The Tenderfoot is a musical play in three acts with lyrics by Richard Carle and music by Harry Lawson Heartz. It opened at the Dearborn Theatre, Chicago on 12 April 1903.
Dramatis Personæ
PROF. ZACHARY PETTIBONE, L.L.D., B.A. | Richard Carle |
COL. PAUL WINTHROP SERGT. BILL BARKER CAPT. O'REILLY CAPT. VINCENT |
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Edmund Stanley Gilbert Gregory D. J. Moyles Frank Randall |
CAPT. TODD | Abbott Adams |
HONEST JOHN MARTIN (gambler) | George Romain |
HOP LEE (servant) | William Rock |
RECKLESS REDDY (cowboy) | H. S. Austin |
BIG BLUFF (chief) | William Russell |
WHITE PILL (medicine man) | Edward Beck |
ABE SPLICER (parson) | Melville Baldwin |
MARION WORTHINGTON (heiress) | May de Sousa |
SALLY (maid) | Edna Hunter |
FLORA JANE FIBBY (authoress) | Vira Rial |
PATSY (waif) | Ethel Johnson |
MISS AMSTERDAM MISS MANHATTAN MISS KNICKERBOCKER MISS GOTHAM MISS NARRAGANSETT MISS NEWPORT MISS ASBURY MISS NIAGARA |
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Rose Leslie Myra Davis Alberta Hays Kitty Young Margaret McBride Kathleen Florence Louise Tozier Lotta Maydoc |
ACT I - Courtyard of the house on Marion Worthington's ranch.
- No. 1 - Washing Song - Hop Lee - "Ti ong lay tsing tli o ti ong lay..."
- No. 2 - Male Chorus - "In us you see the cavalry, best known as Texas Rangers, rough and ready fighting lads are we..."
- No. 3 - Duett - Flora and John - "Won't you take a chance, dear, and be mine? If yer do, I'll bet yer won't regret it...."
- No. 4 - Song - Sergeant Barker and Soldiers - "Who's the foremost man in battle? Who's the bravest in the throng? ..."
- No. 5 - Song - Professor Pettibone and Girls - "From far Vermont I took a jaunt as personal conductor..."
- No. 6 - Entrance of Marion - "List to the sound of clattering hoofs as over the prairie they're driving! ..."
- No. 7 - Song - Sally and Girls - "Since I was quite a little girl I've loved the militaire, there's something in their presence..."
- No. 8 - Song - Paul - "I'm a free-lance on the search for romance as I roam the wide world over..."
- No. 9 - Finale Act I - "Bells, bells, merry wedding bells, what a potent mystery their gladsome ring foretells! ..."
- No. 9a - Paraphrase of Mendelssohn's Wedding March
ACT II - Interior of the ranch barn.
- No. 10 - Opening Chorus - "Congratulations are in order here tonight! Felicitations on a pathway bathed in light! ..."
- No. 11a - Dance - Two-Step
- No. 11b - Dance - Schottische
- No. 12 - Gibson Girls - "Sylph-like, spirituelle, graceful as a gazelle, here's a typical girl you cannot fail to recognise! ..."
- No. 13 - Song - Professor Pettibone and Chorus - "Once all alone in San Antone I found myself one June day..."
- No. 14 - Ballad - Paul - "When first we met, you were my ideal, my love sincere I gave you, dear..."
- No. 15 - Trio - Professor, John and Barker - "Listen to my story true, 'tis the tale of the tortured Tom cat! ..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act II - "Husband! What means this situation? Explain at once! Explain! ..."
ACT III - An Indian camping ground.
- No. 17 - Opening Chorus - "The Red Man now prepares himself for warfare, in paint and feathers starts upon the trail..."
- No. 18 - Fascinating Venus - Marion and Chorus - "There's a spark in the dark of the star-gemm'd sky..."
- No. 19 - Dancing Quartet - Sally, Patsy, Professor and Barker - "Most ev'ryone delights to trip the light fantastic toe..."
- No. 20 - Finale Act III - "I'm a peaceable party! Health and appetite hearty! Chosen by brothers and voted by mothers..."
MIDI Files
- External Links
- Vocal Score at The Internet Archive
- Program for The Tenderfoot at the Dearborn Theatre
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