The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-26


Scene-Tho apartments of Mr.. and Mrs. Ty
Ter. Mr.. Tyler is discovered reading a news
paper. Enter Mrs. Tyler, who advances to tn,
Mrs. Tyler think / smell smoke.
Mr.. Tyler-She thinks she smells smoke.
Mr.. Tfyyiieerr--AtiHH. 'H What t% IS ts sfsSAe She say. .h,
thinks she smells smoke.
What does 1t mean2
What does II mean
This smell Of smoke may indicate
That we'll be burned.
Oh-h-h-h-h. awful fate.
Behold the smell grows stronger yet.
The house lie burning; I'd regret
To perish in the curling flames.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler duet
oh, sad is our lot: sad is our lot,
Sad is our lot, sad is our lot,
To perish In the flames so hot.
To curl and writhe and fry and sizz.
oh, what q dreadful thing it Is
To think of such q thing!
Mrs. Tyler-We must escape!
Mr.. T,y!er-Yes. yes. we must escape.
Mrs. Tyler-We have no time TO lose.
M' -se'- truth! 0'' We have Sl%sn no time tim; to oi Iose'
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler duet
Oh, sad is our lot. sad Is our lot,
sad is our lot. sad is our lot2
TO perish in the flames so hot;
Mrs. Tyler-Hark. bark What is that2
NJ. Tyler-1t is the alarm of FIRE.
alarm.
Mr.. Tyler-The dread alarm
Strikes on the ear
And chiIls me with
An awful fear.
The house will burn;
oh, can 1t be
That | must die
In misery2
That | must die
In misery.
That | must die
The house win burn,
oh. can 1t DO
That | must die
In misery.
Mrs. Mrs. TyIer-G9ms lie LET US fly; III, x.,u 49,.
once.
Enter all the other residents of the fifth
floor OF the apartment building. They range
themselves in a semicirole behind Mr.. and Mrs.
N.Y. ag.s Tyler
Kind friends. l have some news to tell,
This house is burning. 1t is well
That we should haste ourselves away,
And save our lives without delay.
Oh. let us not remain too long,
Remain too long. too long, too long.
Oh. let us not remain too long.
Women OF the chorus u.
1t must be SO.
The building Is on fire
And we must 60.
What is this he tells usf
1t must be SO,
The building is on fire
And we must 20.
Grand chorus
oh. hasten. oh. hasten, oh, hasten away,
Our terror we would not conceal,
And language fails TO express the alarm
That In our hearts we feel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler
Ah-h-h. language cannot express the fear
That in their hearts they feel.
lEnter the %jnnitor.)
Janitor-Hold, ! am herel
Mr.. Tyler-Ah. it is the ~janitor.
Mrs. Tyler-Can | believe my senses,
Or am going mad2
II Is the j%anitoro,,
Janitor-Such news | have to tell.
MIR. Tyler-Ah. | might have known.
Mrs. Tvler-l HS has s snGn b m.ws to 1b tel; Pr, ana
Mr.. Tyler-Yes. speak.
leone to inform you
That you must quickly fly:
The fearful blaze is spreading;
To tarry Is to die.
The floors underneath you
Are completely burned away;
They cannot save the building
SO now escape, l pray:
The flames are roaring loudly
oh, what a fearful sound!
You can hear the people shrieking
AS they leap and strike the ground.
oh, horror overtRkes me,
And | merely pause To say
That the buildings doomed for certain
so haste, oh, haste away,
How IL chills my heart;
Yet we will sing
A few more arias
~ Wv "a
Mr.. Tyler-Yes, yes. A few moro Arial.
And then away.
Grand chorus
Oh. hasten, oh. hasten. oh. hasteu arayl
Our terror We cannot conceal,
And language fails to express the alarm
That in our hearts we feel.
Mrs. Tyler
Now, ere / retreat,
Lest death overtekes me,
I'll speak OF the fear
Which conVulses and shakes me.
sicken to think what may oefAll,
oh, horror, horror, horror.
Mr.. Tyler
The woman speaks tho truth,
And there can be no doubt
That we will perish soon
Unless we all clear out,
Grand chorus
oh, hasten, oh, hasten, oh, hasten AwayI
Our terror We cannot conceal,
And Language fails to express the alarm
That In our hearts we feel.
This was MS far as Mr.. Tyler could 20. He
Iidn't want to make his principals actually
hasten away, as that would have been a yio-
al lion Of opera trad ,tion.
His theory is thar they remained and were
'urned,