Anthony Davis
AMISTAD Libretto by Thulani Davis Piano Vocal Score From the G. Schirmer Rental Library Date of Printing ____________
G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY
Anthony Davis
AMISTAD Libretto by Thulani Davis
Commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago
G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY
OV-1
AMISTAD
Thulani Davis
Anthony Davis
OVERTURE
= 52
= 69
3
3 8va
7
3
3
accel.
12 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
Tempo primo
= 126
16
3
22
cresc.
26
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3
cresc.
3
OV-2
Overture
30
3
3
34
3
38
43
3
3
cresc.
47
3
51
cresc.
OV-3
Overture
= 108
55
3
59 3
3
3
62 3 3
3
3
3
65
3
3
3
3
3
68 3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
71 3
3
cresc.
3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OV-4
Overture
75
78
3
82
cresc.
3
85
89
93
3
cresc.
= 108
8
1
SCENE 1 (Trickster) TRICKSTER
3
3
The un known is my realm
ca
la mi ty
my
= 108
= 112
5 3
3
Tr. 8
king
dom
I
am
a
God, am
I
not?
= 112
3
9 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
Mas
ter
of
mor
tal dis
as
ters
I
cresc.
13
3
3
3
Tr. 8
meet
this
mo
ment 3
as
I
meet
all
o thers:
will
2
Scene 1
= 108
17 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
stal
wart,
au
da
cious
and bold.
What they call
= 108
3
3
3
20 3
3
3
Tr. 8
trag
e
dy
I will make my
his
to
ry.
I will make a sto
ry
to be
3
cresc.
3
3
= 80
23
3
3
3
Tr. 8
told
of
ge
nius
born of ne
ces
si ty
Of cour age
come
= 80
= 84 accel.
27 3
3
3
Tr. 8
eas y
when the heart is
cold
= 84 accel. 3
3 3
cresc.
3
3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
Scene 1
= 96
31
= 76
= 116
= 76
= 116
Tr. 8
= 96
3
37
8
3 3
3
42 3
3
Tr. 8
I am the danc er of
all danc
ers,
li
ar, thief
and
lov er,
the one who
3
46 3
3
Tr. 8
eats
when the for
est
hun
gers.
When a mor
tal says
3
4
Scene 1
50 3
Tr. 8
there’s a
bird
on
the wing
they say
a prayer to
me.
When a
6 3
54
3 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
mor
tal
says
there’s a
bird
on
the
wing
This wil
y
god comes
to
3
3
3 3
58
3
Tr. 8
sing.
I am the
danc
er
of
all danc ers,
3
li
ar, thief
3 3
62 3
3
3
Tr. 8
and lov
er,
3
the
one who
eats
when
the
fo
rest hun
gers
5
Scene 1
65 3
Tr. 8
It
is
on
ly
6
3
68 4
Tr. 8
a slight
mis hap
my
sight’s
a lit
tle
dazed
3
72 3
3
Tr. 8
Is
it on ly
a mo men
tar y lapse
my
pow
ers
re tire,
but I
do
not
3
76 3
3
Tr. 8
3
fail.
These are the trials
a her
3
o
must suf
fer
to make
his sto
6
Scene 1
80 Tr. 8
ry bold.
A mong gods
3
it’s true
cresc.
3
85 3
Tr. 8
if you live
a
hu
man life,
you for
cresc.
get
what a
god
cresc.
90 Tr. 8
knows.
If you
live
a
hu
man
life
You’ll re
cresc.
cresc.
= 100
95
Ritard. 3
3
3
Tr. 8
gret
it
like
they
do
Speak
= 100
Ritard.
8va
3
3
ing sor row
3
3
sing ing
7
Scene 1
99
= 88
Tr. 8
blue.
3
3
= 88
3
3
3
3
102 3
Tr. 8
Men meet with dis 3
3 3 3
3
106 4
Tr. 8
as
ter
no
mat
ter
what
they
do.
6 4
6
109 4
Tr. 8
The hand moves first 8va
and the
heart’s
sick
lat
er.
8
Scene 1
112
3
3
Tr. 8
They think
their
gods
take pit y
on
them.
3 3
3
3
116
3
3
Tr. 8
They
think
their
gods
are heart
sick,
too
3
120 3
3
3
Tr. 8
124
but
gods
are great er than
men—
not
nic
er,
= 120 4
3
Tr. 8
I
am
the
danc
er
= 120
3
9
Scene 1
128 3
Tr. 8
my sight’s
a
lit
tle dazed
3
3
132 3
Tr. 8
It is
on ly a mo
men ta
ry lapse
I
am the danc er
3
136
3
Tr. 8
all danc ers,
li ar, thief
and
lov
er,
3
3
140 Tr. 8
li
ar, thief
and lov
3
3
er,
li
ar, thief
and lov
er,
of
10
Scene 1
= 80
144 Tr. 8
= 80
3
3
147
= 66
= 80
3
= 66
3
= 80 3
Tr. 8
God
dess
of the
wa
ters
= 66
Moth
= 80
er
of
all
gods
= 66
= 80 8va
3
3
151
3
3
3
Tr. 8
Mis tress
of o ceans,
riv ers
3
155
cresc.
= 58 3
3
3
Tr. 8
I
= 58
know
you
think
me
just a
3
small
god
a
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
11
Scene 1
158 3
3
3
Tr. 8
god
un
armed
and
weak
with
3
161
6
3
3
ly
3
3 3
on
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
wit
and
brain
words
and
guile
but
it
on ly seems
3 3 3
3
6
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
164 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
I
am a
board
a
ship
I
3
can not
sail 6
3
6 3
3
3
3
3
3
167
3
3
3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
I
will
pre
vail.
Mark
3
my words
and hear my
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
12
Scene 1
170 Tr. 8
tale 6
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
dim. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
174 Tr. 8
3 3
3
3
3
178 Tr. 8
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
dim.
3 3
3
3 3
13
SCENE 2 (on ship)
CAPTIVES, MARGRU, BAHIA, BURNAH, KALEH, GRABEAU, KINNA
( = 58) S
A
T 8
gliss. 3
B Drif
ting
( = 58)
3
3
5
3
5
4
= 120
gliss. 3
S Drif
ting
gliss. 3
A Drif gliss.
ting
3
T 8
Drif
ting
ting
B ting
= 120 3
3
cresc.
3 3
14
Scene 2
= 100
8
NAVIGATOR
8
We
may
3
yet get a
way,
we’re
well
to the north
now,
= 100
13
= 120
rit.
= 92 3
3
Nav. 8
We may yet
= 120
rit.
es
cape
if these
= 92
3
3
3
17 3
Nav. 8
cut throats don’t
find
cresc.
21 Nav. 8
cresc.
us
out
cresc.
15
Scene 2
24
DON PEDRO
East
by day,
3 3
3
3
by
3 3
3
North
3
3
3
3
28 3
3
D.P. night
A
ruse
3
so sim ple but bright...
32
You’ve saved
us with your de
3
D.P.
3
3
ceit.
If you steered
3
as
they
said,
we’d be half way
to
16
Scene 2
35 3
3
3
D.P. A
fri
ca,
dead
meat
for a
can ni bal
feast.
cresc.
TENOR 2
8
Mo cresc.
BASS
Mo
cresc.
4
cresc.
8ba
38 T2 8
yam
ba
tem me,
men
de
ma
no
mo
ro
yam
ba
tem me,
men
de
ma
no
mo
ro
B
cresc. a poco
17
Scene 2
41
SOPRANO
Ta
pe
ta
ke
Ta
pe
ta
ke
Ta
pe
ta
ke
Ta
pe
ta
ke
ALTO
TENOR 1
8
B
dim.
=
43 S ne
ma
tem ne
men
de
ne
ma
tem ne
men
de
ne
ma
tem ne
men
de
ne
ma
tem ne
men
de
A
T1 8
B
=
3
3
cresc.
3 3
3
3
18
Scene 2
46
CINQUE
3
We’re
drift
3
3
ing
and
the
wind
is
chill
S
A
T 8
B
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
50 3
3
3
3
3
3
Cin. We’re drift
ing
and
we’re
too
far
north
3
S Drif
ting 3
A Drif
ting 3
T 8
Drif
ting
B Drif
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3 3
19
Scene 2
54
3
3
3
Cin. I
see
birds
but
they
fly
west
3
S Drif
ting 3
A Drif
ting 3
T 8
Drif
ting 3
B ting
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
58
8
3
3
3
3
3
NAVIGATOR
We’re
not
safe
yet DON PEDRO
Cin. Not
safe yet
3
20
Scene 2
62 3
3
3
Nav. 8
Soon as they’re through
with us,
they will kill us
an y
chance
they
get.
66 Nav. 8
69
We’re not
safe yet.
East
by
TRICKSTER
8
North
by night!
They rule
us
yet
by sleight.
Gut
72 Tr. 8
day,
less guile
they wield,
foul chi can er y, a dir
ty
trick!
21
Scene 2
75 Tr. 8
We should cut their
throats,
We should cut their
throats,
SOPRANO
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
ALTO
TENOR
8
BASS
cresc.
78 3
Tr. 8
We
should cut their throats
and chance
the
wa ter y roads.
S Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Cut
their
throats
Shif
Cut
their
throats
Shif
A
T 8
B
22
Scene 2
= 56
82
CINQUE
3
Tr. 8
She’s gliss.
S Drif gliss.
ting
Drif
ting
A
Pitch
ing
gliss. T 8
ting Pitch gliss.
ing
B ting
= 56
cresc.
6
6 3
3
3
3
3
3
86 3
3
3
3
3
Cin. 3
shift ing
and the sails bare
3 3
ly
3
she’s slow
3
3 3
fill
3
3
3 3
ing
and we’re go ing
3
3 3
3
3
23
Scene 2
89
TRICKSTER
8
Chief,
3
3
3
been
you’ve
tricked
We’re
3
Cin. no
where. 3 3
3
6
3
6 3
3
92
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
not
go ing home,
We’re
head ed North
Free the helm
take
hold of
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
95
3
3
Tr. 8
her
Bound for CINQUE
3
We’re head
3
3
ed
North?
3
Bound for 3
3
3 3
3
3
where?
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
24
Scene 2
98
3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
chains,
and
head
ed
for
death.
We
go
as they de sire
3
Cin.
3
3
6
dim.
3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
101 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
From mu
ti ny
to
mas sa
cre,
from mu ti ny
sa cre,
3
3
3
dim. 3
to mas
3
3
3
= 72
104 3
Tr. 8
from mu ti ny to
mas sa
cre. 3
CINQUE
Lord,
= 72
3
6 3
You can not
see
25
Scene 2
= 112
108
TRICKSTER
8
I 3
Cin.
3
You
talk
so
= 112
just to rid dle me, 3
3
3 3
3
3 3
111 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
can
hear,
Chief
I can hear,
Now do as I say,
You can 3
3
3 3 3 3
= 104
115 3
Tr. 8
steer
if
you mind the
tell
tales CINQUE
What’s
= 104 3
3
3
that
you
26
Scene 2
119
3
3
Cin. say,
Mind the
tell
tales?
More
of your
= 112
123
3
TRICKSTER
8
They’ve 3
3
3
3
3
Cin. puz
zles
Lord Rid
dler speaks
non sense,
non
sense
= 112 3
3
3
126 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
tied bits of cloth
To
the
mast
a
3
bove
my
cresc. 3
3
head.
27
Scene 2
129
3
3
3
Tr. They tell
where the wind
3
goes
on the
3
132 3
3
3
3
Tr. cross
and the shrouds
They see
the
wind
ev
en
when she’s
3 3
3
3 3
136
= 66
Tr. 8
low 3
3
CINQUE
3 3
Tell
tales
see the wind and the shrouds,
= 66 6 3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
6 3
28
Scene 2
= 126
139
TRICKSTER
8
It’s an 3
3
3
Cin. Lord
what
are
shrouds?
= 126
6 3
3
142 3
Tr. Eng
lish word,
An
3
Eng lish man word
for
cloth for the dead
cresc.
3
145 Tr. 8
or these ropes wrapped ’round
the mast and ropes from the
prow.
Chief,
you ask ques
3
3
tions
29
Scene 2
148 Tr. 8
while time
is
short
cresc.
153 Tr. 8
Tell the boys to climb
up
to
see
if
the land
lies
where those birds
157 Tr. 8
fly.
The bow is
162 Tr. 8
in
the wind,
Chief.
The sails
are
luf
30
Scene 2
166 Tr. fing,
170
Turn
CINQUE
off
the
wind
3
3
Cloth
her
for
the
dead
Climb the
ropes
Tell
tales
dim.
