1

INTRODUCTION, REQUIEM,
LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY

 

“Introduction”

At rise the BELL of a clock tower can be heard. Lights begin to glow beneath the fog. Arms jut out of the viewing windows of the metal doors upstage. Slowly, up through the fog, arms, heads, and backs appear as the INMATES rise out of the fog.

 

ALL WOMEN

DOMINUM. REQUIEM. REQUIEM.

 

“Requiem For The Sane”

INMATES

(Soprano Solo & 2-Altos)

Dies irae, dies illa

Solvet saeclum in favilla,

Teste David cum Sibylla.

 

(Translation: This day, this day of wrath

shall consume the world in ashes,

as foretold by David and the Sibyl.)

 

(All Men)

Cuncta stricte discussurus!

 

(Translation: What trembling there will be

When the judge shall come

to weigh everything strictly!)

 

(All Men & Women)

Lacrimosa dies illa,

Qua resurget ex favilla

Judicandus homo reus.       

Huic ergo parce, Deus:         

Pie Jesu Domine:               

 

(Tenor & Bass Solos)

Dona eis requiem. Amen.

 

(Translation: That day is one of weeping,

on which shall rise again from the ashes

the guilty man, to be judged.

Therefore, spare this one, O God,

merciful Lord Jesus:

Give them rest. Amen.)

 

      “Cacophony” (instrumental)

 

The sound builds and THREE KEEPERS appear as backlit silhouettes in the open doorways.

They move and slam the metal doors closed one at a time in tempo with the music. An abrupt light change and then silence. The KEEPERS exit up the stairs to the JINGLING of their metal keys.

 

 

LOUIS

(Spoken.)

Shut up, you filthy heathens!

 

 

 

“Let Me Tell You My Story”

 

(Verse 1)

ALL

LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY

IT’S NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM YOURS

LIFE, DEATH,

LOVE AND PAIN

 

BANNISTER TRUELOCK

ACCOMPANIED BY

PENNY TOURS

 

MARY AUSTIN

COME AND ENTER MY HEART

LIVE INSIDE FOR A SPELL

 

ALICE BARTLETT

WATCH YOUR STEP,

PLEASE BE CAREFUL

WHEN YOU LEAVE,

(She puts her finger to her lips for us to be quiet.)

SHHHHH, PLEASE DON’T TELL

(She licks her finger.)

 

(Verse 2)

PATRICK WALSH

LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY

 

WALSH & MEN

MY LIFE COULD BE YOURS

 

WALSH & WOMAN

WATCH THE MADNESS CONSUME YOU

 

BANNISTER TRUELOCK

AND WE ALLOW VISITORS TOO!

 

FANNY NORTON

WE’RE YOUR WIFE, SONS

AND DAUGHTER

GOD’S SACRIFICIAL LAMBS

 

MARY/FANNY/ALICE

IF WHAT YOU SEE OFFENDS YOU

 

ALL

(Spoken)

WELL, WE DON’T GIVE A DAMN!

 

(Interlude)

ALICE

(The Women are on their knees.)

DEAR JESUS, LORD JESUS PROTECT US

 

FANNY

SAVE US SWEET JESUS ON HIGH

 

MARY

LORD JESUS PROTECT US

 

PATRICK WALSH

(Spoken)

OR WE’LL SPIT IN YOUR EYE!

 

(Verse 3)

 

ALL

LET US TELL YOU OUR STORY

PLEASE TELL US YOU CARE

GIVE A SWEET OR TOBACCO

 

HANNA PRIOR

(Holding up her breasts.)

AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STARE

 

TRUELOCK grabs her breast and she kicks at him as he runs and laughs.

 

ALL MEN

WE ARE FATHERS AND SOLDIERS

ALL OF OUR LIVES ARE THE SAME

 

HANNA PRIOR

IF YOU DID WHAT YOU THOUGHT

YOU’D JOIN THE INSANE!

 

RICHARD POCOCK

IN HERE THEY CAN’T HURT US

WE DON’T WATCH WHAT WE SAY

 

THOMAS LLOYD

SOCIETY USED US…

 

HANNA PRIOR

AND THREW US AWAY!

 

THOMAS LLOYD

IN HERE WE CAN SPEAK

TELL THE TRUTH UNAFRAID

THE TRUTH AND A SHOW

FOR THE PENNY YOU PAID!

