Opening Chorus Act 1 1915 'A Maid And A Myth'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Oct 2004

[Curtain Up:]

Here we while away
all the happy summer days
on the shores of Brittany.
The peasants sing their legends quaint,
no cares or worries comes to taint,
our life of gay frivolity.
You never need fear,
that you'll find trouble here,
it's a life of perfect harmony and peace.
There is music in the air,
and there's sunshine ev'rywhere,
it's a life, free from strife,
on the shores of Brittany.

First, come, drummers with their wares.
To sign up at our hotel
there's no treasure you could want,
that the drummers do not sell.
Then come tourists from afar
who are on sightseeing bent,
throw away their money,
they just think it funny,
till it's spent.

Next some twenty thirty troupe
with a show that's bound to thrill,
Even give your money back
if they fail to fill the bill.
Then of course the idle rich come
to worry time away.
Life is so unpleasant,
envy simple peasants, so they say.

No matter what their business,
they soon begin to feel
the air of languid romance
that is this climes appeal,
that is this climes appeal.

Here we while away
all the happy summer days
on the shores of Brittany.
The peasants sing their legends quaint,
no cares or worries comes to taint,
our life of gay frivolity.
You never need fear,
that you'll find trouble here,
it's a life of perfect harmony and peace.
There is music in the air,
and there's sunshine ev'rywhere,
it's a life, free from strife,
on the shores of Brittany.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Opening Chorus Act 1 1915
A Maid And A Myth
Music by W.H.Bennett
Lyrics by R.F.Field
© 1915 by C.M.Ferguson
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 29 October 2004 at 18.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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Produced by the Illinois Union Dramatic Club
in 1915 - University of Illinois
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