175
(Deck springs to life)
3
3
Cin. Turn from
the
wind
Climb
180
the
ropes
Mind
TRICKSTER (to himself)
8
I
Cin. tell
tales
cresc.
the
31
Scene 2
184 Tr. have no thing to
fear.
I
cresc.
tell the
wind
to
fill
the
cresc.
189 3
Tr. sails.
If
for now the
winds
say
they will not
bring
us
to
cresc.
194 Tr. sail,
it
is
just
for
now.
cresc.
199 3
3
3
Tr. 8
If
the rain
says
she
will not fill the wa ter pails.
3
cresc.
32
Scene 2
204
4
3
Tr. she
will heed me
yet,
I am still
their
chief,
Lord
of Il
cresc.
209 Tr. lu
sion, and
214
De
ceit.
I
3
Tr. played
a
cheat.
CINQUE
(spoken): Burnah! Grabeau!
Climb the sails and look!
will not be
33
Scene 2
218
TENOR 1
8
Tell
tales
Tell
tales
TENOR 2
8
BASS 1
3
Cloth BASS 2
Cloth
3
for
the
dead
Climb
the
ropes
Tell
tales
dead
Climb
the
ropes
Tell
tales
3
3
for
the
223 3
T1 8
Climb
the
ropes
Climb
the
ropes
Mind
the
3
T2 8
Turn from
the
wind
B1
3
3
B2 Turn from
the
wind
Mind
the
34
Scene 2
228 T1 5
tell
tales
Cloth for the
dead
3
T2 5
Cloth for
the
dead
dead
the
dead
dead
3
B1 Cloth for
B2 tell
tales
Cloth for the
233 3
T1 8
Climb
the ropes
Mind
the
tell
tales
tell
tales
tell
tales
tell
tales
3
T2 8
Climb
the ropes
Mind
the 3
B1 Climb the ropes
Mind
the 3
B2 dead
Climb the ropes
cresc.
Mind
the
35
Scene 2
238 T1 8
Turn from the wind,
T2 8
Turn from the wind
Wind,
B1 Turn from the wind,
B2 Turn from the
wind
Wind,
243 T1 8
Turn
from the wind
T2 8
Turn from the
wind
Wind
B1 Turn
from the wind
B2 Turn from the wind
Wind
36
Scene 2
247 T1 8
Mind
the
tell
tales
Mind
the
tell
tales
Mind
the
tell
tales
Mind
the
tell
tales
T2 8
B1
B2
3
cresc.
251
3
3
254
= 88
3
37
Scene 2
257
= 108 NAVIGATOR 3
8
Land!
we’ve
hit
land! GRABEAU 3
3
There’s noth
ing.
= 108 3
3
3 3
3
260
8
= 108
= 76
TRICKSTER
3
boy?
Land,
Is
3
there
land? 3
3
Gra. Yes
= 108
land
sand
and
= 76 3
3 5
5
3
263
3
3
Gra. dunes
as far as
I
can
see
A shal low
3
6
6
6
3
6
6
6 6
6
place
38
Scene 2
266
NAVIGATOR
8
Not as yet
3
3
3
my
friend
God knows where we’ve
land
ed
DON PEDRO
We’re
saved
G.
270
= 108
4
CINQUE
You
run
us
to
this
= 108
273 3
Cin. place
Boat
man
this
is
some
39
Scene 2 (NAVIGATOR makes no response)
276
3
3
(Grabs NAVIGATOR)
Cin. trick of
We
yours
go
for
wa
= 80
279 Cinq. ter,
Watch
them. DON PEDRO
I don’t care what place
= 80
283 3
D.P. is.
It
must
be
A
mer
i ca.
We’ll
6
get help.
this
40
Scene 2
286 3
3
D.P. One glance and they’ll see
our plight.
3
(legato) 3
3
= 63
= 84
291
3
=
297
LIEUTENANT (off stage) 3
A hoy
3
there
= 3
3
3
3
3
3
301 3
3
Lt. A hoy
3
3
there
3
how
3
3
say
you
lend
3
3
3
a hand
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
41
Scene 2
304 (Climbs onto deck from off the side. From the other side, Coast Guard men bring CINQUE and his party back on board) Lt.
3
3
3
3
3
3
6 3
3
cresc.
3
6
cresc.
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
307 3
3
Lt. This is 3
3
3
3
a strange 3
3
ship.
A 3
strange ship
3
3
in
deed.
3
3
(cresc.) 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
310 3
3
3
3
Lt. You must be the ghost
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
312
3
3
3
3
ship
Heard of you
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Lt. up
and down
3
cresc.
these parts.
3
the ship
3 3
3
3 3
manned by black
3
3
men
3 3
3
haunt ing the
3 3
3
42
Scene 2
314
NAVIGATOR
3
8
3
I
as
sure
you, sir.
3
Lt. whole
coast. 3
3
3
3
3
317
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Nav. 8
We are
not
ghosts,
on
3
3
3
ly
near
3
3
ly
so. 3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
320 3
3
3
3
3
3
Nav. 8
Se cure
these
They’ve killed
3
3
3
men—
crew,
3
3
3
cresc.
3
our
3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8ba
323 3
3
Nav. 8
Held us cap tive man y weeks 3
3
3
3
3
now. 3
3
3
3
3
3
cresc. 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
43
Scene 2
= 108
327
LIEUTENANT
Who
you,
are
sir?
= 108
8va
3
331 Lt. The
cap tain of this
rig
whose
ship flies
no
flag?
8ba
335
8
= 72
NAVIGATOR
Nav
= 84 3
3
i
ga tor,
sir.
= 72
Our
Cap tain
is
dead.
= 84
cresc.
339 3
3
3
3
Nav. 8
This is the
A
mi
stad
of Span ish ti
tle,
Load ed in Cu
ba,
3
3
3 3
cresc. 3 3 3 3
44
Scene 2
343
3
3
Nav. 8
ta
ken
on the
sea
by
these slaves.
Ex cept ANTONIO
Sir
3
3 3 3
346
347A 3
348
3
3
Nav. 8
This one.
A
lo yal
slave. CINQUE (to ANTONIO)
3
3
3
Not just n du o 6
349
le
not just a 3
3
3
3
gil 3
3
3
3
n
3
3
3
(to LIEUTENANT) 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Cin. slave.
A dog.
3
3
We 3
3
are 3
no
3
slaves. 3
We are free
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
3
3
men.
3
3
3
3
3
45
Scene 2
353 3
3
3
3
Cinq. Free men cap 3
3
tured
out of Af
3
356
3
3
3
ca.
3
3
dim. 3
ri
bound
for home. 3
3
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
And
Cinq. 3
We
are
not
slaves.
3
3
Not one
day.
3
3
3
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
= 108
359
LIEUTENANT
(They pull their weapon)
3
Chain these
men.
= 108
3
3
362
3
3
Lt.
3
They have a fierce look
al
3
3
3
right.
I
pit y these white
men
so long in their
46
Scene 2
366
3
Lt. hands.
Slaves you say? 3
3
6
6
369 3
Lt. What’s their worth? DON PEDRO
3
3
A
great
deal
Tell us, sir,
where have we
3 3
373 3
3
Lt. You are
in
New York. CINQUE 3
Gra 3
D.P. land
ed?
3
3
3
3
beau,
Bur
nah,
47
Scene 2
376 3
Lt. What’s that 3
he
says
3
Cin.
3
Kin
na,
Ka
leh,
show them the gold.
3
cresc.
379 Lt.
DON PEDRO
3
3
3
Just their bush
lan
3
guage
They don’t talk much Eng
3
382
3
KINNA 3
8
lish.
We
3
have
gold.
We have gold and goods of val
3
3
3
ue.
You
see.
48
Scene 2
385 3
3
Ki. 8
We
are
not
slaves. LIEUTENANT
I’d have to see
that.
3
388
(CINQUE tells KINNA to show him. KINNA nods and gestures for the LIEUTENANT to follow. The LIEUTENANT sends two men with him.)
Lt.
3
3
3
3
= 74
ritard.
391
3
Lt. I’ll have to make an in ven to
ry.
I’ll have to
ritard.
395
dim.
see
it
all.
= 74
49
Scene 2
400
405
410
CINQUE
3
We
SOPRANO
at
ALTO
last
3
TENOR
3
We
come
last
3
3
come
naught, 3
to 3
have
naught,
to
come
3
at
to
3
have
naught,
3
3
have
last
to
come
3
at
3
3
have
last
3
BASS
come
3
at
We
have
3
at
We
8
last
3
We
3
3
naught, 3
to
naught,
50
Scene 2
415 3
3
3
3
Cin. We
at
last
3
have come 3
to
naught,
3
3
S We
at
last
3
have come 3
to
naught,
3
3
A We
at
last
3
have come 3
to
naught,
3
3
T 8
We
at
last
3
have come
to
naught,
3
3
3
B We
at
last
have come
cresc.
3
naught,
dim.
3
419
to
3
3
Cin. We
at
last
3
have
come
to
3
naught. 3
S We
at
last
3
have
come
to
3
naught. 3
A We
at
last
3
have
come
to
3
naught. 3
T 8
We
at
last
3
have
come
to
3
naught. 3
B We
at 3
last
have 3
come
to
naught. 3
3
3
51
Scene 2
= 132
423
3
3
3
Cin. tell
tales, shrouds,
a
dead man’s cloth
the
S the A the T 8
the
B the
= 132
cresc.
428
3
Cin. mean
ing
is
clear
The
chains
re turn, 3
S mean
ing
is
clear
The
chains
re turn, 3
A mean
ing
is
clear
The
chains
re turn, 3
T 8
mean
ing
is
clear
The
chains
re turn, 3
B mean
ing
is
clear
The
chains
re turn,
52
Scene 2
432 3
Cin. the i
rons
come
on.
The
mean
ing
is
rons
come
on.
The
mean
ing
is
rons
come
on.
The
mean
ing
is
rons
come
on.
The
mean
ing
is
rons
come
on.
The
mean
ing
is
3
S the i 3
A the i 3
T 8
the i 3
B the i
cresc.
436 Cin. clear.
We had a
S clear.
We had a brush
with
the gods—
clear.
We had a brush
with
the gods—
A
T 8
clear.
We had a brush
with the gods—
B clear.
We had a
53
Scene 2
440 Cin. brush with the gods—
We saw a
god
S We
saw a god
face
to
face
face
to
face
A We saw a god T 8
We saw a
B brush with the gods
We saw a
god
443 Cin. and this has brought
us
down.
S brought
us down..
brought
us down..
A
T 8
saw a
god
and this has brought
us
down.
and this has brought
us
down.
B
We god
54
Scene 2
446 Cin. To
be
the
prey
be
came
our
fate,
To
be
the
prey
be
came
our
fate,
To
be
the
prey
be
came
our
fate,
To
be
the
prey
be
came
our
fate,
To
be
the
prey
be
came
our
fate,
S
A
T 8
B
cresc.
450
3
3
3
Cin. and we were caught and starved,
sold on
these wa
ters
but we
cresc.
are not
55
Scene 2
454 3
Cin. slaves,
But we are
not
slaves
S We are not slaves,
We are not
We are not slaves,
We are not
A
T 8
We
are not slaves,
B We are not
slaves,
cresc.
458 Cin. But we
S slaves— A slaves— T 8
We are not slaves—
B We are not
slaves— 6
are
not
slaves—
56
Scene 2
462
(to TRICKSTER)
Cin. Tell me how to say it—
cresc.
465
TRICKSTER
8
There are
no
words
(The whites, who can’t see the TRICKSTER, are puzzled) Cin. Tell me, Lord Trick
ster,
Tell me how to say it—
469
= 69
Tr. 8
No
words
at
all
3
Cin. Tell me, Lord Trick
ster—
Where are the words that
= 69
57
Scene 2
473 3
Tr. 8
They will
not—
3
Cin. white men
un der
stand?
= 100 (subito)
477 ritard. 3
Tr. 8
not here,
not
now. LIEUTENANT
He’s mad,
too.
He
= 100 (subito)
ritard.
3 3
481 3
3
Lt. talks to the air
a
stern. DON PEDRO
3
They talk
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
to
3
3
spir
its.
Sir,
3
3
3
3
3
58
Scene 2
485
TRICKSTER
3
8
3
You’re as
3
good
as
dead
3
3
D.P. you
have
3
much
3
to
learn.
3
3
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
3
488
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
(The men return with trunks and open them, removing a few pouches)
Tr. 8
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
491
3
3
DON PEDRO
That 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
gold
59
Scene 2
494 3
3
3
D.P. 3
is
mine,
my
gold.
498
There are
3
3
more bags
in their
3
D.P. belts.
I
own
these
and
man y
oth
ers,
whole
3
3
501 3
3
3
3
D.P. bar ra coons
in Ha van
a.
