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

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says: " We waive that point" No hope
being left TO Her Maiesty's Major General,
lie strikes up different tune, setting
forth:
General-0 men OF dark and dismal fate
Forego your cruel employ,
Have pity on my lonely state,
| am an orphan boy.
An orphan boy
Chorus-An orphan boy.
General An orphan boy.
Chorus-How sad to be an orphan boy
General-These children that you see
Are all that can call my own,
Take them away from me
And shall be indeed undone.
All alone
Chcrus-Poor fellow
Generai-And shall be alone.
Chorus-And he will be alone
General-H pity you en- feel
Leave me this sole remaining ioy
Seat your feet they kneel
Your hearts you cannot steel
Against the sad appeal
OF the lonely orphan boy.
Chorus-Poor fellow.
General-A ly-hi-hi-hi-hi--orphan boy
This simple statement repels the kind
hearted pirates they are once more true
to their maxim of never harming orphans,
and their king observes
Although we live by strife,
We're very sorry TO begin 1t
For what, We ask, is life
Without touch Of poetry in it
With this the band resign all wishes for
the girls III a general chorus, all kneeling,
tempo religioso.
Hail, Poetry, thou heaven born maid,
Thou giidest cen tn pirates trade,
Hail, flowing font Of sentimenti
AL hail, Divine Enollient !.
r.. 4I,Is Oh M,
the best effort, perhaps, of the entire opus.
For rhythmic and effective writing this
certainly has no equal among all its bright
passages. The pirates then separate, Fred,
erick going with his Mabel and her father,
and thus endeth the first act; the young
ladies scaling the rocks with their father,
waving an adieu to the pirates, who in
dulge in a wild dance of exultation at the
triumph OF their guiding principles.
The second act is ushered in with a
graceful orchestral introduction. The
scene is laid in the ruins of chapel in
bright moonlight. The twenty two daugh-
tiers are assembled around Their father and
sing He is disconsolate at deceiving the
pirates. His conscience troubles him, and
he thinks he has cast slur upon the
scutcheon of his ancestors.
I told them terrible story,
And this has diminished my glory.
Frederick, however, pacifes the papa's
feelings, saying that the stucco is not dry
yet, as the castle was bought only year
ago, and as to the ancestors buried in the
chapel, they are not those of the Major
General. Indignantly this worthy replies
" Frederick, in this chapel are ancestors
you cannot deny that | don't know whose
ancestors they were, but | know whose
ancestors they are and as their descendent
by purchase IF | may so describe my
self, | shudder to think OF the disgrace
that have brought upon them "a piece
of Mr., Gllbert's w.t. which never fails
to bring down the house. Frederick,
who is now in the uniform of an officer in
II. B. NJ. 8 army Eleventh Hussars, says
ne is about to attack and annihilate the
pirates. The Major General wishes to be-
stow his blessing upon him and his men
before they leave on their g dread adven-
ture, and upon Fredemck's signal these
heroes appear in the shape of ten police
men, costumed like the London Boobies, "
armed with lighted bulrs-eye lanterns and
the customary clubs, and headed by very
comical character With a song, accom-
panied by the mems faithful imitation Of
bugle sound, the Sergeant informs the lis
teners of the duties and peculiar situations
of policemen-as policemen would view i,
them if they were all of such sarcastic
mind as Mr. Gilbert Mabel and Kate i'm
plore the policemen to do their duty, to
scorn death and be brave. lovely bou-
quet is given to the Sergeant. who fastens
it to his button hole, saying that the out
look for death, etc, is not very cheerful,
6 but it is evident that these attentions are
well meant.
When the foemsn draws his Steel
Chorus (trumpeting) Taratara T,uatara
uncomfortable feel,
Chorus-Taratara
Sergeant-And we find the wisest thing
Chorus Taratsra Taratara
to slap our breasts and sing;
Chorus -Tarartara
when we're threatened by the Utes'
Chorus-Taratarat Taratara
our hearts are in our boots,
Chorus-TaraRra
is nothing brings them round
Like the trumpet's martial sound
Like the trumpet's martial sound.
Chorus-Taratara Taratara
Here the Sergeant receives the bouquet |
and appeal from Mabel and Kate, and he |
continues
Their attentions well meant,
Such attentions don't appear
Calculated men to cheer
Who are going to meet their fate |
In highly nervous state.
The Sergeant and his men withdraw so |
does the Major General and the girls, ex-
cept Mabel, who remains to bid Frederick |
a tender adieu. Left alone then, Fred. |
erick sets forth how he is going to exter- |
inmate the pirates, when suddenly the
Chief and Ruth appear, placing themselves
at either side of Frederick, pointing pis-
tolls at his head, and asking him not to be |
80 cruel and to have mercy on them. Gen. |
srous Frederick says: 81 will be merci-
jul"
This is the story of "Gil Bias" but
worded and acted in such way as to |
outdo old lie Sage entirely. The Chief |
and Ruth express their thanks and then |
tell him in merry song, the end strophe of |
which is drowned in laughter, that they |
have risk ed their lives in penetrating to
these rui.s to inform him of joke, which /
they are sure would by nobody be more |
enjoyed than by Frederick. This joke is
related in the song of the paradox. 1t
states that Frederick was apprenticed with |