 

(Interlude)

 

THREE MEN

(Mocking the woman.)

DEAR JESUS SAVE US

WE PRAY FROM OUR CELL

LORD JESUS RELEASE US

 

 PATRICK WALSH

(Spoken.)

OR CHRIST, GO TO HELL

 

ALL

BUY A SOUVENIR FROM THE MAD

 

HANNAH PRIOR & JONATHAN MORLEY

IT’S A TWO FOR ONE SALE

THE BEER’S NOT HALF BAD

(Verse 4)

ALL

LET US TELL YOU OUR STORIES

WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE

 

GEORGE BARNETT & MARGARET NICHOLSON

WE WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH

WE’VE NOTHING TO LOSE

 

MEN

THE THEATER OF THE MAD

SOLOISTS

                                    (Staggered.)

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

 

ALTOS

AT A PENNY A SHOW

 

SOPRANOS

HARPS UP IN HEAVEN!

 

MEN

DRUMS DOWN IN HELL

 

 ALL

ARE FOR SALE!

2

“WRIGHT’S RULES”

 

(Verse 1)

DR. WRIGHT

Prepare yourselves children

The gates are now open

Remember your manners

remember the rules

Accepting gifts is forbidden

 

(Bridge)

These are our guests

A paying audience

Feel free to sing AND DANCE

OR Play a PLEASANT tune

A penny's a penny

AND care is not cheap

DARE NOT spit or throw dung

 

He slams his WALKING CANE against the metal wall, startling the couple inmates that are in a stupor. 

No one will sleep!

 

(Verse 2)

We've had severe cut-backs

Financial aid's gone

cursing’S forbidden

And such goings-on

 

(Bridge)

Stay away from Chaucer

And Canterbury Tales

AND Those WHO disobey

 

He points to LOUIS who cracks his cat. HANNAH, on a chamber pot, falls off.

 

The cat-o-nine-tails.

 

(Verse 3)

SO Please do not gather

JUST Stay where you're placed

This is not a bordello

YOU Women stay laced

 

The gates are now open

Don’t be too loud

Moderation is key

 

(He looks at them with utter contempt.)

Make us all proud.

3   
“SHE WAS THERE”

 

ETHAN GREY - He is a handsome man in his 30’s with the undeniable air of an American

 

ETHAN GREY

(Prelude)

THE WEIGHT OF THIS MELANCHOLY MOOD

LIKE A RAIN-SOAKED BLANKET

DOES NO ONE ANY GOOD

I CANNOT THINK, I CAN BARELY HEAR

MY MIND, JUST LIKE HER, IS NO LONGER HERE

IS THIS MADNESS? I DO NOT KNOW

BUT THESE THOUGHTS WON’T LET ME GO…

 

(Verse 1)

I COULD FEEL HER WARMTH

WHILE LYING IN OUR BED

HER PERFUME HUNG IN THE AIR

HER SOFT BREATHING

WASN’T ONLY IN MY HEAD

AND I WOULD SWEAR

SHE WAS THERE…

 

(Verse 2)

FOR WHEN I SLEEP

I FEEL HER BODY AGAINST MINE

FOR WHEN I’D WAKE

I FEEL HER HAIR CARESS MY CHEST

AS THE TEARS ROLLED DOWN MY CHEEKS

SHE’D TOUCH THEM

CATCH THEM

HOLD ME

SHE’D CARE

SHE WAS THERE!

 

(Bridge)

DEAR WIFE, WAS IT SUCH A BITTER LIFE?

WAS IT MADNESS

OR SADNESS

OR SOMETHING I SAID?

SUCH STRIFE!

WRISTS CROSSED BY A PARING KNIFE

WHAT WAS YOUR MIND?

WAS I BLIND?

WERE YOU BETTER OFF DEAD?

 

(New Section)

SO NOW, DIMINISHED BY TIME

I WANT A FRESH START

GOD’S MOST HEINOUS CRIME

LEFT A SHADOW ON MY HEART

 

(Verse 3)

I CANNOT FEEL YOUR WARMTH

WHILE LYING IN OUR BED

OR YOUR ROSE SCENTED HAIR

YOUR SOFT BREATHING

IS NO LONGER IN MY HEAD

GOD HEARD MY PRAYER

YOU’RE NO LONGER THERE!

