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The Desert Song (09/05/1973 - 09/16/1973)
music by Sigmund Romberg; lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II
(Unless otherwise noted)
 
ACT 1
Song List Sung By
Prelude, Feasting Song  Sid El Kar (the Red Shadow's Lieutenant) and Riffs
The Riff Song
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Red Shadow, Sid El Kar (the Red Shadow's Lieutenant) and Riffs
Feasting Song (Reprise)
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Sid El Kar (the Red Shadow's Lieutenant) and Riffs
The Riff Song (Reprise)
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Red Shadow and Sid El Kar (the Red Shadow's Lieutenant)
Margot
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Captain Paul Fontaine and Soldiers
Has Anybody Seen my Bennie?
(lyrics by Edward Smith)
 Susan (General Birabeau's ward)
Why Did We Marry Soldiers?
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 French Girls
French Military Marching Song
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Margot Vonvalet
Romance
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Margot Vonvalet and French Girls
French Military Marching Song
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 French Girls and Soldiers
Then You Will Know
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Margot Vonvalet, Pierre Birabeau (General Birabeau's son) and Ensemble
It
(lyrics by Edward Smith)
 Benjamin Kidd (Society Correspondent of the Paris Herald)
I Want a Kiss
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Margot Vonvalet and Pierre Birabeau (General Birabeau's son)
It
(lyrics by Edward Smith)
 Susan (General Birabeau's ward)
I Want a Kiss
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Captain Paul Fontaine and Ensemble
The Desert Song
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Red Shadow and Margot Vonvalet
Azuri Dance
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Azuri and Azuri Girls
Soft as a Pigeon
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Sid El Kar (the Red Shadow's Lieutenant), Captain Paul Fontaine and Ensemble
The Desert Song (Reprise)
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Red Shadow, Margot Vonvalet and Ensemble
ACT 2
Song List Sung By
My Little Castagnette
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Clementina (a Spanish "lady") and Spanish Girls
Song of the Brass Key
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Clementina (a Spanish "lady") and Spanish Girls
One Good Boy Gone Wrong
(lyrics by Edward Smith)
 Benjamin Kidd (Society Correspondent of the Paris Herald) and Clementina (a Spanish "lady")
Let Love Go
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Ali Ben Ali (Caid of a Riff Tribe) and Male Ensemble
One Flower in Your Garden
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Sid El Kar (the Red Shadow's Lieutenant) and Male Ensemble
One Alone  Red Shadow, Sid El Kar (the Red Shadow's Lieutenant), Ali Ben Ali (Caid of a Riff Tribe) and Male Ensemble
The Sabre Song  Margot Vonvalet and Red Shadow
The Desert Song (Reprise)
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Margot Vonvalet and Red Shadow
One Alone (Reprise) Red Shadow and Male Ensemble
The Desert Song (Reprise)
(lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel)
 Margot Vonvalet
It (Reprise)
(lyrics by Edward Smith)
 Benjamin Kidd (Society Correspondent of the Paris Herald) and Susan (General Birabeau's ward)
Dance of Triumph  Azuri
One Alone (Reprise) Pierre Birabeau (General Birabeau's son) and Margot Vonvalet