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The Girl of my Dreams is a musical play, book by Wilbur D. Nesbit and Otto A. Haurbach and music by Karl Hoschna. Opened at the Criterion Theatre, New York, on 7 August 1911.
Dramatis Personæ
| HARRY SWIFTON | John Hyams |
| LUCY MEDDERS | Leila McIntyre |
| PHINEAS MEDDERS | Ray L. Royce |
| CAROLYN "CUDDLE" SWIFTON | Lillian Smith |
| "PIGEON" WILLIAMS | Harry Clarke |
| SOCRATES PRIMMER | Percival Aylmer |
| GENERAL BLAZES | Geo. S. Trimble |
| HELEN BLAZES | Henrietta Lee |
| DAPHNE DAFFINGTON (Mlle. Daphne) | Nita Allen |
| COUNT VON SCHNIGGLEFITZ | Irving Brooks |
| CHARLOTTE | Anna Walker |
| MESSENGER BOY | J. J. Delson |
ACT I - Harry's suite at Dovecrest - the Swifton Homestead, in a suburb of New York.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - Bachelor Boys - "Bach'lor days! Bach'lor days! With care free hearts we sing your praise..."
- No. 2 - Song - "Cuddle" and Chorus - "School girls always welcome their playtime; summer is the time for a gay time..."
- No. 3 - Song - Harry and Boys - "Don't talk to me of Belles and Dames that go to the city pace..."
- No. 4 - Quaker Talk - Lucy and Chorus - "Quaker talk is simple if thee study carefully..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Harry and Lucy - "Once there lived a little maiden who was so coy that neither man, nor boy..."
- No. 6a - Recit. - Daphne - "I'm daffie about you, Daphne, Daffie Daphne Daffington! ..."
- No. 6b - Duet - Daphne and Harry - "There's the circular letter, try-to-work-you-lar letter, the follow-up thousand and one..."
- No. 7 - Duet - Pigeon and Carolyn - "A man once fell in love with a darling little lass, a very, very, very little dear..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "That sneeze! That soul-inspiring sneeze! I could tell it in a boiler factory with ease! My wife! ..."
ACT II - The grounds and entrance to Dovecrest.
- No. 9 - Opening Chorus, with Pigeon, Cuddle and Helen - "Did you ever see anything like it? It's a shame! ..."
- No. 10 - Trio - Count von Schnigglefitz, Helen and Daphne - "It's very plain for me to see dat you've been trifling mit me..."
- No. 11 - Song - Harry - "Back in the Maytime of my boyhood days I read of ladies fair and heroes bold..."
- No. 12 - Song - Pigeon and Chorus - "There are lots of girls that I could get to eat out of my hand..."
- No. 13 - Guessing Game Song - Six Principals and Girls - "When it comes to the question of mixing up hearts..."
- No. 14 - Duet - Lucy and Harry - "Sh! I thought I heard a sound like someone snoopin' round, listen..."
- No. 15 - Song - Lucy and Chorus - "Old Doctor Tinker is a man who lives in Toy-Town and he can mend any toy..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act II - "True; for your eyes have told me, eyes where love-light gleams, you're my true girl..."
MIDI files
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 7 December 2016