 

(Playoff / scene change)

4
“SONGS FOR OUR CHILDREN”

 

(Verse 1)

MARY AUSTIN

LITTLE LIARS, LITTLE TONGUES

EVIL WORDS FROM LITTLE LUNGS

ONCE, A MISTAKE

TWICE, A SLAP

BUT THE THIRD

OH, THE THIRD

MAKES A MOTHER CRACK

 

(Bridge)

MADNESS WAS THE EASY WAY

I OBSESSED ON THEM NIGHT AND DAY

THEIR LYING FACES WOULD HAVE TO PAY

YOU KNOW RIGHT AND WRONG BY FIVE

 

CHARLOTTE is standing on the second level and holding a BUNDLE of RAGS. FANNY is sitting on the floor having labor pains.

 

(Verse 2)

CHARLOTTE DULLY

LITTLE TUMMIES, I’D WET-NURSE

FULL MILK JUGS WAS MY CURSE

ONE, A GIRL

TWO, A BOY

BUT THE THIRD

OH, THE THIRD

WAS HIS FATHER’S JOY

 

(Bridge)

 

CHARLOTTE/MARY/ALICE/FANNY

THERE IS MORE LOVE

IN A MOTHER’S HEART

THAN IN ALL HEAVEN ABOVE

 

ALICE BARTLETT

MY BREASTS WERE FULL

AND MY NIPPLES RAW

 

MARY

THE WRINKLED FACE WITH HIS SUCKING MAW

THE JUDGE HAD TO ANSWER TO CHARLOTTE’S LAW

ANSWER TO CHARLOTTE’S LAW

ANSWER IF HE WERE TO SURVIVE.

 

CHARLOTTE

IT WAS GOD’S WILL IF HE FELL AND SURVIVED

IT WAS GOD’S WILL IF HE SURVIVED

IT WAS GOD’S WILL IF HE WERE TO SURVIVE!

 

She throws the bundle off the balcony and it falls between Fanny’s legs. She picks it up and holds it to her breast.

 

 

(Verse 3)

 

FANNY

BLOOD SO RED

IT’S ALMOST BLACK

IT HURTS SO BAD

I WANT YOU BACK

MY BABY LYING ON REGENTS STREET

I WAIT A BEAT…

 

A BEAT as the bundle falls as a bunch of rags on the floor.

 

(Verse 4)

 

ALICE

A MISCARRIAGE AT FOURTEEN

THE SMALLEST THING THAT YOU’VE EVER SEEN

SHE HAD GOD’S SMILE AND LOVING GRACE

SHE WAS NEVER REALLY ALIVE

 

(Bridge)

ALL

THERE IS MORE LOVE

IN A MOTHER’S HEART

THAN IN ALL HEAVEN ABOVE

 

ALICE

A MOTHER’S ARMS ARE NOT ALWAYS SAFE

 

MARY

FOR THE BASTARD OR UNWANTED WAIF

 

FANNY

YOU MUST SEPARATE THE CHAFF FROM WHEAT

 

CHARLOTTE

SO THE STRONGEST CAN EAT!

 

 

 (Section D)

 

MARY / CHARLOTTE / ALICE

 

THE BASTARD OR THE UNWANTED WAIF

IN THEIR MOTHER’S ARMS

ARE NOT ALWAYS SAFE FROM HARM

THE BASTARD CHILD CAN SURVIVE

 

SO THE OTHERS IN THEIR MOTHER’S ARMS

SO THE STRONGEST CAN EAT

IN MOTHER’S ARMS STRONGEST CAN SURVIVE

 

A MOTHER’S ARMS ARE NOT ALWAYS SAFE

ARE NOT SAFE

A MOTHER’S ARMS

SO THEY CAN SURVIVE

 

 

(Last Verse)

 

ALL

SONGS FOR OUR CHILDREN ARE NO LULLABY

A TUNE THAT CAN MAKE THE STRONGEST MEN CRY

THEY CANNOT FACE WHEN CHILDREN DIE!

WE DID THESE CRIMES, WE DO NOT DENY

ONE SIMPLE ACT, ONE SIMPLE ACT

THEN, AN ETERNAL GOOD-BYE

 

CHARLOTTE DULLY

(Spoken.) Would we do it again? 

 

MARY AUSTIN

(Spoken.) Give us a try.

