Davy, John

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S O,,'NG'S~ DUETS,  & CHOR  USSES, IN l¥HAT A  BLUNDER! A  C 0  M I cOP  E R  A~ I N  'I' HR E E  A C '1 S. FIRST  PEIlFOIU,~ED, AT  THE THEATRE ROYAL,  HAY-MARKET, A U G U S T  q:il!,  1800. 'The  OVERTURE, and  the'  TVl/OZe  of the  MUSIC, By  MR.  PAVY  • .  LONDON: PRINTED  BY  T.  WOODFALL, FOR VV.  MILL~R, OLD  BOND-STREETo 1800. [P  RICE  SLY-PENCE.J FR. NtC. MANSl<OPFSCHES MUS I  K  H is T  OR I se HE S MUSEUM. FRANKFURT A.M. !' CHARACTERS. Dafhington Sir Sturdy Q'Trenior Count Alphonfo d'Efparza. Don Miguel de Lara Lopez Juan Patrick Captain of the .Bandi~ti 1st Robber 2nd ditto IlstFria;l:' Angelina Leonora' Jaquelina Viletta. Mr.  FAWCBTT, Mr. JOHNSTONR, Mr. C. KEMBLE, Mr. SUETT, Mr. FAR.LEY, Mr. EMERY, Mr.  CHIPPENDAL:E~ Mr.  SAWYER, Mr. CAULFIELO, Mr. 1.  PALMER., Mr. ABBOT. Mifs DE  CAMP, Mrs. MOUNTAIN, Mifs WHEATLY~ Mifi MiNAGi. SCENE V J\.LltN CIA. Nuns,  Fria rs,  Banditti,  Officers  of Inquifition. &c. \  ' SON G 8j  &c. ACT  1. GLEE and  CHORUS of  P~AltMiTS.  - - \ 'HAP:PY is the peafant;s lot, If  he know to prize it.; Comfort lodges in  a cot, Then let nonedefpife it. Wholefome toil,  and fragrantajr~­Sau.ce our homely fufiic fare.  ' ·,.t·-And  you'fee Poor  peaf~ntry; Are me,rry  and full o{  erijoYO;1crtt- . While the great, ,  . In all  their ftate..  . Are drooping for want of employment. SONG,  Sir STURDY.  O'TRItMoa  • . OH! what a great flutter  is here at my heart, 4nd a que'er fort'  of  feel  tuns thro' ev'ry part, With a heigho I dear me 1 well a day l B  ' (  6  ) , I folhiver)  that furely an  ague I've got. But 'tis fometimes a coId.one, and fometi mes a hot . With a heighq!  ~.c. ',.,  f.,.  '" My nerves,  all  f~ fHsIiilt ca:p:er and  prance; They're certainly learning St.  Vitus's dance, With a-heigho!  &c. With Jabour I for.ce uiP, e~~h  tremul~'us note; Fer the  words  rWQula  '-dtt~~ they  £lick  in  l11Y ,  . tJ1r9a~.,  .  ~~  ...... ;*"!!'~~~fI!t$~'~r~if~;~~c  If',,,··  - ;'  • .  ,~  Wlthah~rgh#;-(&c:.- ."  .r.  , As fure as  I  Ijv.6J;:;~f~'in*~.a'nger bf'death.,  .... ~'or'no fign  fo  r+IFf:~~s~,;£'9~~?\~:~J:)(~~~E~'; ',', With a lieighb !,&t~ ,'.,  ..  " ,My pulfe comes and goes too, fo flrangely,  good lack! I fear itl  will  go,  and "~]lnev.tr ~ome  back, With a heigho!  &c.  . But when I my  cnitl'mer fee, Quickly will  vanilh all [orrowand P!Lin: Oh ! let ner bright eyes- beam on  me~' . Then pleafure will tingle in ev'ry vein. And once let me eaU hermy o\yn"" B  apture~iU  cro~n me by day and by night" JGY then' wilffo  mighty-be grown'; Gh.llfuall  'die~ith delight1  '. :.(  ;1  .) .  ,  . How fw~etly glide  her  i:ranq~ili~ys; ,  ' Who free from paJsions [way;.' No with b'eyo~d thef~ ~al!sbetr~ys, ': 'Nor wifts.one figh, a  way:..-,.' ' Oh ! then 'tis H ea ven here to dwell, . For feraphs' cheer her lonely ceJl~ B~ltpity her,  wllOm' cruel po\'v'r. A  ~ra:1i'h Iitr"e'hasbrought, .'  .' .c..cc.-10 pin<;:  ;l way each ling'ringhour,' . Wh,ile abfent ev'ry thought  •. Oh.!  then 'tis horror here todwell," Ford<emons naimther difmal cell:  . " , . DASHJNOTON,  Jl!AN, SIR.  STURDY,  JAQ.UELINA, NUNS and  FRIARS. DaJh.  WhiI~  the  rofe's  fw~et f~agr~nc~  with plea-fure's  exhal'd With  wine's  ro[y juice.  ]~~  th~  t.~fte\be regard~  - .  c  .  ,~ JU(J~. Agreed~and to prove my. regard (or the ~ofe, l'll d.rink.l  '~il!  J've  pain:tecj  i~s tints  mn " (8  , IJa./h.  Now)s  your  ~ime""':' .sir Stu.  My noble fellow. D:ajh.  (tcr Juan,)  Come,  let's drink till  we  are mellow.  • juan.  Wh~t  a flavour i flow delicious! Sit Stu. (to .Jacquelina) Quifk, my love, the  tim~ is  preciou~. •  Dajh.  fill again~-7qcq. Qh~ hpW' alarrni'ilg 1 Ju~n.  :J3y  the mars,  this wine is  charming! Sir $tu. Paufe  ~lP more  (to 1acq.)  . Dajh.  C-t~  'Jutln,)'N~)r,  90njr give oyer~ Jacq.  Oh,  l fear to trufi i11fiate.  " > Sir'S/ft.  Catl"you  do~b~  Kopr faithful.1Qver? . Juan',  Nqw l'll'lock  the~~};dengate.;; . I  •• Sir Btu,' Nll  ~s loft then! Dti}h,  ~ to  7~a~)N  ~\  nqt yet~  man.  . If SirSr~.Leap. or it will be ,too late  •. Dajh.  Sure the b~ttlc;  .  .y()1!-'lI ,Jl9tJquH  man? Jualt~  ButI'll lock the garden gate. Jacq~  ~pread YOPf :lr.B1sthen  to rece!ve me~ Sir  St~. BBldlYt  J~<\pp:a~:~,.!n'?thjng fear·  '., Juan.  What's that rD1re~-:-Dajh. There s none~ JU(Jn~ Dafh· Ju~n, 'P4 h. believe me. ,  ' Hark! ag:.iin  a noife I  re~r. Poh!  your  ~rain witij wine  iB  ~eated. Ha! 'a wipdow open too! fiha!  wpat  folly  !~JlIan. 9hJ  1'~ .  cheated.·  .  ' Help i here}  help! I'm trick'g by  yO,~o Daft..  Ceafe your bawling.:..-Mnow or never.-(to Sir Sturdy) _"  ,  , Sir Stu.  "(  F~itn~;' Pm bound to,  ~ou_for  ,ev~tt' Jaq.  5  SH")  1 m  bound to you for ever;,  "  ,~ pajh.  Fly, your fafety lies in  diHarice. Juan.  Help 1 oh,  help  herel~fQme~mHanc~.'_., DaJh.  Silence,  filence I-Juan.  Murder!  tire~ paJh.  Will that curs'd tongue never tir~ ~ Juan.  ~'"Ve caught you,  my jolly friar~ pafh· NunJ~ Juan. Dajh. of  .t'~-C.HORUS-ofNuNS and  FR:rns. Whenc~  ~his  ~oife ?r.-Why thus a'arm us  ~ Here am I,a pris'ner faft: nid  thi~ man comehete -to h<!-rm ps ~, Yes;a'ftd the~e he's fa£;e, at laft..  ,  .. !  ;;. Ladies; I-no harm e'er rq,::a,nt  YOt:! ;' ",' I'm  \i;foi&~t· ;!JDooefl,xnan.  "  , ,--,  .  ,  .. ,  i  ,  "  ,,"'.  ,..  '  .. , .  .  ,.', CHO~US~ "  Wha~  but mifchief here hasfent yo*?-' 1uah.  Now ~e  jogging~ if  you c~n. ~HqRUS~ A villainous  defigp  is c1e(\f-:-:-No good,  'tis certain,  brought him, here,' , MoH  {~creligious his intent; :'~~4 he {hall  meetdpe p~pifhm~nt.,  .  '  ' (  'to  ) D.ASafNOTON joining'in'  the CHORUS No  villainous  d~figll is  cl~ar  ;  ~. That drunken. rafcallock'd mehere. Not facrilegions my  intent,. \And I dtfy your ptiniLhment. , ; "tct  >~  .~ "",~\~  1"  •  ~ SQNGLEON'()JtA,' ··r  -.~  ."  '  • . ''',  ~, THE hope which  animates  my heart, And makes me  e~'ry fear difrhifs- . ne~eitf.ul·joy can  ne'er impart;  , No,  'tis the harbinger of blifs. , So, when at eve,  in tints 'of  gol~l TIle radiant  clO~lds adorn the p<icS J They  thus prepareu~ to behold The morrow's fun in fp1endor tife. Yes,  I'll indulge the dear belief, That happy  morrow's are in fiore)7" And tru  it that voice  wh ich tells  me  grief~ Shall never haunt my bofon,l  more, The hope which animates, &c, ' SONG:  :OASfIINOTOK~' OH, whata maR:  horrid fenfatioo, I feel  at  this terrible minute! , A  curre Olu  this flame loving nation,  , Tha,t I iliou'd be ever caught in it! The  bent of the mind, i From its  pleafl,lres  we find; And'  what is a Spaniard's delight? Wfiy hhr'great  h~liday~  -~-"" In an  ~uto da Fe:  ", And its bonfire's the joy of his flght  •. All, fhordy there'llhe~  ,  , Ablaze made of me  " At f9,IIl~joy"fu.l even t's. cC1ebl'atioq':' '~ric a"fdtival night  :.  "  . T:h~y!)lL~4h~~;"j~;J~~~~~f:'  '~.' ;  .•  ,~ ~',,~  .. To  make ,f5art  of)., grand ,  'fumin,ation. The nati()nal .tafte In horror is  placed, Their EfctlriaI's i  fymbol of ma,lice.o: 1'hey phlinly to prove  . For torture their love In a gridir6n'~ ilupe built a palace! , For a fault e'er fo,[ma1I; Or for no  fault at  all~ Here,a man dies the death of a finner. As gafpel 'ti,s true, He'll be burn'd fora jew Who, cannot eat pork for his  dinner_ " / What an ideot was I Dear England to fly.  ' Where good  humour fojuftJy'is  boaftecl; Oh, cude on  fUch  folk As can't take  a joke, Here muft I  for  a frolic  be  roafted. , , ..  ~"seN:G;:.~"~LMfA' .' 'Pentwithln this cavern tJreaf',  '. €aptive ofl\.b;Utflan.crew .; Startled at each found t hear#  . Shudd'ring at each face I vieW'. T In dread I pafs the gloomy day, And weep the fleeplefs night away,_  ~ I .  - . ...  .  .  ,~  .. Wer I mourned a fate~fo dire Sorrow was an inmate here, Still her beams of heavenly fire . Hope difplay'd my breaft to cheer,. The gladd'nin  g ray file now dentes; Fok"dimm'd is hope wbenfrcedolll die ••  : ,(,  .;:'  , ,,' "'3  ) TRIO ,AND CHORUS.,' JAQuhiNA,  AN'G~LINA~  and  CAPTAIN  of , ROBBERS.' 'Jaq. &,4ng. COMPASSION to our woes impart, Nor vainly le~ us  Ju~  ; ", ..  ~;: " .Th.e-br~  ~tH~:ts!Q;wri-s ~tian  £. heart, I s  ftillto~I5ity  'trpe.  ..-.  .  'Capt.  .  '  "  .'. Try no m.ore'this·ufe1ef~ 'waiiing. Think not that my ears a:ITailing. You nlyrugged heu'rt can move.: .'  .,'  ·J(1q.'41ttj4~g. . .  f"':;': .  '  ~ "'/'  ~  .:L,t,,,~'7'~,  ~~~.?  ;~:~-':-- 't., -,.,-,  ',:;'i~ . ?:  .. _  ,- .~.  'if .Kindlytgrant .us· Jreed.om's bleifing, Capt.  '" Vain is all this earneft preffin'g, /  " J~q  ..  ~nd Ang  .. Joys that Otl.cw •  fro.m  mercy ·prove.: .,:,'  '  .. ·..·1:  ,·Ccipt.' Ne'er fuch weaknefs wilHprove, Learn that I draw my infant breath'; Within the robbers' cave.-And when too young to deal (1ut  death. l  dug the dead man's grave. C (  14  } Then think you, that a woman 's tear Can make this bafom feel? I'm  dead to pity as to fe~ut, My heart is  cas'd with freel. CHORUS  OF  ROBBERS. Then think you that a woman's tear , '.  ~.CtFl make our oofo"nTS-feeLG t,,..,-.,;-.:, .  ~  ,  .. ~.'  .:~,  " W~~~a:lih§~~fl?~~:a't;:c.".~·", Our hearts are cas 'd, willh:"fteel. Jag.  ~;tJ·Ang. Be foftened by a woman"steal'. And for  01.)1' farrows, feel ; To pity wake,  tho' dead  to fear, Nor cafe your heart with free;!. AIRLEONORA. ,Again my abfent love.to l)'ie"et, Severeft toil with joy I'd greet; At noon tlmf Afric's fands  I'd goP At 'midnight pace the .realms of [now:, When found,  fuch rapture would pe mine" As words canne'er reveal'; }'or ah 1 the bnr:'3-oflove divine. The lleart' ~'ln <mlyfeel. ,,,.,..."  =:..:~ (  i5  ) TRIO LEONORA, DASHING.TON &  DON MtGtJIi.L. Don M.  From my fight ~his moment bear  him.· DaJh.  Now I fear I'm quite undone. Lean.  You intended, Sir, to fp~re  him~ Don M.  What the man who  ki11~d my fan! lJafo."  ~jr, my nature is net bloody. Don M. Take aW"ay  that tyget whelp. Daft.  He pok1d  me quite thro' the body • . Lean.  