He
is
mine,
too.
That
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
504 3
3
D.P. one.
Cin que, 3
the lead
er,
3 3
They
are
3
all
mine. 3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
60
Scene 2
= 120 507
3
LIEUTENANT
=
I
be
lieve,
sir,
D.P.
= 120 3
=
510
3
3
Lt. you
513
should
be
glad
for your life.
3
3
It’s
the fear
3
of
all
3
Lt. slav ers,
Fear
of all slav ers:
a slave that owns
him with
a cut lass.
3
516 3
3
3
3
3
Lt. But this car
go
is
mine,
Sal vage
DON PEDRO
They are all 3
cresc.
mine,
of a ship wreck.
Help these men
61
Scene 2
= 126
519
NAVIGATOR
8
They
are
kil
lers!
3
Lt. to a boat
I
be lieve
they
sure
ly are.
= 126
523
(NAVIGATOR and DON PEDRO exit protesting) 3
Nav. 8
They are
kil lers
DON PEDRO
Of
3
fi cer,
that
3
is
not
right.
They are
dim.
cresc.
(Ignoring DON PEDRO, to his first mate)
528
LIEUTENANT
Not a
D.P. mine,
all
mine.
bad
day
62
Scene 2
533 Lt. Not a bad
day,
I
say.
538 3
Lt. We’ll have to head for New
Lon
don.
New York
is
not a slave
state.
543 Lt. They’ll
let
them
go.
We sail for port
cresc.
in Con nec
ti
cresc.
548 Lt. cut.
Slaves
they will
cresc.
re
main.
Slaves
they
63
Scene 2
553 Lt. will
557
re
main.
ANTONIO (Standing alone in the confusion)
And
me,
am
I
slave?
I
left Cu ba
a
561 An. slave
I’ll land in A mer i ca a
slave
Not friend
nor
cresc.
564
3
An. foe
to white or
black.
I
cresc.
have no
chance with
my “broth ers”
here.
64
Scene 2
567 An. They’ll nev
er
trust
me.
Be sides,
they
570 An. got no chance at
all.
cresc.
575
LIEUTENANT
Take
= 80
(The captives are tied to one another and taken him off the ship. One of them grabs the TRICKSTER and makes hang on.)
them all
= 80
8va
3 6 3
3
3
❉
579 3
3
3
3
3
3
❉
❉
65
SCENE 3 (Parade) (Wharf, New England port town. The Coast Guard parades the captives through the town en route to the jail. Citizens come out to watch. Parade moves to exterior of jail, circling among people waiting.)
= 120
6
cresc.
11
16
21
3
3
3
3
3
26 3
3
3
3
3
66
= 76
32
37
= 100
cresc.
41
8
REPORTER 1
So these are the sav ag es
a board the
le
gend ship.
Mur der ers and man
45 R.1 8
ea
ters.
They
look ev
’ry bit of it.
Bring on
the
“E
thi
o
pi
67 49 3
R.1 an
de lin e
a tors�
to
make
some
new
coon
bits.
3
52
8
TENOR (White Chorus and/or reporters)
We know fat
hap py Mam bo
Sim ple laz y Sam bo
Cot ton top
Un cle and Shift less Coon
hap py Mam bo
Sim ple laz y Sam bo
Cot ton top
Un cle and Shift less Coon
BASS
We know fat
55
REPORTER 2
Would you be do
T 8
Who
are
these brutes
talk ing mum bo jum
bo?
talk ing mum bo jum
bo?
B Who
are
these brutes
3
cile
68 58
3
3
R.2 O blig ing and ser vile
If
ripped from home and near
ly killed?
T 8
Where is Mam bo?
We want Sam bo.
Where is Mam bo?
We want Sam bo.
B
61
3 3
R.2 If white men
had mut in eed
and
dark
skins
were
killed
you would
S Where is Mam bo? A Where is Mam bo? T 8
Where is Mam bo? B
69 64 R.2 hail the lead er a he ro
And de
mand li
ber ty for one and all. 3
3
S We want Sam bo.
and we will give 3
3
A We want Sam bo.
and we will give 3
3
3
3
T 8
We want Sam bo.
Give them lib 3
er ty
and we will give
3
3
B Sam bo.
Give them lib
er ty
give
cresc.
68
REPORTER 3
A
S them
death.
them
death.
them
death.
them
death.
A
T 8
B
he
ro
70 71
3
3
3
R.3 A
mul
ish Man din
go
mul lah
e
mir of the geec
hees
and the gul
lah.
S
A
T 8
B
74
3
R.3 That man’s the
S
A
T 8
B
ve ry rea son
we
call
a to bac co chaw a
nig ger head,
and a rough nut
a
71 78 3
3
R.3 nig ger toe.
Why the
nig
ger
is the black
you
take off rice
grain
Nig
ger
head,
nig
ger
Nig
ger
head,
nig
ger
Nig
ger
head,
nig
ger
Nig
ger
head,
nig
ger
and
S
A
T 8
B
81
3
3
3
R.3 su gar cane.
He’s
the
chaff
that has
to go
S toe,
Nig
ger
head,
Ole
black
Joe,
Nig
ger
toe,
Nig
ger
head,
Ole
black
Joe,
Nig
ger
toe,
Nig
ger
head,
Ole
black
Joe,
Nig
ger
toe,
Nig
ger
head,
Ole
black
Joe,
Nig
ger
A
T 8
B
72 84
REPORTER 4
3
R.3 if you want to have wheat.
So
true
S head,
nig
ger
toe,
Mam bo,
Sam bo,
Ole
Black
head,
nig
ger
toe,
Mam bo,
Sam bo,
Ole
Black
head,
nig
ger
toe,
Mam bo,
Sam bo,
Ole
Black
head,
nig
ger
toe,
Mam bo,
Sam bo,
Ole
Black
A
T 8
B
87 R.4
3
Why that crea ture there in the cage
He’s a
blub ber lipped nap py head sul len lout
S Joe,
Mam
bo,
Sam bo,
Mam bo,
Sam
bo,
Joe,
Mam
bo,
Sam bo,
Mam bo,
Sam
bo,
A We
T 8
Joe,
Where is Mam
bo?
Joe,
Where is Mam
bo?
We
B
cresc.
cresc.
73 90
3
R.4 Not half
as smart,
not half
as
stout
as
ev ’ry third
nig
ga
on our docks
S Where is
Mam bo?
We
want Sam
bo. Where is
Mam bo?
We
want Sam
bo.
A
T 8
We
B We
cresc.
93
REPORTER 5
R.4 8
Tru er words were nev
S want Sam bo.
A want Sam bo.
T 8
want Sam bo.
B want Sam bo.
er
said
74 97 R.5 8
We have learned
here,
here
in A mer i
ca
Our blacks are
S
A
T 8
B
101 3
R.5 8
hap pi er.
Sub
ject
ion
does
them
good
S Give them li
ber
Give them li
ber
A
T 8
B
75 105
REPORTER 6
Who
told
you
that?
S ty
we’ll give them
death.
ty
we’ll give them
death.
we’ll give them
death.
we’ll give them
death.
A
T 8
B
110 3
3
3
3
R.6 Some “hap py” chained
S
A
T 8
B
up
black?
The
slave trade
is
a
tra ge dy.
We
76 114 R.6 must sup port its
fi
nal
end REPORTER 4
They’re so keen eyed and
shif ty—
They ought ta be
118 R.6 Well,
I
must
a
gree,
they get
a lot of sym pa
3
R.4 hog
tied and whipped.
122 3
R.6 thy
more tears
from
la dies and fools
than
white
men
e
ver
could.
77 126 3
R.6 Whites
need e qual
just ice REPORTER 1 4
8
Cer tain
lib erals
T1 8
In
deed.
T2 8
In
deed.
B In
deed.
130 3
3
3
R.1 8
you
know the ones
I
mean,
de
fend the coons
e
ven when
they
133 3
3
3
R.1 8
kill
it’s
gett ing so these brutes
can run a mok,
slit our throats
and live
to
78 136 3
R.1 8
tell it
get
fat
and
com
fy,
sleep ing in our
jail
cresc.
139 R.1 8
3
S Give
them
AMERICANS
3
A Give 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
T 8
Give them li 3
ber
3
ty,
Give them li
ber
ty, Give them li 3
3
3
ber
3
ty,
3
B Give them li 3
3
ber
ty,
3
Give them li
ber
ty, Give them li
3
3
3
ber
ty,
3
cresc. 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
them
79
Scene 3
141 3
3
S Are they
are
they
go
ing to
kill
3
us,
3
CAPTIVES
A Are they
are
they
go
ing to
kill
us,
3
3
T 8
Are they
are
they
go
ing to
kill
us,
B
3
S death,
Give
them
3
AMERICANS
A death,
Give 3
3
3
3
ber ty,
Give them li
3
3
ber ty,
Give them li
3
3
3
T 8
death,
Give them li 3
3
ber ty, Give them li 3
3
ber ty,
3
B death,
Give them li
3
3
3
ber ty, Give them li
3
3
3
ber ty,
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
them
80
Scene 3
143 3
S
3
CAPTIVES
A
3
3
3
T 8
Go ing to
kill
3
us, 3
B Are they,
3
3
3
are
they
go ing to
3
3
kill
us,
3
3
S death,
Give them li
AMERICANS
3
3
ber ty, 3
Give them li
ber ty, Give them li 3
3
ber ty, 3
3
A death,
Give them li 3
3
ber ty, 3
Give them li
ber ty, Give them li 3
3
3
ber ty, 3
3
ber ty,
Give
T 8
death,
Give them li
ber ty,
Give them li
ber ty, Give them li
them
3 3
3
3
3
B death,
Give
3
3
3
them
3
3
death,
3
Give
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
them
81
Scene 3
145 3
3
S go ing
to
kill
us,
3
3
CAPTIVES
A go ing
to
kill
us,
3
3
T 8
go ing
to
kill
us,
B Do
you
know
3 3
3
3
3
S Give them li
ber
ty, Give them li
3
AMERICANS
3
3
ber ty,
Give
them
3
3
A Give them li 3
3
3
ber
ty, Give them li 3
3
ber ty,
Give
3
3
T 8
death,
Give them li
ber
3
3
ty,
Give them li
ber
ty, Give them li 3
3
3
ber ty, 3
3
B death,
Give them li
3
3
ber
ty,
Give
them
3
3
death,
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
them
82
Scene 3
147 S Do
you
know,
Do
you
know,
CAPTIVES
A
T 8
Are
they
go ing to
B Are
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
S death,
Give them li
AMERICANS
3
3
ber ty, 3
Give 3
them 3
death,
Give
3
them
3
A death,
Give them li
ber ty,
3
Give
them 3
3
death, 3
Give 3
T 8
death,
Give them li 3
3
3
ber ty, Give them li 3
3
3
ber ty,
3
B death
Give them li
3
3
ber ty
3
Give them li
ber ty, Give them li
3
3
3
ber ty,
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
them
83
Scene 3
149 S Are they
go ing to
slit
Are they
go ing to
slit
CAPTIVES
A
T 8
Do
you
know
Slit
B They
go ing to
3
Slit
3
3
3
3
S death,
Give them li
AMERICANS
3
ber
ty, 3
3
Give them li
ber
ty,
3
3
A death,
Give them li 3
ber
ty,
Give them li
ber
ty,
3
3
3
3
3
T 8
death,
Give them li
ber
ty,
Give them li 3
3
3
ber ty,
3
B death,
Give them li
3
3
3
3
3
ber
ty, Give them li
3
3
3
3
3
3
ber ty,
3
3
84
Scene 3
151 S our
throats
our
throats
our
throats
our
throats
CAPTIVES
A
T 8
B
3
S Give them
death
AMERICANS
3
A Give them
death 3
T 8
Give them death 3
B Give them death
3
3
3
3
85
Scene 3
153
3
Tr. 8
They yap
and
snap,
snick er like
mon keys.
Af ter so
much
157 Tr. 8
si
lence,
so
much gloom,
the bush re
a
wak ens me.
cresc.
161
Scat (Whole tone)
(F half diminished)
Tr. 8
re a
wak ens me.
E 7( 11) or half diminished
166 Tr. 8
cresc.
cresc.
cresc.
86 170
TRICKSTER E
( 9) 7
8
8
cresc.
173 3
Tr. They
squalk
and
chirp
chirp and squalk
like
Like hun
gry
177 Tr. 8
hun
gry
birds,
3
181 Tr. 8
birds ’round a cook
ing
pot
cresc.
6
87 184 3
3
4
Tr. 8
A
place
for
a
crowd
I
like
the sound of
bar ter and
cresc.
6
187 Tr. 8
noise
cresc.