1

INTRODUCTION, REQUIEM,
LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY

 

“Introduction”

At rise the BELL of a clock tower can be heard. Lights begin to glow beneath the fog. Arms jut out of the viewing windows of the metal doors upstage. Slowly, up through the fog, arms, heads, and backs appear as the INMATES rise out of the fog.

 

ALL WOMEN

DOMINUM. REQUIEM. REQUIEM.

 

“Requiem For The Sane”

INMATES

(Soprano Solo & 2-Altos)

Dies irae, dies illa

Solvet saeclum in favilla,

Teste David cum Sibylla.

 

(Translation: This day, this day of wrath

shall consume the world in ashes,

as foretold by David and the Sibyl.)

 

(All Men)

Cuncta stricte discussurus!

 

(Translation: What trembling there will be

When the judge shall come

to weigh everything strictly!)

 

(All Men & Women)

Lacrimosa dies illa,

Qua resurget ex favilla

Judicandus homo reus.       

Huic ergo parce, Deus:         

Pie Jesu Domine:               

 

(Tenor & Bass Solos)

Dona eis requiem. Amen.

 

(Translation: That day is one of weeping,

on which shall rise again from the ashes

the guilty man, to be judged.

Therefore, spare this one, O God,

merciful Lord Jesus:

Give them rest. Amen.)

 

      “Cacophony” (instrumental)

 

The sound builds and THREE KEEPERS appear as backlit silhouettes in the open doorways.

They move and slam the metal doors closed one at a time in tempo with the music. An abrupt light change and then silence. The KEEPERS exit up the stairs to the JINGLING of their metal keys.

 

 

LOUIS

(Spoken.)

Shut up, you filthy heathens!

 

 

 

“Let Me Tell You My Story”

 

(Verse 1)

ALL

LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY

IT’S NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM YOURS

LIFE, DEATH,

LOVE AND PAIN

 

BANNISTER TRUELOCK

ACCOMPANIED BY

PENNY TOURS

 

MARY AUSTIN

COME AND ENTER MY HEART

LIVE INSIDE FOR A SPELL

 

ALICE BARTLETT

WATCH YOUR STEP,

PLEASE BE CAREFUL

WHEN YOU LEAVE,

(She puts her finger to her lips for us to be quiet.)

SHHHHH, PLEASE DON’T TELL

(She licks her finger.)

 

(Verse 2)

PATRICK WALSH

LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY

 

WALSH & MEN

MY LIFE COULD BE YOURS

 

WALSH & WOMAN

WATCH THE MADNESS CONSUME YOU

 

BANNISTER TRUELOCK

AND WE ALLOW VISITORS TOO!

 

FANNY NORTON

WE’RE YOUR WIFE, SONS

AND DAUGHTER

GOD’S SACRIFICIAL LAMBS

 

MARY/FANNY/ALICE

IF WHAT YOU SEE OFFENDS YOU

 

ALL

(Spoken)

WELL, WE DON’T GIVE A DAMN!

 

(Interlude)

ALICE

(The Women are on their knees.)

DEAR JESUS, LORD JESUS PROTECT US

 

FANNY

SAVE US SWEET JESUS ON HIGH

 

MARY

LORD JESUS PROTECT US

 

PATRICK WALSH

(Spoken)

OR WE’LL SPIT IN YOUR EYE!

 

(Verse 3)

 

ALL

LET US TELL YOU OUR STORY

PLEASE TELL US YOU CARE

GIVE A SWEET OR TOBACCO

 

HANNA PRIOR

(Holding up her breasts.)

AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STARE

 

TRUELOCK grabs her breast and she kicks at him as he runs and laughs.

 

ALL MEN

WE ARE FATHERS AND SOLDIERS

ALL OF OUR LIVES ARE THE SAME

 

HANNA PRIOR

IF YOU DID WHAT YOU THOUGHT

YOU’D JOIN THE INSANE!

 

RICHARD POCOCK

IN HERE THEY CAN’T HURT US

WE DON’T WATCH WHAT WE SAY

 

THOMAS LLOYD

SOCIETY USED US…

 

HANNA PRIOR

AND THREW US AWAY!

 

THOMAS LLOYD

IN HERE WE CAN SPEAK

TELL THE TRUTH UNAFRAID

THE TRUTH AND A SHOW

FOR THE PENNY YOU PAID!

