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Charity Begrins at Home is a musical comedietta with words by B. C. Stephenson and music by Alfred Cellier, first performed at The Gallery of Illustration, London, 7 February 1872, with a cast including Arthur Cecil, Corney Grain, Alfred Reed, Miss F. Holland, and Mrs. German Reed.
- Overture
- No. 1 - Duet - Gorringe and Susan - "Be seated, pray; your head incline a little to the right, your hands across, that's capital, a very pretty sight..."
- No. 2 - Song - Susan - "When I first saw the little pair -- she four, he scarcely eight -- I wondered at her golden hair that brush'd his curly pate..."
- No. 3 - Duet - Bumpus and Gorringe - "Yes, I'm the beadle of the place, my hat and stick behold; observe my majesty of face, my bobs and tags of gold..."
- No. 4 - Song - Joe Bumpus - "Why dress a boy up such a guy, the scoff of ev'ry passer-by, the scorn of other boys, and why? Because I've no domestic tie..."
- No. 5 - Fisherwoman's Song - Mrs. Bumpus - "Good people, come buy them, their excellence test, you had far better buy them of me; the finest, the freshest..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Mr. and Mrs. Bumpus - "You lazy, idle vagabond! You good-for-nothing lout! While I have toil'd the live-long day, what have you been about? ..."
- No. 7 - Duet - Gorringe and Bumpus - "Oh! Beadle-dum! Oh! Beadle-dee! The Beadle I suppose you be, the Guardian, or you ought to be, of Great St Swithin's..."
- No. 8 - Multiplication Duet - Susan and Gorringe - "Twice one are two ... That's me and you ... Twice two are four ... You I adore ... Twice three are six ..."
- No. 9 - Quartett - Susan, Mr. & Mrs. Bumpus and Joe - "Twinkle, twinkle little (star) star, how I wonder what you (are) are! Up above the world so (high) high ..."
- No. 10 - Finale - "Be seated, pray; your heads incline a little to the right; your hands across, that's capital! A very pretty sight ..."
- Libretto and Vocal Score courtesy of Ian Bond.
Page modified 10 February 2019