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Clementine: In the millpond! I’m in the millpond!Help! Help!Young Man: (He stops running, and stands in amazement.)In the millpond? (He runs across to stage rightexit and looks out.) In the millpond, Clementine?Clementine: (Impatiently) Yes, in the millpond! I stubbedmy toe and fell in! (She makes loud noisesnow, as if she were swallowing large gulps of water.)Help! Help! Glug – glug – glug.Young Man: Oh, alas! Alas, alas! (He holds out his armshelplessly in the direction of the millpond offstageright. He continues to hold this pose.) I don’t knowhow to swim!Solo Singer: Ruby lips above the water,(Loudly and clearly) Blowing bubbles soft and fine.But, alas! I was no swimmer,And I lost my Clementine!Chorus (Softly): Oh, my darlin’, oh, my darlin’Oh, my darlin’ Clementine,You are lost and gone forever,Dreadful’ sorry, Clementine.Act Three – The Siver LiningNarrator: (He enters stage left.) Life in the canyon justwasn’t the same after Clementine was gone! Herfather, the miner, missed her dreadfully. (He exitsstage left.)Miner: (He enters stage left, carrying a bouquet ofstraggly wild flowers.) PoorClementine!PoorClementine!(He walks slowly to center stage, stops andsniffs the flowers.) You’re lost and gone forever. (Hesniffs the flowers again and sneezes.) Kerchew! Kerchew!(He walks to stage right exit and looks: out atthe millpond.) Nobodyherebuttheducklings,inthe millpond. (He turns slowly, walks back across thestage. He stops once, center stage, looks up towardHeaven, and sniffs the flowers again. He sneezesweakly as he shuffles sadly off stage left.)Solo Singer: Then the miner, Forty-Niner,(Loudly and He began to peak and pine,clearly) Thought be oughter join his daughterNow he’s with his Clementine.(The Townspeople enter in a funeral procession. Theywalk slowly and solemnly, two by two, in double fileacross the stage).Too bad about poor Clementine!Just imagine! Drowned in themillpond!Yes, just imagine! Drowned!And now, her Pa! Poor man!Townspeople: He was just too lonely! After Clementinedrowned, he was all alone.Poor man! He just pined away.It’s dreadfully sad, isn’t it!Both gone. Too bad.(As the Townspeople exit stage right, the Chorus sings.)Chorus (Softly): Oh, my darlin’, oh, my darlin’Oh, my darlin’ Clementine,You are lost and gone forever,Dreadful’ sorry, Clementine.Narrator: (He enters stage left.) And, of course, thehandsome young man from Back East missedClementine, too. (He exits stage left).Solo Singer: All alone now, in the cavern,(Loudly and clearly) In the canyon where I dine,I eat dinner but grow thinner,For I miss my Clementine.Young Man: (He enters, carrying a small table and onechair. He is also carrying a bag over his shoulder.)Oh, my darlin’ Clementine. (He sighs and shakeshis head sadly. He sits down at the table, takesa napkin and a sandwich out of the bag. He unfoldsthe napkin and places it neatly on the table. Hetakes a bite of sandwich and looks around thecanyon.) Oh, my darlin’, darlin’ Clementine! (Hesighs again, and becomes lost in thought us heslowly munches the sandwich.)Narrator: (He enters stage left.) But in the words of thewell-known – but anonymous – philosopher, everycloud has a silver lining. It is now springtime, andthe railroad train has just arrived from Back East!Among the passengers is a beautiful young lady,who has come to claim her father’s inheritance.(He exits stage left.)Girl from Back East: (She enters stage left, carryinga small suitcase and wiping her eyes with a largehandkerchief.) Oh, boo-hoo! Boo-hoo! (She alternatelycries and wipes her eyes.)Youny Man: (He looks up at the Girl and stops munchinghis sandwich.) Why, hello! (He is startled atthe sudden appearance of this beautiful stranger.)Girl from Back East: (She stops crying to look atthe young man.) Hello. (She wipes away anothertear.)Young Man: (He stands up and walks over to the Girl.)You – (He realizes who the girl is.) You must be –Girl from Back East: (She interrupts him.) Yes, that’sright! I am. I’m –Young Man: (He interrupts her.) Did you know that –Girl from Back East: (She interrupts him.) Yes, I did. Theneighbors wrote me a letter. I – I was taking careof the place back home. (She wipes the other eye.)When the letter arrived, I bought a train ticket,and got on the train, and here I am! (She looksaround, and then looks at the young man again. Heis really very handsome.)Young Man: (He looks at the girl again. She is reallyvery pretty.) Well, ah, welcome! Welcome to California!(He waves his hand in the direction of themountains.)Girl from Back East: Why, thank you, kind sir! (Shesmiles at the Young Man.)87