 

(Interlude)

 

THREE MEN

(Mocking the woman.)

DEAR JESUS SAVE US

WE PRAY FROM OUR CELL

LORD JESUS RELEASE US

 

 PATRICK WALSH

(Spoken.)

OR CHRIST, GO TO HELL

 

ALL

BUY A SOUVENIR FROM THE MAD

 

HANNAH PRIOR & JONATHAN MORLEY

IT’S A TWO FOR ONE SALE

THE BEER’S NOT HALF BAD

(Verse 4)

ALL

LET US TELL YOU OUR STORIES

WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE

 

GEORGE BARNETT & MARGARET NICHOLSON

WE WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH

WE’VE NOTHING TO LOSE

 

MEN

THE THEATER OF THE MAD

SOLOISTS

                                    (Staggered.)

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

THE INMATES OF BEDLAM

 

ALTOS

AT A PENNY A SHOW

 

SOPRANOS

HARPS UP IN HEAVEN!

 

MEN

DRUMS DOWN IN HELL

 

 ALL

ARE FOR SALE!

2

“WRIGHT’S RULES”

 

(Verse 1)

DR. WRIGHT

Prepare yourselves children

The gates are now open

Remember your manners

remember the rules

Accepting gifts is forbidden

 

(Bridge)

These are our guests

A paying audience

Feel free to sing AND DANCE

OR Play a PLEASANT tune

A penny's a penny

AND care is not cheap

DARE NOT spit or throw dung

 

He slams his WALKING CANE against the metal wall, startling the couple inmates that are in a stupor. 

No one will sleep!

 

(Verse 2)

We've had severe cut-backs

Financial aid's gone

cursing’S forbidden

And such goings-on

 

(Bridge)

Stay away from Chaucer

And Canterbury Tales

AND Those WHO disobey

 

He points to LOUIS who cracks his cat. HANNAH, on a chamber pot, falls off.

 

The cat-o-nine-tails.

 

(Verse 3)

SO Please do not gather

JUST Stay where you're placed

This is not a bordello

YOU Women stay laced

 

The gates are now open

Don’t be too loud

Moderation is key

 

(He looks at them with utter contempt.)

Make us all proud.

3   
“SHE WAS THERE”

 

ETHAN GREY - He is a handsome man in his 30’s with the undeniable air of an American

 

ETHAN GREY

(Prelude)

THE WEIGHT OF THIS MELANCHOLY MOOD

LIKE A RAIN-SOAKED BLANKET

DOES NO ONE ANY GOOD

I CANNOT THINK, I CAN BARELY HEAR

MY MIND, JUST LIKE HER, IS NO LONGER HERE

IS THIS MADNESS? I DO NOT KNOW

BUT THESE THOUGHTS WON’T LET ME GO…

 

(Verse 1)

I COULD FEEL HER WARMTH

WHILE LYING IN OUR BED

HER PERFUME HUNG IN THE AIR

HER SOFT BREATHING

WASN’T ONLY IN MY HEAD

AND I WOULD SWEAR

SHE WAS THERE…

 

(Verse 2)

FOR WHEN I SLEEP

I FEEL HER BODY AGAINST MINE

FOR WHEN I’D WAKE

I FEEL HER HAIR CARESS MY CHEST

AS THE TEARS ROLLED DOWN MY CHEEKS

SHE’D TOUCH THEM

CATCH THEM

HOLD ME

SHE’D CARE

SHE WAS THERE!

 

(Bridge)

DEAR WIFE, WAS IT SUCH A BITTER LIFE?

WAS IT MADNESS

OR SADNESS

OR SOMETHING I SAID?

SUCH STRIFE!

WRISTS CROSSED BY A PARING KNIFE

WHAT WAS YOUR MIND?

WAS I BLIND?

WERE YOU BETTER OFF DEAD?

 

(New Section)

SO NOW, DIMINISHED BY TIME

I WANT A FRESH START

GOD’S MOST HEINOUS CRIME

LEFT A SHADOW ON MY HEART

 

(Verse 3)

I CANNOT FEEL YOUR WARMTH

WHILE LYING IN OUR BED

OR YOUR ROSE SCENTED HAIR

YOUR SOFT BREATHING

IS NO LONGER IN MY HEAD

GOD HEARD MY PRAYER

YOU’RE NO LONGER THERE!

