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MIDI Files
ACT I - Arcadia.
- No. 1 - Introduction & Opening Chorus, with solos - "Arcadians are we, Dame Nature blest our birth..."
- No. 2 - Song - Father Time & Chorus - "Since the days before the flood, when the world was mainly mud..."
- No. 3 - Quartet - Sombra, Chrysaea, Strephon & Astrophel - "The shadow-dappled mead is sweet with scent of thyme..."
- No. 4 - Chorus of Fear - "Look, what hovers there above us, hanging on a gigantic wing! ..."
- No. 5 - Song - Sombra - "With a melody enthralling, loud the woodland echoes ring..."
- No. 6 - Chorus - "All a lie! All a lie! ..."
- No. 7 - Finale Act I - "To all and each, where sin is rife, we go to teach the simple life..."
ACT II - Askwood Races.
- No. 8 - Opening Chorus, and Melos - "That's all over, bar the shouting; A's in clover, B is doubting..."
- No. 9 - Song - Bobbie and Chorus - "I've tried every sort and kind of sport, but racing is quite the best..."
- No. 10 - Song - Eileen and Chorus - "Erin's a spot famous for greenery, but we do not match with our scenery..."
- No. 11 - Shower Chorus - "This is really altogether too provoking of the weather..."
- No. 12 - Song - Sombra and Chorus - "Far away in Arcady summer never passes..."
- No. 12a - Exit
- No. 13 - Song - Simplicitas - "Dearest, let us hie away together somewhere in the Backwoods of Beyond..."
- No. 14 - Duet - Eileen and Jack - "You're taking such good care of me, I'm not inclined to set you free..."
- No. 15 - Finale Act II, including The Race - "The horses are out-- see, there they go! ..."
ACT III - The Arcadian Restaurant.
- No. 16 - Opening Chorus - Waitresses - "Plant your posies, rue and roses, flow'rs of ev'ry hue..."
- No. 17 - Duet - Chrysaea & Percy, with Chorus - "For a month I've braved the dangers in this land of smoke and strangers..."
- No. 18 - Duet - Eileen & Jack - "Tell me when you've got an hour to spare, then we'll fix up when to meet and where..."
- No. 19 - Chorus of Belgravians - "Cheer for Simplicitas, cheer! Tell him Belgravia's here..."
- No. 20 - Song - Simplicitas & Chorus - "You've heard of me, of course; I'm London's latest whim..."
- No. 21 - Quintet - Simplicitas, Jack, Bobbie, etc. - "Though Truth is not in great demand for daily use throughout our land..."
- No. 22 - Song - Doody - "I've always been, since quite a lad, cheery and gay when things were bad..."
- No. 22b - Melody
- No. 23 - Orchestral Finale
Additional numbers published in the 1909 version of the score:
- No. 26 - Choral Finale Act III - "Truth is so Beautiful, if only people would believe it..."
- No. 27 - Song - Jack - "When a man's in love as I am, with a girl like the girl I love..."
- No. 28 - Song - Sombra - "My heart's away in Arcady, where shining sea meets azure sky..."
Original numbers removed when the score was revised in 1911:
- Formerly No. 7 - Song - Simplicitas & Chorus - "I'm a case of complete reformation, I've drunk of veracity's cup..."
- Formerly No. 15 - Song - Jack & Men's Chorus - "Tho' cranks may all declare that luck's an empty name..."
- Formerly No. 19 - Song - Chrysea - "When first I came to London Town, I thought it ugly, old and brown..."
- Formerly No. 22 - Song - Eileen & Chorus - "When I wander in my garden, each little flow'r I see..."
- Formerly No. 25 - Song - Sombra - "Light is my heart as a feather, borne on the wings of the weather..."
Further additions dating from 1911 (or thereabouts):
- Song - Jack and Chorus - "People often tell us luck and love are jealous. Luck flies out of window when Love comes in..."
- Trio and Dance - Simplicitas, Jack, and Bobbie - "Little George Washington, once on a day, took out his hatchet and, so people say, cut down a cherry tree..."
- Valse Song - Sombra - "Here amid the city's clamour wearily I turn away, yearning for greenwood's glamour where the lights and shadows play..."
British Musical Theatre | The Arcadians
Page modified 13 July 2017