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The Emerald Isle (09/01/1902 - 10/18/1902)
music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German; lyrics by Basil Hood
ACT 1
Song List Sung By
Have ye heard the brave news  Chorus
My friends!- A Saxon stranger  Terence O'Brien
I'm descended from Brian Boru  Terence O'Brien and Chorus
Of Viceroys though we've had  Pat Murphy and Chorus
If you wish to appear as an Irish type  Professor Bunn and Chorus
On the heights of Glentann there's no voice  Molly O'Grady, Terence O'Brien and Pat Murphy
Two is company- Three is none  Lady Rosie Pippin, Susan, Terence O'Brien and Professor Bunn
I am the Lord Lieutenant  The Earl of Newton, K.P. (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), The Countess of Newton and Dr. Fiddle, D.D.
At an early stage of life  The Earl of Newton, K.P. (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), Lady Rosie Pippin, The Countess of Newton and Dr. Fiddle, D.D.
When Alfred's friends their King forsook  The Countess of Newton
Oh setting sun, you bid the world good-bye  Lady Rosie Pippin
Their courage high, you may defy  Lady Rosie Pippin, Susan, Molly O'Grady, Terence O'Brien and Professor Bunn
That we're soldiers no doubt you will guess  Soldiers
Now this is the song of Devonshire men  Sergeant Pincher and Chorus
It is past my comprehension  Professor Bunn
Many years ago I strode  Professor Bunn and Chorus
Their fathers fought at Ramillies  
ACT 2
Song List Sung By
Is there anyone approachin'?  Chorus
Bedad, it's for him that we'll always employ  Chorus of Peasants
Och, the spalpeen! Let him drown!  Chorus of Peasants
Oh, have you met a man in debt  Terence O'Brien and Chorus
'Twas in Hyde Park beside the Row  Lady Rosie Pippin, Terence O'Brien and Chorus
I cannot play at love  Ensemble
Oh, the age in which we're living  Professor Bunn
Sing a rhyme of 'Once upon a time'  
Listen! Harken, my lover  
Good-bye, my native town  Pat Murphy
I love you! I love you!  Molly O'Grady and Pat Murphy
There was once a little soldier  Terence O'Brien and Chorus
With a big shillelagh