Sarah Binks, A Musical Tribute - Library2

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HIEBERT: Heavenly. Heavenly. Of course, there were many influences on
Sarah's early work besides the world of nature. There was Rover, the dog, Ole
the Hired Man, Mathilda Schwantzhacker, the romantic William Greenglow, and
the dark figure of Henry Welkin.
SARAH (STARTLED):
Henry Welkin Do we have to talk about him
HIEBERT:
SARAH:
All right, Sarah, a little later then.
You know all about Henry Welkin
HIEBERT: Sarah, I have made your life and work my own life and work. I
know everything about you there is to know. Well, almost everything. One
burning question still remains and that is the source of your philosophical
profundity. Which of your mentors --
SARAH:
Philosophy That was Dad, fer sure.
(LIGHT UP ON BASS AS JACOB BINKS.)
HIEBERT:
SARAH:
JACOB:
HIEBERT:
MUSIC I:7
Jacob Binks
Oh yes. He was full of pithy sayings. For instance:
"Last sardine in the can always gives the most oil!"
Remarkable.
“FATHER, THY BEARD”
HIEBERT: Sarah was the second or possibly the third child of Jacob and
Agathea Binks. None of the other children survived their infancy, and Agathea
Binks either died or abdicated while Sarah was still a child, and she was brought
up by her father.
SARAH:
wisdom.
ALTO:
BASS:
ALTO:
BASS:
My earliest memories are of sitting at his knee, drinking in his
"FATHER, THY BEARD NO LONGER POINTS,
THY VOICE HAS LOST ITS SHRILL!"
"MY GIRL, I QUAKE WITHIN THE JOINTS,
GOOD LUCK HATH TURNED TO ILL."
"FATHER, THY FACE IS TURNING GREEN,
THOU LOOKEST LIKE THE HELL!"
"MY GIRL, THE THINGS ARE WHAT THEY SEEM,