190
3 3
6
6
88
SCENE 4 (Jail) Jail cell, interior. (If exterior is shown, streets still jammed with people.) Blacks are in three to four cells: Women in one and CINQUE and the other men in two or three. Men wear dark striped cotton trousers and striped cotton shirts; the women, calico dresses.
Freely,
= 69
3
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
= 84 9
3
cresc. 3
14
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
dim. 3
3
3
3
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
3
18
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
MARGRU 3
I
could
tell
by
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
their
looks,
their
cresc.
3 3
3
dim. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
89
Scene 4
21 3
3
3
Mar. touch
es,
the way they han
dled
me,
they want ed a
3
dim. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
24 3
3
Mar. girl.
They thought I
was
a
vir
gin.
E ven these
3 3 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
27 3
3
3
3
3
Mar. men
here,
in
this
pris
on,
3 3
3
3
3
me
the girl.
3
cresc. 3
call
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
30 3
3
Mar. They think
I’m
vir
gin
cresc.
3 3
a
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
53
90
Scene 4
33 3
3
3
3
Mar. They
got
what they want
ed,
a slight
girl,
3 3
dim. 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
36 3
3
3
3
3
Mar. with
slim hips
and
small breasts.
They don’t know 3
dim. 3
3 3
3
I left a ba 3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
39 3
3
3
3
Mar. by
wrapped in cloth
wait
ing
for his milk. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
42
3
3
3
Mar. He is ly
ing
in
his
cloth
on a
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
91
Scene 4
45
3
3
3
3
3
Mar. pal
let
on
the
ground
un
der my moth
er’s
3
3
3
3
3
in my
3
6
3
3 3
gaze
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
48 3
3
3
3
Mar. house
of
grass
in a
small
round
house
on
3
bar ren
3
3
dim. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
51 3
3
3
3
3
3
Mar. heart less
soil
where the wind blows
all
but the goats
a
way.
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
3 3
3
3
3
54 3
4
3
3
Mar. His cloth was
o
range
with
3
3
3
3
sea
shells
on
it.
I
kept
him wrapped
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
92
Scene 4
57 3
3
3
3
Mar. tight
to my back,
ex cept
that
af ter noon,
ex
cept
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
cresc.
3
6
6
3
3
3
60 3
3
3
3
3
Mar. that
af
ter
6
noon,
when
6
3
went
for
6
6
3
I
6
6
dim.
3
3
food.
3
6
6
3
3
3
62 3
3
When
they
3
3
Mar.
6
me
my
6
3
6
6
3
3
65
took
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Mar. milk
flowed
down
the
dirt trails,
down my legs
and
arms
3
6 6
3 3
on the
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
93
Scene 4 3
68
= 3
Mar. rust
y
i
rons.
3
=
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
71 Mar. And yes,
I helped to
kill
the men
I
75 Mar. cut
one
of
those sail
ors
in
his
chest.
I
cresc.
79 Mar. was not
a
fraid
to
die.
I
was
cresc.
a
94
Scene 4
83 3
Mar. fraid
I
could
not
get
back
where
I
still
live
my
87 Mar. life.
I’m
still
91 3
Mar. caught
in
a
step
on
my
way
back
to
96 4
3
3
3
3
Mar. pal
let
on
the
ground, 3
3
3 3 3
3
cresc.
a
95
Scene 4
100 3
3
Mar. my
3
104
4
4
Mar. ba
by wrapped in
sea shells,
wait ing
for
his
milk.
3
3
cresc.
3
109 Mar.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
=
113
GRABEAU
Chief,
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
96
Scene 4
117
3
3
3
Gra. what
will
be
come
of
us?
Sure
ly
they will kill
us,
cresc.
120
3
3
Gra. They know we’ve killed their
cap
tain
We should have killed
123
them
all,
3
Gra. dumped
them
in
to
the
sea. CINQUE
3
We had no
dim.
3
oth
er
97
Scene 4
126
KALEH
3
3
8
Chief,
my
fam i
3
ly—
Will
3
3
I
e ver see
them?
Cin. way.
cresc.
129 Kal. 8
MARGRU
3
3
Ka
leh—
we
all have
3
fam i
3
ly
help less
4
3
3
on the oth
er
shore.
132 Mar. 8
CINQUE
3
The wo man makes a point.
cresc.
We must not
say from where
we’ve come,
3
Not from
98
Scene 4
135 3
Cin. Men de,
or Sier ra Le one
cresc.
138
= 76 141
= 76
99
CAPTIVES
Scene 4
145 B Ank
le
and
wrist,
ank
le
and
wrist,
3
3
149
CINQUE
3
CAPTIVES
The
past
B ank
le
and
wrist,
ank
le
and
wrist,
ank
le
and
(mournful trombone)
3
3
3
154 3
3
3
3
3
3
Cin.
CAPTIVES
is a fad ing day
light
We are float ing yet still
B wrist,
ank
le
and 3
wrist,
ank
le
and 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
100
Scene 4
158 3
3
3
3
Cin.
CAPTIVES
There is
on ly the catch
er’s
net,
The
past 3
3
B wrist,
ank
le
and
wrist,
3
5
3
3
3
161 3
3
3
3
3
3
Cin.
CAPTIVES
is
a
fad ing day
light
We are float ing yet still 3
3
B ank
le
and
wrist,
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
164 3
3
3
3
Cin.
CAPTIVES
There is on ly
a catch
er’s
net
The
past 3
3
B ank
le 3
5
3
and wrist, 3
5 3 3
101
Scene 4
167 3
3
3
3
3
3
Cin.
CAPTIVES
is
a fad ing day
light
We are float ing yet still 3
3
B ank
le
and
wrist, 3
3
3 3
3 3
3
3
3
3
= 96
170 3
3
3
3
Cin. There is
on
ly the catch
er’s
net
It snares us
slow
ly
but
= 96
3
3
3
173 Cin. tight
CAPTIVES
T 8
Net
and
B ank
le
and
3 3
wrist,
102
Scene 4
177 3
CAPTIVES
T 8
beast
The
dead
men
walk
A
ten
3
B an
kle
and
wrist,
an
kle
and
wrist,
3
3
3
3 3
3
181
3
S Dead men walk
CAPTIVES
A
T 8
days
march
Net
And 3
B an
kle
and
wrist,
an
kle
and
wrist,
3
3 3
3
3
103
Scene 4
185 3
3
3
S out
to sea
The
3
dead
men 3
3
CAPTIVES
A out
to sea
The
dead
men walk 3
T 8
beast
And
out
to
sea
a
si
B an
kle
and
wrist,
an
kle
and
wrist,
3
3
3 3
3
189
3
3
CINQUE 3
3
First
they threw
the
3
S
3
A 3
3
T 8
lenced
prey
B
3 3
3
3
3
dim.
3 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
104
Scene 4
193 3
3
3
3
Cin. net
snared
3
3
me
like a
beast
I
3
3
3
was
wild,
a
3
3
prey
3
sur
prised.
3
3
196 3
4
Cin. They
3
3
3
chained
my
3
3
wrists
and
then
my
an
3
3
kles,
3
3
3
3
199 3
3
3
Cin. and kept
3
me
3
in
a
shroud—
the
3
3
3
3
shroud,
a
3
cloth
3
for
3
3
202
3
3
Cin. men
3
for a
3 3
3
ten
days
3
march.
3
3
Net
3
and
3 3
3
dead
105
Scene 4
= 76
205
3
BARITONES & CINQUE
3
Cin. beast
a
si
lenced
prey
The
= 76
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3 3
208 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bar. past
is
a fad ing day
light
We are
float ing yet still
There is on ly the
3
S net
and
beast
net
and
beast
3
CAPTIVES
A
3
3
T 8
Dead
men walk
out
to sea
B An
kle
3
3
and
wrist,
an
kle
3
3
and
106
Scene 4
211 3
3
3
3
3
3
Bar. catch
er’s
net,
The
past
is
a
fad ing day
light 3
S The
dead
men
walk
a
ten
CAPTIVES
3
A The
dead
men
walk
a
ten 3
3
T 8
Dead
men
walk
ten
B wrist,
an
kle
3
and
wrist,
3
214 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bar. We are float ing yet
still
There is
on
CAPTIVES
S days
march
days
march
days
march
A
T 8
B An
kle
and
wrist,
ly
the catch
er’s
net,
the
107
Scene 4
217
3
3
3
Bar. past
is
a fad ing day
light,
3
3
3
S The
past
We are float ing yet still,
CAPTIVES
3
3
A The
past
float ing yet still,
3
T 8
Net
and
beast,
3
3
3
3
B an
kle
and wrist,
an
kle
and
wrist,
3 3
3
3
3
220 3
3
3
Bar. is a fad ing day
light
3
3
S the past
float ing
CAPTIVES
3
yet
still,
yet
still,
3
A the past
T 8
net
and 3
beast,
net
3
3
and
3
3
3
B an
kle
and wrist
An
kle
3 3
and
wrist,
an
kle
and
wrist,
3 3
3
3
3
3
108
Scene 4
223 3
3
3
Bar. is a fad ing day
light.
CAPTIVES
S
A
dim. T 8
beast
net 3
and
3
3
beast,
3
3
3
B an
kle
and wrist,
an kle
and wrist,
an kle
and wrist,
3
3
3 3
3 3
3
3
226
TRICKSTER
8
Sh!
CAPTIVES
S
A
T 8
3
net
and 3
beast
3
3
3
B an
kle
and
wrist,
an
kle
and
wrist
3 3
3
3
3
109
Scene 4 (CITIZENS file through, paying admisssion and gawking, communicating with CAPTIVES by handsigns. TRICKSTER wanders among them, still blind, picking their pockets, looking for food.
229
= 126
235
TRICKSTER
8
241
Sh!
(PHRENOLOGIST enters)
246
3
dim.
3
3
110
Scene 4
252
S1
S1
S2
3
S Are they—
Are
they—
go ing to
kill
us?
kill
us?
CAPTIVES
A
T1
T2
T1 3
T 8
Are they—
Are they—
go ing to
B
cresc.
256 S
CAPTIVES
A
(T1)
T2
T1
T2
3
T 8
Are they— B1 Are
B2
Are they— they—
go ing to B2
kill 3
B Are they—
cresc.
Are they—
go ing to kill
111
Scene 4 (PHRENOLOGIST makes his examination.)
260 3
S Go ing to
kill
us?
kill
us?
CAPTIVES
A
(T2)
T1
3
T us? Go ing to
Are
they go ing to—
(B2) B us?
Do you
know?
264 S Do you
know?
Are they
go ing to
Do you
know?
Are they
go ing to
CAPTIVES
A
T 8
Do you
B Are they
go ing to
know?
112
Scene 4
268
a2
S slit
our
throats?
slit
our
throats?
Do you
know?
CAPTIVES
A
a2 T 8
slit
our
throats?
slit
our
throats?
Do you
know? a2
B Do you know?
Throats
272
= 92 (PHRENOLOGIST speaks to reporters)
8
PHRENOLOGIST
The base
of his
brain
REPORTER 1
8
Base of his brain REPORTER 2
Base of his brain REPORTER 3
Base of his brain
= 92
is small er than
113
Scene 4
276 Ph. 8
oth
er
parts—
Parts of the brain
Low er an i mal pro pens
i
R.1 8
What parts?
R.2 What parts?
R.3 And so
279 Ph. 8
ties
Do not dom i nate.
He’s
not that bad.
The ce gliss. 6
R.1 8
What’s
that?
Oh gliss. 6
R.2 Ah
ha
What’s
that?
Oh gliss. 6
R.3 Ah
ha
Oh
114
Scene 4
282
cresc.
Ph. 8
re
bral
or
ga
ni
za
tion
is
or
ga
or
Or
sup
er
i
or—
ni
za
tion
Su
pe ri or?
ga
ni
za
tion
Su
pe ri or?
ga
ni
za
tion
Su
pe ri or?
cresc. R.1 8
Ce
re
bral
cresc. R.2 Ce
re
bral
R.3
285
cresc.
3
Ph. 8
Su
R.1 8
R.2
R.3
You
don’t
mean
that
pe ri or
to
most
Ne
groes
here
115
Scene 4
288 3
3
Ph. 8
In
fact
he is
rath
er
well
bal
anced
R.1 8
Oh
good
R.2 Good 3
R.3 Good
What did he
291 3
3
4
Ph. 8
bet ter de vel oped
than most
per
sons—
than most
R.1 8
What’s
that?!
What’s
that?!
R.2
R.3 say?
be
long ing
116
Scene 4
294
cresc.
3
3
Ph. 8
to his race.
His
brain is good all
the same.
R.1 8
What?
What’s 3
R.2 What?
a kil
ler!