 

(Playoff / scene change)

4
“SONGS FOR OUR CHILDREN”

 

(Verse 1)

MARY AUSTIN

LITTLE LIARS, LITTLE TONGUES

EVIL WORDS FROM LITTLE LUNGS

ONCE, A MISTAKE

TWICE, A SLAP

BUT THE THIRD

OH, THE THIRD

MAKES A MOTHER CRACK

 

(Bridge)

MADNESS WAS THE EASY WAY

I OBSESSED ON THEM NIGHT AND DAY

THEIR LYING FACES WOULD HAVE TO PAY

YOU KNOW RIGHT AND WRONG BY FIVE

 

CHARLOTTE is standing on the second level and holding a BUNDLE of RAGS. FANNY is sitting on the floor having labor pains.

 

(Verse 2)

CHARLOTTE DULLY

LITTLE TUMMIES, I’D WET-NURSE

FULL MILK JUGS WAS MY CURSE

ONE, A GIRL

TWO, A BOY

BUT THE THIRD

OH, THE THIRD

WAS HIS FATHER’S JOY

 

(Bridge)

 

CHARLOTTE/MARY/ALICE/FANNY

THERE IS MORE LOVE

IN A MOTHER’S HEART

THAN IN ALL HEAVEN ABOVE

 

ALICE BARTLETT

MY BREASTS WERE FULL

AND MY NIPPLES RAW

 

MARY

THE WRINKLED FACE WITH HIS SUCKING MAW

THE JUDGE HAD TO ANSWER TO CHARLOTTE’S LAW

ANSWER TO CHARLOTTE’S LAW

ANSWER IF HE WERE TO SURVIVE.

 

CHARLOTTE

IT WAS GOD’S WILL IF HE FELL AND SURVIVED

IT WAS GOD’S WILL IF HE SURVIVED

IT WAS GOD’S WILL IF HE WERE TO SURVIVE!

 

She throws the bundle off the balcony and it falls between Fanny’s legs. She picks it up and holds it to her breast.

 

 

(Verse 3)

 

FANNY

BLOOD SO RED

IT’S ALMOST BLACK

IT HURTS SO BAD

I WANT YOU BACK

MY BABY LYING ON REGENTS STREET

I WAIT A BEAT…

 

A BEAT as the bundle falls as a bunch of rags on the floor.

 

(Verse 4)

 

ALICE

A MISCARRIAGE AT FOURTEEN

THE SMALLEST THING THAT YOU’VE EVER SEEN

SHE HAD GOD’S SMILE AND LOVING GRACE

SHE WAS NEVER REALLY ALIVE

 

(Bridge)

ALL

THERE IS MORE LOVE

IN A MOTHER’S HEART

THAN IN ALL HEAVEN ABOVE

 

ALICE

A MOTHER’S ARMS ARE NOT ALWAYS SAFE

 

MARY

FOR THE BASTARD OR UNWANTED WAIF

 

FANNY

YOU MUST SEPARATE THE CHAFF FROM WHEAT

 

CHARLOTTE

SO THE STRONGEST CAN EAT!

 

 

 (Section D)

 

MARY / CHARLOTTE / ALICE

 

THE BASTARD OR THE UNWANTED WAIF

IN THEIR MOTHER’S ARMS

ARE NOT ALWAYS SAFE FROM HARM

THE BASTARD CHILD CAN SURVIVE

 

SO THE OTHERS IN THEIR MOTHER’S ARMS

SO THE STRONGEST CAN EAT

IN MOTHER’S ARMS STRONGEST CAN SURVIVE

 

A MOTHER’S ARMS ARE NOT ALWAYS SAFE

ARE NOT SAFE

A MOTHER’S ARMS

SO THEY CAN SURVIVE

 

 

(Last Verse)

 

ALL

SONGS FOR OUR CHILDREN ARE NO LULLABY

A TUNE THAT CAN MAKE THE STRONGEST MEN CRY

THEY CANNOT FACE WHEN CHILDREN DIE!

WE DID THESE CRIMES, WE DO NOT DENY

ONE SIMPLE ACT, ONE SIMPLE ACT

THEN, AN ETERNAL GOOD-BYE

 

CHARLOTTE DULLY

(Spoken.) Would we do it again? 

 

MARY AUSTIN

(Spoken.) Give us a try.