What he did,. he could net hel p • . Dajb.  BIers me,  Sir, you're vafHy cruel, I)91J.})!' To revenge a murder'dfon ! Dajh. (. "l-Ie fdlfairly in a  duel, Lean. S Which he would not  let  {  h~~} fhun. Don M.  How can you plead  for the villain? Lean.  Sir, I plead for junice' fake. Don M.  If I die yomfon ,for kiiling, .  Let it not, be.attheftake. Lean.  Yoy iliall die my  foh for killing, ~fid  itihall be at the fiake. Leon:  Hear me plead for juftice' fake. DaJh.  Wedd~d  to my countris fafhion1  . 1 wou'd rather far be hang'd  .. Don M.  Zounds, you but increaie my pa.ffi.on J I'll no longer be harnrngu'd. " Lr()n.  Sir, let mercy temper  paffion.' , And with patience be harrangu'd~ "  En daJ 4n 't."i.P()' " (  '16  ) ACTIII. DUET~  DON  MIGUEL  and JUAN. Juan.  Shew fame pity to me pray,  Sir!, Don Mig. Here you' certainly ihall  ftay,  Sir! Juan. .  Oh, my-Lord!  'twill be my death. DonMig.  Shall'  a dolt,  like YOLl,  deceive me ? Juan.  ',.,What I've faid,  ii  true; believe me. Don  M~g. You as wen may fpare your breath. , 'I  ~'  ,  • I·,  " IJon Mig.  l'lUhew you,' you  knave,  ho~i  pu.,.· nifh  cl eceit : Let him  here  be lock'd  up,  and have nothing to eat.  . Juan.  To  be  kept  without  food,  will  not punifh me much';. I'm in too great a fright,  Sir,  one 1110r-fel  to  touch. Dott, Mig.  . As the pris'ner you fa.y.' Was by fiends borne away; You fhall wait 'till they bring himagaiI'l~ 'juan.  But fuppofe  it'their whim, .  To, takeme to him, Think what will become of  me then.-Den Mig.  (to  Ojjicers) Let no one come here, As my ven~eance you fear" ~Till I, myfelf open the door. (  '17;') Juan.  Then pQor I .~a!lJ>e found, . ,Dead with'  fright~on the ground,  ., . If  I'm not whiik'd awa!l?ni'~~~~.  e CHOR  US.  ..QFP:ICERS of tlieINQ,y 1 SIt  l?~t: No one {him come here" (We to duty adhere). 'Tisyou,' Y911rfelf _op:enthe~oor  •. . SONG.  J  AQ,yELINA; Oh,  fiioU7a'""l:-"efea·p~"fro1ri  'ffiikiplaceoLwo~_  'c'  f 'And joyful prefages arifein my breaft, Such tranfport I then £hall be fated to  know~ . That fure  I illaU be 6f  all mortals moil: bldt.J-,  ~.  '  , .V  :-,.,1  .-Can  plea[ure be piB:ur'd" their/joys to exceed, WhofreedoJ,ll'sdea,rbleHing feGurely retain? Yes,  fweeter  theiroliCs".wno  from  bondage are .fee e  d  ',_~"J4" And liberty,  loft to them,  welcome again. (  ..  leg  ) FINALE. From forrow and perils tormenting; Since  nOW  We are happly free, Our plea[ure  i~h~annony venting,1 Let's pour forth the numbers of glee. So merrily,  merrily finging;  ,. .  Let joy's fprightly found Be wafted around. While the bells are fo merrily ringing. \ What tranfpoTt ! misfortunes ideal, And fprin-gmg-frgrtl error to find! ,A.n~ tho{e  tran[ports will all becOlno real, . Ifyou to our errors prove kin'd. Then merrily,  merrily.  &c: ' FINIS"  .  J. 

Songs, duets, & chorusses, in "What a blunder!" : a comic opera in three acts ; first performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, august 14th, 1800 / the ouverture, and the whole of the music, by ... Davy

Songs, duets, & chorusses, in "What a blunder!" : a comic opera in three acts ; first performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, august 14th, 1800 / the ouverture, and the whole of the music, by ... Davy

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