What’s
3
R.3 What? He’s a black
pi
rate
297 Ph. 8
the ce re
bral or
ga ni za
tion,
the ce re
R.1 8
that he said?
What’s that he
said?
that he said?
What’s that he
said?
that he said?
That he
said?
R.2
R.3
dim.
bral or
ga
117
Scene 4
300 Ph. 8
ni za
tion,
the ce re
bral or
ga
ni za
tion
R.1 8
What did you say?
R.2 What did you say?
R.3 How do you spell
= 69
303 Ph. 8
R.1 8
R.2
R.3 ce
re bral?
= 69
118
SCENE 5 (Transition)
= 69
AMERICANS
S
A
3
3
T 8
Deep
in the fes
t’ring hold
thy fa ther lies,
of his bones
New
Eng land pews are made,
of his bones
New
Eng land pews are made,
3 3
B Deep
in the fes
t’ring hold
thy fa ther lies,
= 69
5
AMERICANS
S
A
3
T 8
3
those are al
tar
lights
that were his eyes.
Deep
in the fes
t’ring hold
thy fa ther lies,
3
B 3
those are al
tar
lights
that were his eyes.
Deep
in the fes
t’ring hold
thy fa ther lies,
119
Scene 5
9
3 3
3
3
S Je
sus Sa viour Pi
lot
Me
O ver
Life’s
3
3
3
3
AMERICANS
Tem pes tu’ous Sea
A Je
sus Sa viour Pi
lot
Me
O ver
Life’s
Tem pes tu’ous Sea
T 8
of his bones
New Eng land pews are made,
of his bones
New Eng land pews are made,
B
13
AMERICANS
S Oh,
Je
sus Sa viour Pi lot
Me
Oh,
Je
sus Sa viour Pi lot
Me
A
T 8
those are al
tar
lights
that were his eyes.
Deep in the fes
t’ring
those are al
tar
lights
that were his eyes.
Deep in the fes
t’ring
B
120
Scene 5
17 3
3
3
S O
ver life’s
Oh,
Je
sus Sav iour Pi lot 3
3
3
AMERICANS
tem pes tuous sea
A O
ver life’s
tem pes tuous sea
Oh,
Je
sus Sav iour Pi lot
3
T 8
hold
thy fa ther lies,
of his bones
New
Eng land pews are made,
of his bones
New
Eng land pews are made,
3
B hold
thy fa ther lies,
21 3
3
3
S me
O ver Life’s
3
3
AMERICANS
Tem pes tuous Sea
Oh,
Je
sus Sa viour
Oh,
Je
sus Sa viour
3
A me
O ver Life’s
Tem pes tuous Sea
T 8
those areal
tar lights
that were his eyes.
Deep in the fes
t’ring hold
those areal
tar lights
that were his eyes.
Deep in the fes
t’ring hold
B
121
Scene 5
25 3
3
S Pi lot Me
O ver Life’s
tem pes tuous Sea 3
AMERICANS
3
A Pi lot Me
O ver Life’s
tem pes tuous Sea
3
T 8
thy fa therlies,
of his bones
New Eng land pews are made,
those are al
tar
of his bones
New Eng land pews are made,
those are al
tar
3
B thy fa therlies,
29 3
3
S those are
al
AMERICANS
3
tar
lights
tar
lights
that were his eyes.
3
A those are
al
eyes.
T 8
lights
that were his
eyes.
lights
that were his
eyes.
B
122
Scene 5 (Parlour of former President, and current Representative JOHN QUINCY ADAMS of Massachusetts. Enter Abolitionist TAPPAN and another lawyer. ADAMS welcomes them in and offers them seats. Maybe even tea.)
33
= 66 TAPPAN
3
3
8
We are grate ful,
= 66
3
sir
cresc.
3
38 3
3
3
3
Tap. 8
that
you al low
us
a
word,
to
press a
cause, that
41
you’ve
fought, too—
(Joking)
3
3
Tap. 8
Ah,
there
we were forced.
But
we are
ADAMS 3
3
Not as you—
with torch and sword.
cresc.
cresc.
44 3
3
3
3
3
3
Tap. 8
lu na tics
rad i cals, and fa
nat
ics,
the kind you find
ma ligned
in the news. 3
3
3
123
Scene 5
47 3
3
3
3
3
3
Tap. 8
It’s quite all
right.
3
If it must be a
bright
light
we shine on
slav ery,
so be it.
3
51 3
3
3
3
3
Tap. 8
But you bring us
a
cool
head
and a
wise
re pu ta
tion.
3
54
3
3
3
3
Tap. 8
And you’ve fought
to build a
just
and
free
na
tion
with free states, not
3
cresc.
57
= 120
Tap. 8
slave,
with
free
states,
not
slave.
Fail ing
= 120
cresc.
124
Scene 5
61 Tap. 8
with free
states,
not
Ad. in
that—
a
ba lance.
cresc.
65 Tap. 8
slave. 3
Ad. We’re rath er
like No
ah’s ark:
tak
ing
two
of each
cresc.
69 Tap. 8
Ad. slave,
one
cresc.
free,
hop ing
to make
room
e nough for
all.
cresc.
one
125
Scene 5
73 Tap. 8
But we must let
no
clan
change the law
Ad.
77 3
Tap. 8
for the
rest.
The
A
mi
stad
is
a
test
if
we
Ad.
cresc.
81 3
3
Tap. 8
mean lib er
ty
is
for
ev
’ry
man.
Ad. I
126
Scene 5
85 Tap. 8
Ad. on
ly hope,
sir
I may be of help.
I
be
lieve
3
cresc.
89 Tap. 8
Ad. your case
may have some chance.
The Span
3
dim.
93 Tap. 8
In
Ad. the
ban
on slav ing
3
a
cross
the seas.
deed
they do.
iards flaunt
127
Scene 5
97
3
3
Tap. 8
They sneak in to Cu
ba
with
slaves
by night.
Can blacks
see
cresc.
101 3
Tap. 8
jus
tice
as
a ny oth er
men?
But
if
we give
them
105 Tap. 8
to Spain
they go
in
to
cap
ti
vi
ty
109 3
3
3
Tap. 8
and death that
is
cer
tain.
In
Cu
ba they will die to teach a
sla
ver’s
128
Scene 5
113
ADAMS
Tap. 8
les
This is where the
son.
118 Ad. case
lies:
these
blacks
are nei ther slaves
nor
121 Ad. ci ti zens of Spain.
Span ish
law
does
not
ap
ply.
125
They don’t speak
3
Ad. Span
ish
just
cresc.
their
own
tongue.
They can’t
have been
held
long.
129
Scene 5
130 Ad. They were not in
Cu
ba
long e
nough
to
see
a
farm.
134 3
3
Ad. Spain at
138
tempts
to de ceive
with false pa
TAPPAN
pers up
her sleeve.
3
8
Spain will try
for a
set tle ment
an ar
range ment with the
Pre
si
143 3
Tap. dent.
You can
count on it. 3
3
Ad. He
won’t
want to rile a ny one
o
ver some
130
Scene 5
147 Tap. 8
Will you help us plead
this case?
Take it as far 3
3
3
Ad. mu ti nous blacks.
Plead this case?
cresc.
151 Tap. 8
as
we go
through
the courts 3
Ad. I
155
can
ad vise.
Sure ly
that is
3 3
3
Ad. all you want of me.
cresc.
It’s been thir
ty years
since I’ve been in
court.
I’d be a
131
Scene 5
= 63
ritard.
159
3
3
Ad. poor
hand
when you need one that’s
sure.
= 63
ritard.
cresc.
163
TAPPAN
8
3
3
You’re the man for
3
3
us.
(They shake hands and TAPPAN exits)
Think on it.
dim.
167
legato
170
173
dim.
dim.
132
Scene 5
176
179
ADAMS
We’ve had
on
ly fif
ty
years
cresc.
182 3
3
Ad. to
try
our
ex
per i ment
to heal the blood and
cresc.
185 3
3
3
3
Ad. and be gin to in vent
a
na
tion built on lib er ty.
tears
and trials
of
war
133
Scene 5
188 3
3
3
3
Ad. On ly
fif
ty years since the Bill
of
Rights.
We learn
its
mean ing
on ly
dim.
191 3
4
3
3
4
Ad. from day
to
day.
How each man must test
what we say and do
How we up hold this lib er ty.
dim.
194
cresc.
3
3
4
4
Ad. And yet
we
know
the Au
thor
of our Ex is tence
6
dim.
197 3
gives us His con di tions
3
3
3
3
3
Ad. the means
to sow,
the seeds of true com pas sion
to pro tect and im prove
men.
3
dim.
134
Scene 5
200 3
3
4
Ad. We dwell with sat is fac tion
3
203
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ad. up on our
dreams
and vi
sion.
yet
we
for get—
3
lib er ty
cresc.
205
3
3
4
Ad. is
pow
er,
208 Double time,
= 126
Double time,
= 126
Lib er ty
is
pow
er,
lib er ty
is
pow
er.
Ad. The
na
tion blessed
with the
grea
test
li
ber
ty
135
Scene 5
212 3
3
3
Ad. must
e
xert
the
grea
test
po
wer
to
se
215 Ad. cure
li
ber
ty
for
one
thus
li
ber
ty
for
all.
3
218 Ad. And still
we
for
get,
222
the
grea test li
ber ty
3
Ad. the grea
test
li
ber ty
brings the 3
5
grea
test
po
wer
136
Scene 5
ritard.
226 Ad. but on
ly
to
be used
for
the
grea
ter
ritard.
229 Half time,
= 63 3
3
Ad. good.
Could God
Half time,
in tend us to
= 63
dim.
232 Ad. do
235
o ther wise?
ritard.
â?‰
ACT II SCENE 1 (Court exterior)
= 100
137
T1
REPORTERS
8
T2 8
B1
B2
= 100
5
5
6
cresc.
REPORTER 1
T1
REPORTERS
8
Have you
seen
the black pi
rates?
T2 8
REPORTER 2 B1 It’s quite
a
show. REPORTER 3
B2 They eat,
cresc.
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drink and
138
Scene 1
9
CHORUS (AMERICANS)
T1
REPORTERS
8
It’s quite a show.
T2 8
CHORUS (AMERICANS)
REPORTER 4
B1 It’s quite a show.
I hear that sur
REPORTER 3 B2 turn som er saults,
the mur der ing
bas
tards
cresc.
13 R.4 lea
der
is him self a slave
sel ler TUTTI
S Dea
ler,
traf fic ker of slaves
Dea
ler,
traf fic ker of slaves
Dea
ler,
traf fic ker of slaves
Dea
ler,
slaves
AMERICANS
TUTTI A
TUTTI T 8
TUTTI B
cresc.
ly
Scene 1
139
17 3
3
R.5 8
The rest are no
bet ter
po sers, dan dies, and
hacks
the
S Here
they
come
Here
they
come
Here
they
come
Here
they
come
A
T 8
B
cresc.
22
REPORTER 1
R.5 8
Span iard,
the Se na tor Slave mon gers,
too!
Slave mon gers,
too!
Don
An gel
Cal de ron
T 8
REPORTER 2 B Slave mon gers,
too!
Don
An gel
140
Scene 1
25 3
R.1
CHORUS
8
de la Bar
ca
Spain’s
most blood less,
too thy pi ra
nha
T 8
3
R.2 Calderon
de la Bar
ca
B
29
REPORTER 2
R.1
CHORUS
8
T 8
R.2
B
Less a man
than lace
cuffs
Trades in souls
and
court ly fluff
And his
141
Scene 1
33 R.2 rum
pled white
suit
co
hort
Se na tor
of
the gen
teel South
37 R.2 U ses cash
40
and
whips to make con verts,
keeps a Pre si
dent
in
his
poc
ket.
REPORTER 3
R.2 And Tap pan
the A bo
li tion ist,
a
CHORUS
S Would be
re vo lu tion ist
Would be
re vo lu tion ist
Would be
re vo lu tion ist
A
T 8
B re vo lu tion ist
cresc.
vain
and can ting
142
Scene 1
44 3
3
R.3 quack,
a
hound
for pu bli ci
ty.
A
fiend
of
du
pli
S
CHORUS
Pi ous hack
A Pi ous hack
T 8
Pi ous hack
B Pi ous hack
48
3
R.3 ty.
This
time
his
prea
ching
will
miss.
CHORUS
S He’d
set the Sam
bos
He’d
set the Sam
bos
He’d
set the Sam
bos
A
T 8
B
ci
143
Scene 1
52
REPORTER 5
8
In deed.
