Produced at the Globe Theatre, New York, on October 7th. 1919.

Cast of Characters

Synopsis of Scenes

MIDI Files

ACT I   -   Garden of Castle Hill School, Clifton-on-Hudson.

• No. 1 - Opening Chorus - Girls - "Come along, we are through for the day, all our work in geology is over..."
• No. 2 - Song - Julie, Polly & Girls - "When your mother says that you can't go out with any certain man, do you obey..."
• No. 3 - Song - Nancy & Girls - "I've always wondered how a girl can tell when she's in love..."
• No. 4 - Trio - Nancy, Polly, & Dickie - "We cannot agree that among us three any secrets should obtain..."
• No. 5 - Letter Song - Nancy & Girls - "Dear Nancy, I've at last made up my mind to tell you what I've planned for you to do..."
• No. 6 - Duet - Julie & Dickie - "I know a place where we can dwell, way up beyond the noisy 'El'..."
• No. 7a - Finale Act I (part 1) - Ensemble and Song - Nancy - "Why Julie, what's the matter?  What is it makes you cry? ..."
• No. 7b - Finale Act I (conclusion) - Nancy's Farewell - "Dear friends, goodbye - now I must go..."

ACT II   -   At Phillip Campbell's House, near Fifth Avenue.

• No. 8 - Duet - Julie & Harvey - "When an up-to-date young Darby needs a modern sort of Joan..."
• No. 9 - Scene and Song - Nancy & Girls - "Your words are shocking if sincere, when we hear you speak of dancing..."
• No. 9½ - Exit (appears in the vocal score as No. 8½) - "When the wedding bells are ringing..."
• No. 10 - Song - Phil & Men - "We have seen that the marriage knot has been tied, tied, tied..."
• No. 10½ - Exit (appears in the vocal score as No. 9½) - "He loves the girls, girls, girls just the same..."
• No. 11 - Duet - Nancy & Phil - "My wife!  That's so, but I have no claim on you, for of course you are just as free..."
• No. 12 - Song - Anne & Chorus - "Women all are most afraid of a widow, a widow..."
• No. 13 - Quartet - Nancy, Anne, Phil & Dickie - "Ev'rybody should be gay ... So they say, on a wedding day..."
• No. 14 - Finale Act II - "Well, I went to lunch the other day with a friend of mine..."

ACT III   -   The Ball Room.

• No. 15 - Opening Chorus - "What joy! to live and love, and dance tonight, all is bright, sheer delight..."
• No. 16 - Song - Nancy and Girls - "Many years ago at a masquerade sang a Spanish lover a serenade..."
• No. 17 - Song - Anne and Girls - "There always have been many theories of how a girl can win a man..."
• No. 18 - Song - Phil - "She speaks to me of love, with words I prize all else above..."
• No. 19 - Duet - Anne and Dickie, with Chorus - "If we belonged to a band, not all could expect to play the solos..."

Items 1, 3, 5, 7b, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18 & 19 were composed by Fritz Kreisler.
Items 2, 4, 6, 7a, 9, 9½, 10, 10½, 11 & 13 were composed by Victor Jacobi.
Items 14 & 15 are attributed to both composers.

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