Word: songe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...playing of the Pierian, with which the concert opened, was a very pleasing testimony to the excellence of Mr. Safford's training; and in all their numbers, including an encore, the orchestra did itself great credit. The singing of the Glee Club, with the notable exception of the second song, "The Long Day Closes," was not fully as good as that of former years. The solos, however, were heartily encored. As usual, both the Mandolin and the Banjo Clubs scored successes by their lively rendering of catching tunes...
Upon the deserted stage then is hurled Darius Green, who has just been dropped from his erratic flying machine into the pirate's lair. He is not too badly hurt, however, to explain his identity in a catchy topical song and dance in which he sings "Behold in me Darius Green, a native of Connecticut...
...interrupted in his search around the cave by the pirates who burst in and take him prisoner. He explains to his captors what a magnificent inventive brain he has, and describes his chief invention, in what is perhaps the liveliest song of the piece, "The flying machine song...
...pirates sing a slumber song and retire to rest, the new Kidd discreetly picking up the picture of Lithia, which Lovelace has thrown away...
...enter Tabitha Green, in search of her missing husband, and Lithia, in search of her lover, as he has fallen heir to an estate and baronetcy. They are disguised as Quakers and do a neat song and dance as their introduction...