Coons scratch them selves
and
laugh Unc le,Mam bo,
S
CHORUS
free
A free
T 8
free
B free
56 R.5 8
and Sam bo
blub ber ing
mum bo jum bo
cresc. S Tam bo
Sam bo
CHORUS
cresc. A Tam bo
Sam bo cresc.
T 8
B
Tam bo
Sam
bo
144
Scene 1
59
REPORTER 3
tour
The
ists
lap
it
CHORUS
S Mam
bo and Un
cle
Mam
bo and Un
cle
Mam
bo and Un
cle
Un
cle
A
T 8
cresc.
cresc.
62 R.3 up.
What could be more harm less than some lo
cal com merce?
Busi ness is
CHORUS
S Harm
less
Harm
less
Harm
less
Harm
less
A
T 8
Bus’
145
Scene 1
65
REPORTER 6 3
3
R.3 ness
Time
will show con se quen ces
of this mis chie vous bus’
ness
CHORUS
S Bus’
ness
Bus’
ness
Bus’
ness
Bus’
ness
A
T 8
B
cresc.
cresc.
69
REPORTER 1
8
We’ve REPORTER 5
8
Con se quen ces! REPORTERS 2 & 4 (a2)
Con se quen ces (a2)
Con se quen ces!
Con se quen ces!
R.6 fra ter ni zing
with bar ba
ri
ans.
cresc.
146
Scene 1
73 3
3
3
R.1 8
seen
them.
Not ten years a
go
Nat
Turn
er,
Nat Turn er
cresc. R.5 8
Con se
quen ces, con
se
quen ces,
con
se quen ces,
con
se quen ces
se
quen ces,
con
se quen ces,
con
se quen ces
cresc. R.2 R.4 Con se
quen ces, con
R.3 R.6
cresc.
76
3
3
3
3
3
R.1 8
and his mur der ing band;
Den
mark
Ve
sey
R.5 8
Con
se
quen ces,
con se quen ces,
con se quen ces,
con
se quen ces
Con
se
quen ces,
con se quen ces,
con se quen ces,
con
se quen ces
R.2 R.4
R.3 R.6
3
147
Scene 1
79 3
3
3
3
R.1 8
and his five thou
sand
read y
to
take
a
stand.
R.5 8
Con
se
quen ces,
con
se quen ces,
con
se quen ces,
con
se quen ces
Con
se
quen ces,
con
se quen ces,
con
se quen ces,
con
se quen ces
R.2 R.4
R.3 R.6
= 76 ritard
82 R.1 8
R.5 8
Con se quen ces, con se quen ces!
R.2 R.4 Con se quen ces, con se quen ces!
R.3 R.6
= 76 ritard
148
SCENE 2 (Court, interior: deck of ship visible. JUDGE seated on beach. CAPTIVES and their LAWYERS, including ADAMS, on one side; the SPANIARDS and their LAWYERS on the other. The SOUTHERN SENATOR, TAPPAN and the TRICKSTER ovserve. We see the events. The TRICKSTER dances.
= 96 = 96
8
3
3
3
4
3
dim.
legato
3
3
NAVIGATOR
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
moon
light
3
3
died
sud
den
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
The
3
3
cresc. 3
3
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
7 3
3
3
Nav. 8
ly
in
the
night.
In
3
3
3
3
my
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
bunk
all
was
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
10 3
3
3
Nav. 8
still.
Then 3
3
cresc.
3
3
I
could hear the wind,
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
149
Scene 2
13 Nav. 8
A fierce
wind
ris
ing.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
= 80
16
3
= 96
3
3
3
3
3
3
Nav. 8
The night was
pitch
black
when
= 80
= 96
3
3
3 cresc.
3
3
3
= 126
19 3
3
Nav. 8
came the call
“Drop the sails,
a
storm.�
= 126 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
loud
22 Nav. 8
cresc.
3
3
3
3
150
Scene 2
25 3
3
Nav. 8
The
sails
bat tled the gust
y
wind,
Bel lowed as
cresc.
29
3
3
Nav. 8
down
they
came.
The sheets snapped wild
ly
A gainst
the
cresc.
33
3
3
Nav. 8
masts.
I thought
I
heard
thun
der,
the
37 3
Nav. 8
ship seemed to come
a
sun
der.
When
cresc.
the
151
Scene 2
41 Nav. 8
light
ning crack led,
I
saw
their
fa
ces.
45 3
Nav. 8
The
light ning
cracked
49 Nav. 8
53
a gain.
I
saw their fa
ces
plain.
I
3
Nav. 8
heard men run ning and fall
ing.
Calls,
blood y calls,
152
Scene 2
57 Nav. 8
kept
com
ing.
61 Nav. 8
A
dim.
65 3
3
Nav. 8
gain
the
light
was
gone.
7
cresc.
68
3
3
Nav. 8
The night
was
pitch
black,
But
I
felt
the
ma
153 71 Nav. che
tes
cool a gainst my
neck.
75 Nav.
WHITES
8
“Mur der,”
The
men
hol lered,
“Kill
the
T 8
“Mur der,”
B “Mur der,”
3
80
3
Nav. 8
an i mals, kill
them
all!”
I
T 8
“Kill
them
all!”
“Kill
them
all!”
B
3
3
154 84
4
3
3
3
Nav. could not make
a
sound.
I
could on
cresc.
89
3
3
3
Nav. 8
move
where their
blades
would guide
me.
cresc.
dim.
93 3
Nav. 8
They
97 3
were
pitch
black,
3
3
Nav. 8
Stealth
cresc.
y
like
pan thers
their claws
at
my
neck.
ly
155
Scene 2
101
3
Nav. 8
Once
dim.
cresc.
105 3
3
Nav. 8
on
deck
I could
see
It
was
a
cresc.
109 3
3
3
Nav. 8
ter
ri
ble
sight–
Once
on
deck
I could
114 3
Nav. 8
see,
It
was
a
mur
der
ous
night.
cresc.
156
Scene 2
117 3
3
3
Nav. 8
Once
121
on
deck
I could
see,
3
3
Nav. 8
e ven in the
pitch black and
rain,
we were
dim.
125 Nav. 8
done
for.
All
hope
was
lost.
dim.
ritard
129
= 96
3
Nav. 8
The
Af
ri cans had tak
en
us
ritard
all.
= 96
157
Scene 2
133 Nav. 8
dim.
136
139
dim.
143
dim.
146
ritard.
= 60
â?‰
158
SCENE 3 (Smoky room) (Present are the PRESIDENT, the SPANIARD, SOUTHERN SENATOR and the TRICKSTER. The three officials greet each other. The TRICKSTER enters as a black serving man.
= 116
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
8
Se
= 116
3
na tor,
3
are we help ing this man
to
6 3
3
4 3
Pr. 8
nav
i
gate
our
sys
SOUTHERN SENATOR
tem?
cresc. 3
Our
jus
3
tice
de
3
7 3
3
3
3
Sen. part ment
is mak ing
ev ery
ef
fort.
But
qui et
ly.
3
3
3 3
3
3
10
PRESIDENT (to SPANIARD) 3
3
3
Pr. 8
Now,
sir,
We feel as sured
Our
courts will rule
in
3
3 3
3
your
159
Scene 3
13 3
Pr. 8
fa
vor. CALDERON DE LA BARCA
3
Sir,
I
do
not
un der stand
the
3
16 Pr. 8
No, 3
3
3
sir,
3
Cal. ways of your land.
You can
set tle all this
with the stroke of
a
pen.
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
19 3
3
Pr. 8
our courts
are free.
But do not fear
re
lief
is quite near.
Cal.
3
160
Scene 3
23 3
3
3
Cal. I
do
not
com pre hend
the
priv ilege en joyed
by
Ne
groes
in
3
3
27
SENATOR
3
3
3
3
3
Nor
do some of us here.
A
slave
has
no
Cal. these
U nit ed States.
3
3
cresc.
3
30
3
3
Sen. rights
no place
in
court
at
all
ex cept he run a
cresc.
34
foul
of the law.
cresc.
CALDERON
I
think
3
a pre
cau
3
3
tion
is
in ord
er.
Have a shipread
161
Scene 3
37
3
4
3
3
3
Cal. y
to re turn these pi
rates
to
Cu
ba
when your judge gives his
3 3
40 3
3
Cal. word,
there
we
can dis patch
this
mat
ter,
in a
trial
for mu ti ny
3
3
3
3
44
PRESIDENT
8
3
It’s a
good
thought.
See
that
it’s
Cal. and
mur
der.
48
(CALDERON bows and exits.)
Pr. 8
done.
We’ll
have one docked
out
side
the town.
3
162
Scene 3
52 3
Pr. 8
We’ll be done
with
this case
the
Cal.
3
3
56 3
3
3
Pr. 8
blackswon’t have time
to
ap
peal.
Cal.
3
60
3
= 96
Pr. 8
Cal.
= 96
(TRICKSTER lights a cigar and smokes. Then only the cigar is visible.)
163
SCENE 4 (Antonio’s aria, court)
(Court, interior; all as before. We see the events. The TRICKSTER dances, frees the captives with his keys, etc. ANTONIO takes the stand.) ANTONIO
= 96
3 3
That day
each
get
one
ba
na na,
two
po ta
to, and
a
cup of wa
ter
= 96
cresc.
5 An. like all days
on
the ship.
They are tight
dim.
9
be
low,
Bur nah,Kin nah,
cresc.
3
3
An. Gra beau
and the lot.
But
Cin
que give us the
slip.
cresc.
13
= 84
An. We sleep in’
= 84
as
the moon rose
164
Scene 4
17
3
3
3
3
An. then a
storm
blew
on
’round the mid night hours.
20
Then the
3
3
3
An. heat
re turn.
We drag the pal let on
deck
and sleep a
gain ’round four.
6
3
3
24
= 116 3 3
An. There is
noise
be low,
great scream in’ and clam or
= 116
28
3 3
An. Then I see them come through
L.H.
the
hole
wit
cane
knives
and
165
Scene 4 3
32
3
3
3
An. all
36
kind a
arms.
Kin nah,
Gra beau,
Bur nah
and Cin que
3
3
3
An. got free
some
39
how.
They go
3
straight for the cook,
3
the
slave
3
An. whattaunt
them,
an’
say
they’d be killed,
when
cresc.
43 3
3
An. is
still.
They hatch et him blow
on
blow
the sea
166
Scene 4
46 An. and then
they
turn
for
more.
cresc.
49
3
3
3
An. Cin que strike the cap
tain down
with
cresc.
one
swing
of the
cresc.
52 3
An. blade.
The rest
then
leap
on him
cresc.
55
3
An. strangle him till
cresc.
he gone.
Don Ped
ro
try
cresc.
to
167
Scene 4
58
3
An. kill
one
and then the bat
tle
is
on.
We fight oar
cresc.
cresc.
62
and
3
3
An. knife.
It
is
blood
y
cruel
Men groan
for
their
life.
65 3
An. Some
jump
o ver board.
And
I
beg mer
cresc.
68
= 96
An. mine.
= 96
cresc.
I’m
a
live,
cy
for
168
Scene 4
72 An. I’m
a
live,
I’m
a
live
= 112 (Noise, gasping, among the SPECTATORS, REPORTERS buzz)
76 3
An. And I don’t
know
why.
= 112
(The TRICKSTER dances, frees the CAPTIVES with his keys, etc.)
80
8va
3
83
(We see the mutiny)
8va
3
87
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
169
Scene 4
91
3
3
cresc. 3
3
cresc.
3
3
94 3 3
3
3 3
3
3
cresc.
97
AMERICANS
S They’re
mur
der
ers,
They’re
mur
der
ers,
They’re
mur
der
ers,
They’re
mur
der
ers,
A
T 8
B
cresc.
3
170
Scene 4
100
AMERICANS
S they’re
sa
va
ges
they’re
sa
va
ges
they’re
sa
va
ges
they’re
sa
va
ges
A
T 8
B
cresc.
cresc.
cresc.
103
AMERICANS
S They’re
kil
lers
can’t
you
see?
They’re
kil
lers
can’t
you
see?
They’re
kil
lers
can’t
you
see?
They’re
kil
lers
can’t
you
see?
A
T 8
B
6
cresc.
6
171
Scene 4
107
TAPPAN
3
3
Tap. 8
I
we’re in a spot
see
We can’t
let them be
3
3
112 3
3
Tap. 8
sent
back
to
Cu
ba
and cer tain death ADAMS
3
We
have to come back
3
116
3 3
Ad. court
with a pow er ful claim
3
dim.
3
3
we
have to prove that they were
free
to
172
SCENE 5 (New York City wharf. TAPPAN and his lawyer appear. An African is working on the wharf.)
= 144
5 (TAPPAN and the lawyer approach several Africans on the wharf.)
cresc.
dim.
9
cresc.
13
cresc.
