Sarah Binks, A Musical Tribute - Library2

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JOYFULLY PREPARE TO RIDE
O'ER THE BIG AND OPEN SPACES;
ALL:
OLE:
ALTO:
HIEBERT:
SARAH:
OLE:
ALTO:
HIEBERT:
WHOOPEE! SWIFT ACROSS THE STUBBLE,
OVER SHOULDERS, BANKS AND RUBBLE,
UP THE HILL AND DOWN THE GLEN,
CROSS THE COUNTRY -- BACK AGAIN,
THROUGH THE FENCE AND GREENHOUSE GO,
PUMPKIN GARDEN -- TO AND FRO,
POUNDING, PUFFING, LIKE A DRAGON,
KILL THE CALF AND SMASH THE WAGON,
THROUGH THE HAYLOFT, DUST AND SMOTHER,
SARAH: IN ONE END AND OUT THE OTHER --
ALL:
ZOWIE! WHEN THEIR SPIRIT'S UP!
DAIRY QUEEN AND BUTTERCUP!
HIEBERT: On an even less abstract plane is the short poem, "The Cursed
Duck", in which Sarah reveals her deep humanity following the loss of one of
Ole's ears on a Sunday morning. The Binks ducks had a taste for vegetables
and we deduce from this bittersweet ballad that Ole inadvertently fell asleep in,
or near, the vegetable patch the night before, on his return from Willows.
MUSIC I:11 “THE CURSED DUCK”
SARAH:
OLE:
SARAH:
A CURSED DUCK PECKED OFF HIS EAR,
AND HIS FACE GREW PEAKED AND PALE;
"OH, HOW CAN A WOMAN LOVE ME NOW"
WAS HIS CONSTANT AND LONELY WAIL.
(LIGHT UP ON ALTO AS MATHILDA SCHWANTZHACKER.)
SARAH:
BUT A WOMAN CAME, AND SHE LOVED THE MAN,
WITH A LOVE SERENE AND CLEAR.
SHE LOVED HIM AS ONLY A WOMAN CAN LOVE --
A MAN WITH ONLY ONE EAR.