the Sergeant are
| caught up by the chorus OF nine and rem
dered unisono, an effect as original and
surprising as the weather chatter in the
first act and equally appreciated by the
audience. The effect is the same as pro-
duced by the Greek chorus-from whence
the idea was probably borrowed-and is
easily imagined Shy any one who has wit
messed Antigone, or Schillers Die Braut
Won Messina or listened to a good choir
intoning the responses Ia a church service.
This, as near as may be by memory, is the
scene:
| Sergt ant
Tho in body and in mind Taratara |,
We tiinidly inclined Taratafa !
And anyt hing but blind Taratara !
To the danger that's behind Taratara !
Yet when the dangers near Ia etara !
We manage to appear Taratara !
As insensbe to fear Taratara !
AS anybody here. Tarutara 7
Chorus Spoken As ANYBODY here
Mabel-sergeant, approach. Frederick was TO
lead you to death and 10 glory.
Chorus (spokenl-That is not pleasant way Of
putting it,
Mabel-No matter. He has allied himself once
more to his associates.
Chorus (spoken)-He mas acted shamefully
Mabel-You speak foolishly You know nothing
about it. He has acted nobly.
Chorus (spoken)-He has acted noby
Mabel-Dearly as loved him, his heroic sacrifice
to his sense of duty has endeared him To tenfold
But if it be his duty to constitute himself my foe,
1t Is likewise my duty to regard him in that Light.
He has done his duty
Chorus Spoken in the deepest basso)-He has.
Mabel will do mine Go you aud do yours.
tExit)
Sergeant Ito his menl-This is perplexing
Chorus (spokenl-We cannot understand it ut all.
Sergeant-But still if he is actuated by OF
duty.
Chorus (sPoken} That makes difference of
course. At the same time repeat cannot
derstand It at ALL
Sereeant-our course is clear. We must manage
to capture these pirates alone 1t is most distress
ing to to be the agents whereby our erring fell
low-creatures are deprived OF that liberty which is
30 dear to US all. Bnt should have thought OF
that before we joined the forces
Chorus (spoken)-We should.
SeIgeant-It is too late now
Chorus-lt is.
Sergeant sings
When the felon's not engaged in hi, ~ ployment
Or maturing his feionious little plans
Chorus Little plans
His capacity for innocent enjoyment
Chorus Cent enjoyment
Is just IS great as any honest mans.
(Chorus) Honest mans
Our feelings we with difficulty smother
Chorus Guilty smother
When constabulaiy duty's to be done.
Chorus To he DONE
On taking one consideration with another
{Chorus) With another.
A policeman's lot is not happy one.
Chorus-oh when constabulary dutys to be done
A policemans lot is not happy one.
I'm deepest basso)- Ha py one
When the enterprsing burglars is not a burgng,
Chorus Not burgliny.
When the cutthroat is not occupied in crime,
(Chorusl- Pied in crime.
He owes to hear the little brock a gurgl ng,
(Chorus) Brook gurgiing.
Or listen to the merry village chime.
(Chorus)- Village chime
When the eoster's finished Jumping on his mother,
(Chorus)- On his mother.
He loves TO lie a-basking in the sun,
Oh taking one consideration with another.
{Chorusl- With another.
policemafs lot is not happy one
Chorus-0h when constabulary dutys to be done
poiicemans lot is not a happy one.
On deepest basso)- Happy one.
As the song ends voices are heard in the
distance they are those of the pirates,
who sing lively song, in which the police
men take part alternately. This melody
and mode of rendering may be found al
most completely in Kreutzer's serenade,
1,pfor don, aba
dach The police hide at the left of the
stage and the pirates appear with a mag
nificent chorus tempo d; marcia. Then
they see a light approaching, before which
they In tuTa withdraw to the right of the
stage The light is borne by the
Maior-General, who appears in dressing
gown, slippers and night-cap in the
shape Of his cooked hat, surmount-
ed by the ridiculous feather-dus-
ter. He cannot sleep because his story OF
the orphan boy haunts him besides this |
he heard a noise (which is brought to hear
ing again by the lusty shouting of the two |
hidden male choruses g Ha, hal ha, |
ha y lie feigns not hearing this noise,
says: All is still over dale and hill, |
He thinks the breeze has awakened him, |
to illustrate which Mr.. Sullivan has intro |
duced charming instrumental theme, de- |
picting the soft undulating waves of the
breeze in most poetical and beautiful |
strain. The beauty of this exquisite NOR
ceau, every way as worthy as the best |
thing Boildieu or Auber ever wrote, was
perhaps inspired by the charming words of
Mr.. Gilbert, one of those plaintive little |
ballads with which he sometimes-too sell |
dom, indeed-favors US :
Softly signing to the river
Comes the loving breeze,
Setting nature all culver,
RustliDg thro' the trees,
1hro the trees.
And the brock, In gentle measure,
Laughs for very love-
While the poplars in their pleasure
Wave their arms above
Yes the trees TO- very love
Wave their leafy arms above,
Yet the breeze Is but rover;
When he wings away
Brook and poplars mourn lover,
Signing, well-a-day
Well-a-day
All, the doing and undoipg
That the gae could tell
When the breeze is out a'wooing
Who can WOO weli
All the tales the rogue could tell
Nobody could WOO well.
The Major General Is interrupted by the
arrival of his daughters lin chaste night
gowns and lovely to behold) they have
heard his voice and are alarmed to find
him here. But suddenly this charming
picture of devoted filial love is turned into
chaos by the interference of the pirates,
who once more surrounded the girls and