17
TAPPAN
Tap. 8
There,
man,
how
do
you speak? AFRICAN 1
How,
sir?
173
Scene 5
20
3
3
Tap. 8
En glish, do you speak
En glish?
LAWYER (eager)
then,
Good 3
Af.1 Sure,
sir,
I speak it.
cresc.
23
3
3
La. how a bout Men de?
Not mend ing,
Men
de. (getting angry)
3
Af.1 Mend
ing,
26
no.
I do no mend ing.
(fearful)
Man
din
3
La. We
need
We need a man.
Thank
AFRICAN 2 Af.1 go.
I’m no Man din go.
I’m
your man.
174
Scene 5
29
TAPPAN
8
Show
3
me
how you count.
Tap. God. 3
3
Af.2 I’m
32
a
la
der, sir,
(points at crates)
Tap. 8
3
Just
3
count
these
one,
two,
3
Af.2 not
a
coun ter
36 Tap. 8
three
LAWYER
In your own
tongue
Af.2 One, two, three...
U no,
dos,
tres
No,
no,
No,
no,
175
Scene 5
40 Tap. 8
I
say
I
say
your moth er’s tongue
La. in your moth
er’s tongue
Af.2 They
43 Af.2 took
me
too
young
too
young
for
me
46 Af.2 mo
ther’s
tongue,
they
took
me
too
young,
to
keep
my
176
Scene 5
49 Af.2 too
young
to
keep
my
moth
er’s
guage
is
tongue.
I came from South A me
52 Af.2 ri ca
My
lan
Span
ish
I was freed
by the
cresc.
55
(to TAPPAN)
La. And who
Af.2 Lib
er a
tor
and brought
here
by
chance
is
177
Scene 5
58 Tap. 8
Bo
li var,
Si
mon
La. that
Do you know
a lib
er a
tor?
cresc.
61 Tap. 8
Bo
li
var
Af.2 The Great
War
rior
I saw
him with
cresc.
64 Tap. 8
In
3
Af.2 my own
eyes
he
re
dim.
claimed
my
life
178
Scene 5
67 Tap. 8
deed 3
3
La. He can’t help
us
Sa
Na ni,
we’re a lit tle des p’rate.
Let’s
get
down
this
cresc.
70
8
TRICKSTER
E ta, Fe la,
wa,
Sa wa, Fe
le,
E ta,
Fe
le,
Sa
wa,
Na ni,
Tap. 8
Oh
How do you know
this
La. dock
73 3
Tr. 8
Sa wa, Fe
le.
I know it
like my name
Tap. 8
coun
3
ting?
So
in
179
Scene 5
76 3
3
Tr. 8
If you like in false hood, too.
I’m as much
Tap. 8
truth, you are Men
de?
79 Tr. 8
Men
de
as
will
do. LAWYER
8
3
You are the
82
man
for us
a
(aside)
Tr. 8
Pro fit from my trick 3
La. bless ing for our cause
our
great
good
luck
cresc.
er y
180
Scene 5
85
(then to them)
Tr. 8
will be strict
ly
for
me
This ex traor
La.
88 3
3
Tr. 8
di
na
ry mee
ting
is
all
the
bless
ing
I
need.
La.
6
90 Tr. 8
3
3
3
Tap. 8
How did you come
here?
How
did you land on this wharf?
181 92 3
3
Tr. 8
The us
u
al way,
by
boat.
By cru el ty and guile
un
der
a great
Tap. 8
cresc.
95 3
3
3
Tr. 8
sail.
I found my
self
on
this
wharf
quite blind
from my
tra
Tap. 8
cresc.
98 Tr. 8
vail. 3 3
Tap. 8
How
were
you saved?
How was your sight
3
re stored?
3
3
182
Scene 5
101
3
3
3
Tr. 8
A
ma
gi
cian,
a
sor
cer
or
gave
Tap. 8
104 3
Tr. 8
me back my sight.
A
crea
ture of
great pow ers
brought me back
Tap. 8
cresc.
107 Tr. 8
rights.
I’m sure (LAWYER pulls his coat to hurry)
Tap. 8
I’d love
cresc.
to hear
the tale
you will
And I will tell
to
183
Scene 5
110
(TRICKSTER acts frightened, moves away)
3
Tr. 8
it
well. LAWYER
We have work
for you
to trans
late Men
de
talk
for court
dim.
dim.
113
(The men shrug.)
3
3
Tr. 8
How
much
3
3
you say?
I have man y who de pend
3
La. —And we
will pay
cresc.
116 Tr. 8
on me.
And
I’ll
need
a suit
in
the style
of
the day TAPPAN
8
A
La. A
dim.
cresc.
3
3
3
184
Scene 5
119
(TRICKSTER is shocked.)
Tr. 8
A
And shoes.
hat.
Tap. 8
suit.
And
shoes.
Not
that.
suit.
And
shoes.
Not
that.
In court,
La. In court,
dim.
122 3
(They laugh and all exit.)
3
3
Tap. 8
no hats per mit ted, 3
fe do ra
or knit
ted.
knit
ted.
3
La. no hats per mit ted,
3
not felt,
cresc.
3
185
SCENE 6 (Court, interior. Ship no longer visible. JUDGE seated on bench. CAPTIVES and their lawyers, including ADAMS, on one side; the SPANIARDS and their lawyers on the other. The SOUTHERN SENATOR and TAPPAN observe as before. The TRICKSTER now serves as TRANSLATOR. He makes a gesture, such as doffing his hat or using his keys to animate each speaker, and facilitate the “translation.” Court turns into bush world.
= 72 8va
=
6
3
3
10
dim.
15
BAHIA
3
To be gin JUDGE (to BAHIA)
Tell us
3
a bout the re
4
at
3
volt
How did
3
it
start?
dim. 3
the
be
186
Scene 6
18 Ba. gin
ning TRICKSTER
8
(pretending to translate) 3
3
The re
volt
is
3
3
3
not the be gin ning
We have to
go
3
3 3
3
= 112
22 Ba.
3
3
Tr. 8
back
for the start
The
truth
be gins
in
Af
ri
ca
The
= 112 3
dim. 3
26 Ba. We thought they came 3
(gestures for BAHIA to start)
Tr. 8
truth that sits
in my
heart
for salt
Like all
the o
187
Scene 6
30 3
3
3
3
Ba. ther tra ders
ma
ny come
ev
ery day
To buy
our salt
and car ry it a way
Tr. 8
34 Ba.
3
Tr. 8
I saw them
co
ming
with
lies
in their eyes
I threw up trees
and bram
38 3
Ba. They looked rough and 3
Tr. 8
bles
then blind
ing light
but they still
3
kept co
ming
dirt y
188
Scene 6
42 3
3
Ba. Ghost ly
and hair y
Tr. 8
But they brought gold
and ma
ny swords
and guns
and men.
46 3
3
Ba. They
took
our tall
boys
girls
not
yet wo
men
We thought they
50 3
3
3
3
3
Ba. came
54 Ba.
dim.
for salt
but
they came
for
us,
they came
for
us
189
Scene 6
57
VOICE 1 3
In
60
3
3
our vill
age
A
man
is not
a man
Till
he
has seen
the
4
3
3
V.1 sea
sons
Thir
ty times
or more
He
has
no
wis dom
Till he sees 3
3
63
VOICE 2 3
3
8
In
3
3
our vil lage
3
V.1 the har vests re store
What was eat
en
in win
ter
3
3
66 3
3
4
V.2 8
ren
lost
in a time
of need
Nev
3
er know
an y
life
but want
3
child
190
Scene 6
69 3
3
3
3
4
V.2 8
They wan der
a mong us
On
ly
souls
and voi
ces
Wind
y
3
72
3
3
3
V.2 8
blow
ing
sand
Ask
ing
for all
we
have
3
75
BAHIA 3
In
3
our
vil
lage 3
3
3
V.2 8
In
our
vil
lage VOICE 1
3
In 3
3
3
3
3
our
vil
lage
cries
and
191
Scene 6
78
VOICE 3
3
4
The trees stand
tall
and broad
O ver
81 3
3
3
3
3
des ert that once
was sa van nah
4
3
V.3 They ap pear
dark and beau ti ful
Their shade in vites us
o
ver
But
in
side
84 V.3 the bark
The
trees
are
dead
4
87
8
VOICE 4
3
4
The
salt
sucks
up
the wa
ter
Then gnaws a
way the roots
192
Scene 6
90 3
3
3
V.4 8
Burns out their
in
sides
But leaves them stand
ing
Reg
al
and splen did
94 3
4
3
V.4 8
Like a mas ter carv
ing
Hol lowed out
in
side. TRICKSTER
8
I tried ev ery 3
4
98 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
trick
and art
but I could
not
see
I could not
102 Tr. 8
pulp
and fear
so
sharp
my
eyes
they
3
struck.
cresc. 3
3
see
their
193
Scene 6
106
VOICE 5
In
the
vill
age now
They
say
the
3
cresc. 3
110
3
4
V.5 trad
ers
are
like
salt
carv
ing
the sur vi
vors
4 3
dim.
4
114
3 3
V.5 From
the
in
side
out
Tak
ing
6
3
118 3
V.5 their
wa ter,
their
4
life,
Lea
ving on
ly
194
Scene 6
122
TRICKSTER 3
3
V.5 8
fire
wood
I
fol lowed
and
hung
on
for a
126 3
Tr. 8
ten
day
march
hung
on
the
chief 3
3
3
= 116
130 3
3
Tr. 8
net ted,
thirst
y
and
starved.
= 116
cresc.
134
CINQUE
3
3
In
this
white
vill
3
age
The men stand
3 3
cresc.
tall
195
Scene 6
138
3
3
3
Cin. and broad
O ver des
ert
once
sa van
nah
They
3
142
3
3
Cin. ap pear
dark
and
beau ti
ful
Their
shade
in
vites us
146 Cin. o
ver
But
in
side
the
skin
the
trees
150
are
dead.
3
Cin. In 3
dim.
this
vil lage
196
Scene 6
155 3
Cin. Slav
159
ery
is
the
salt
3 3
Cin. Carv
ing
the sur
vi
vors
From
the
in
side
out
3
163 3
Cin. Leav
6
ing
their
forms
Ta
king
3
3
167 Cin. ters,
their
life
3
their wa
197
Scene 6 MARGRU (VOICE 5)
171
Leav
ing
on
ly
fire
wood
BAHIA
Leav
ing on
ly
fire
wood
Cin. Leav
175
ing on
ly
fire
wood
TRICKSTER (serious) 3
3
8
For see
ing
one
3
3
god
in
his
mis
chief 3
179 3
3
Tr. 8
they
were cursed
to car ry me a
long.
3
cresc.
No
gods
gave
dim.
198
Scene 6
183 3
3
them drink
or
3
3
Tr. 8
re
lief
on
ly
the
salt
of
187 Tr. 8
chain
and
bond.
191
(The TRICKSTER dances and the court disappears, spectators remain. The AFRICANS are loaded on the boat. The boat is overcome by mist and clouds, sea and spray. The TRICKSTER disappears in chains.)
195
cresc.
199
Scene 6
198
201
(The AFRICANS are loaded on the boat.)
204
cresc.
208
200
(Oceans, clouds. The Goddess of the Waters appears.)
SCENE 7
= 84
5
5
R.H.
4 6
cresc. L.H.
(TRICKSTER disappears in chains)
7 6
10
6
8va
= 63
ritard
dim. 3
3
cresc.
8ba
GODDESS OF THE WATERS
16
3
3
And one
day
they be
3
gan
to fall,
to
8va
8va
8ba
8ba
❉
❉
201
Scene 7
21 3
3
3
G.W. rain,
rain down
in
to my end
less
wa
ter y un know ing
reach.
8va
cresc.
8ba
❉
24 3
3
3
3
3
3
G.W. They be
gan
to
fall,
these peo ple,
cre
a
tions
of the Gods,
fall,
like
dim.
❉
❉
28 3
3
3
3
G.W. pet
als
strands
of
palm
in
to my end
less
un
know ing
bo
dy.
❉
31
❉
= 112 3
G.W. The peo ple
= 112
cresc.
al ways gave
202
Scene 7
34 3
3
3
3
G.W. me hon
or.
They
came
to the wa
ter’s
edge,
bring ing sweets and flow
ers,
37 3
3
3
3
G.W. sweets and flow ers
as of
fer ing.
I
have a
taste
for hon
ey,
sweet
dim.
40 4
3
3
3
G.W. am
ber hid
den in
the
tree
and sweet blos soms,
bright
co lored
and fra
dim.
43
3
3
G.W. gile,
fra grant
and short
lived.
They grow in the
earth,
un known
to me.
203
Scene 7
46 G.W.
cresc.
49 3
G.W. But,
they come
as
if
from the
hea
vens,
53 3
3
G.W. crea tures of the
earth,
from the hea
vens
58 3
3
3
3
G.W. my
bo
dy,
pass ing through my danc ing and
gleam ing,
fall ing in
to
204
Scene 7
63 3
3
3
3
G.W. my skin of mir rors
and clouds,
spit
tle
and
sky
cresc.
68
cresc.
G.W. blood
and
sin
ew,
blood
and sin
ew,
blood
and
4
73
Freely, slower
= 60
Freely, slower
= 60
3
G.W. sin
ew.
Pulled down by my
heav ing waves,
3 5
78 3
3
G.W. I
am the wa ters
that run through their hands
through their
3
5
205
Scene 7
82 3
3
G.W. skin
and back
in
to
the vast
with
in.
6
86
Majestic,
= 54
G.W. They come as
Majestic,
if
from the hea
vens,
crea tures of
the earth,
seeds spit from
= 54
8va
8va 15ma
8ba
Faster,
91
= 60
3
3
G.W. me on to
the land,
not like an
Faster,
8va
of
fer
ing,
= 60
8va
â?‰
96 3
3
3
3
G.W. not like the 8va
hon
ey
the blos soms,
not like the
hon ey the blos soms
the
206
Scene 7
100 3
3
3
G.W. sweet smells
I
crave
but
scream
ing,
flung
like
was
ted
8va
cresc.
ritard.
= 126
103 3
3
G.W. dead
leaves,
bro
ken
tree
limbs,
life
less shells.
= 126
ritard.
3
107 G.W. Give them to the
fire
first,
112 3
G.W. give them to the
dim.
fire
first.
When they
cresc.
come
to
me
207
Scene 7
117 3
G.W. the fire
is
still
in side
them
burn ing from with
in.
cresc.
122 3
3
3
G.W. Give them to the
fire
first.
Sear them from me
mo
dim.
ry.
cresc.
127 G.W. Do not of fer them to me
half
lit
and
scream
ing
dim.
132 G.W. Let them know the fire’s
cresc.
emp
ti
ness.
So
I may
208
Scene 7
137 3
3
G.W. soothe them with my full ness.
Give them to the
air
first.
141 3
3
G.W. Let them fly till life
is gone.
Suck the
air from their lungs
and clear
144 3
3
G.W. their souls
of all
re
gret.
Let them be
clean
of
the
pain
147 G.W. Do not of
cresc.
fer them
to
me
bel low
ing with fear
and
209
Scene 7
150 G.W. sor
row.
Let them know the air’s
lone
li ness,
let them
153 G.W. know the air’s
lone
li
ness,
let them know the air’s
lone
li ness.
156 3
G.W. So
I may soothe them with my
em brace.
cresc.
3
160
3
=
=
3
G.W. I tell the
dim.
hea
vens—
I tell the
210
Scene 7 3
3
165
=
3
3
3
=
3
=
G.W. Earth
Gods of
all
the liv
ing
and the
dead
The wa
ter
will
3
=
170 3
3
3
G.W. rise
up
with the
moon
and
crush the
rims
cresc.
175
3
3
G.W. of
earth.
This howl
3
3
3
3
180
3
ing is not
3
3
of
3
3
3
the seas
3
3
3
3
G.W. this
death
de files my bo
dy
3
3
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3
3
3
3
211
Scene 7
184 3
3
3
G.W. dares to take
3
3
3
my
3
ren
rip
them from the
land
3
3
cresc.
3
child
3
3
3
188 G.W.
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
cresc.
3
3
3
3
cresc.
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
= 80 - 84
192
3
3
G.W. This
howl ing
is
not
= 80 - 84 3
3
196 3
3
G.W. seas.
It
dim.
is
a
mad
ness
3
of
the
212
Scene 7
199 3
G.W. not
of
na
ture,
3
202 3
3
G.W. not
3
of
3
the
3
Gods,
3
but
3
3
of
men.
3
3
3
3
dim. cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
205 G.W.
dim.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
ritard
208 G.W.
ritard 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
â?‰
213
SCENE 8
(Oceans, clouds open up on a wharf in Havanna. Elements of Court are once again visible.)
= 120
7
= 96
JUDGE
How
3
3
3
did you come
to
kill?
Now
11
we must
know.
3
3 3
J. How did
you
es cape
to mur der the white men on the
ship?
3 3 3
15
GRABEAU
We
3
were freed
by the
3
Lord
and Chief
We went
3 6
3
3
6
for the
214
Scene 8
19
3 3
3
Gra. cook
and white
thief
that took
23
us
and
meant
to kill
us.
SOUTHERN SENATOR
What a bom i SPANIARD 3
Did
he say
an tion!
3
the Lord?
I’ve heard e nough.
6
6
6
6
27 3
Sen. Freed
by the Lord
and Chief,
in deed.
Sp. A bom i na tion
in deed
3
Sir,
this is a
rav ing we are asked to
215
Scene 8
= 92
31 3
(REPORTERS buzz.)
3
3
Sen. heed.
They’re claim ing di vine
in
ter
ven
tion.
= 92 3
3
3 3 3
34
GRABEAU 3
Once we
3
were
3
3
a
gain
on
3
land
the Lord
3
so
blind
and
3
❉
❉
3
37
3 3
3
Gra. sick
be gan to
re
gain
his hand
and loosed us
with his last
trick.
3
❉
❉
3
(The CAPTIVES enter in chains, followed by the crew, including COOK and ANTONIO. The TRICKSTER is blind and has his eyes covered with a cloth band. Black workmen on the dock slowly take notice of him among the CAPTIVES. Whispering turns into a kind of roar of surprise and fear.)
41
3
❉
3
❉
216 45
Scene 8
= 126
SLAVES
S
A
T 8
Nan
si,
nan
si
Brer
Nan
si
Nan
si,
nan
si
Brer
Nan
si
B Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
= 126
49 S
SLAVES
A
cresc. T 8
Nan
si,
nan
si
Brer
Nan
si
Nan
si,
nan
si
Brer
Nan
si
cresc. B Nan
cresc.
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
217
Scene 8
53 S Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
SLAVES
A
T 8
Nan
si,
nan
Nan
si,
nan
B Nan
si,
57
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
cresc.
S Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
cresc. SLAVES
A Nan
si,
Nan
Nan
si,
Nan
cresc. T 8
Nan
B
cresc.
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
218
Scene 8
61 S
SLAVES
Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
A Nan
si,
Nan
Nan
si,
Nan
T 8
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
B Bou ki,
65
Ti
Ma
lice
Bou ki Ti Ma lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way, turn a
way
cresc.
S Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
Com
pere,
com pere,
Nan
si
Nan
si
cresc. SLAVES
A Nan
si,
Nan
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
cresc. T 8
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
cresc.
si
Brer
Nan si 3
3
B Bou ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Bou ki Ti Ma
lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma
lice
Turn a way, turn a way
219
Scene 8
69 3
S What’s that they’re mut
ter ing?
WHITES
3
A What’s that they’re mut
ter ing? 3
3
T 8
They’ve stopped work ing
It’s a
B All
gone
a
fright.
It’s a
S
SLAVES
A
3
3
3
3
the
T 8
E
shu,
El
le gu
a,
E
shu,
El le gu
a,
John
B Bou ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma
lice,
Bou ki Ti Ma lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way, turn a way
220
Scene 8
73
WHITES
S Just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
Just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
A
T 8
com
mon sight,
just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
com
mon sight,
just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
B
S E
shu
El le
gu a
Leg
ba
the
E
shu
El le
gu a
Leg
ba
the
Leg
ba
the
SLAVES
A
T 8
fool
E
shu
B Bou ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Bou ki Ti Ma lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way, turn a way
221
Scene 8
77
cresc.
S They’ve stopped
work
WHITES
cresc. A They’ve stopped
work
cresc. T 8
They’ve stopped
work
cresc. B They’ve stopped
3
work
3
S Spi
der
E
shu
El
le
gu
a
3
3
SLAVES
A Spi
der
E
shu
El
le
gu
a
cresc. T 8
Spi
der
Leg ba, the Spi der,
Leg
ba,
the
Spi
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
der,
B Bou
ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
222
Scene 8
80
WHITES
S ing
all gone
a fright.
ing
all gone
a fright.
ing
all gone
a fright.
ing
all gone
a fright.
A
T 8
B
cresc.
3
3
S Leg
ba
the
Spi
der
E
shu
El
le
cresc.
gu
a
3
3
SLAVES
A Leg
ba
the
Spi
der
E
cresc.
shu
El
le
gu
a
cresc.
T 8
Leg
ba
the
Spi
der
Leg ba, the Spi der
Leg
ba,
the
Spi
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
B Turn a way, turn a way
Bou
ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
223
Scene 8
83
cresc.
S They’re
not
liste
ning,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
listen
ing,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
listen
ing,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
listen
ing,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
WHITES
cresc. A They’re
not
cresc. T 8
They’re
not
cresc. B They’re
not
S Spi
der,
Leg ba, the Spi der.
SLAVES
A Leg
ba,
the
Spi
der,
Leg ba, the Spi der.
Leg
ba,
the
Spi
der,
Leg ba, the Spi der.
T 8
der
B Bou ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way, turn
a
way
turn
a
way
224
Scene 8
86 S
SLAVES
Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
Com
pere,
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
A Nan
si,
Nan
Nan
si,
Nan
T 8
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
B Bou ki,
90
Ti
Ma
lice
Bou ki Ti Ma lice
com
pere,
Nan
si
si
Brer
Nan
si
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way, turn a
way
cresc.
S Com
pere,
Com
pere,
com pere,
Nan
si
Nan
si
cresc. SLAVES
A Nan
si,
Nan
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
cresc. T 8
Nan
si,
Nan
si
Brer
Nan si
Nan
si,
Nan
cresc.
si
Brer
Nan si 3
3
B Bou ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Bou ki Ti Ma
lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma
lice
Turn a way, turn a way
225
Scene 8
94
WHITES
S What’s that
they’re mut
ter ing?
What’s that
they’re mut
ter ing?
What’s that
they’re mut
ter ing?
What’s that
they’re mut
ter ing?
They’ve stopped work ing
It’s a
A It’s a
T 8
They’ve stopped work ing
It’s a
B
3
It’s a
3
3
3
S E
shu,
El le gu 3
a,
E
shu,
El le gu 3
3
a, 3
SLAVES
A E
shu,
El le gu
3
a,
E
shu,
El le gu
3
3
a,
3
T 8
E
shu,
El le gu
a,
E
shu,
El le gu
a,
B Bou ki
Ti
cresc.
Ma lice,
Bou ki Ti Ma lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way, turn a way
226
Scene 8
98
WHITES
S com
mon sight,
Just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
com
mon sight,
Just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
com
mon sight,
just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
com
mon sight,
just
slaves,
damn
slaves.
A
T 8
B
S E
shu
El le
gu
a
Leg
ba
the
E
shu
El le
gu
a
Leg
ba
the
El le
gu
a
Leg
ba
the
SLAVES
A
T 8
E
shu
B Bou ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Bou ki Ti Ma lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way,turn a way
227
Scene 8
102
cresc.
S They’ve stopped
work
WHITES
cresc. A They’ve stopped
work
cresc. T 8
They’ve stopped
work
cresc. B They’ve stopped
3
work
3
S Spi
der
E
shu
El
le
gu
a
3
3
SLAVES
A Spi
der
E
shu
El
le
gu
a
cresc. T 8
Spi
der
Leg ba, the Spi der,
Leg
ba,
the
Spi
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
der,
B Bou
ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
228
Scene 8
105
WHITES
S ing
all gone
a fright.
ing
all gone
a fright.
ing
all gone
a fright.
ing
all gone
a fright.
A
T 8
B
cresc.
3
3
S Leg
ba
the
Spi
der
E
shu
El
le
cresc.
gu
a
3
3
SLAVES
A Leg
ba
the
Spi
der
E
cresc.
shu
El
le
gu
a
cresc.
T 8
Leg
ba
the
Spi
der
Leg ba, the Spi der
Leg
ba,
the
Spi
Bou ki
Ti
Ma lice
B Turn a way, turn a way
Bou
ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
229
Scene 8
108
dim.
S They’re
not
liste
ning,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
liste
ning,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
liste
ning,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
liste
ning,
they bet
ter
get
it
right,
WHITES
dim. A They’re
not
dim. T 8
They’re
not
dim. B They’re
not
S Spi
der,
Leg ba, the Spi der.
SLAVES
A Leg
ba,
the
Spi
der,
Leg ba, the Spi der.
Leg
ba,
the
Spi
der,
Leg ba, the Spi der.
T 8
der
B Bou ki
cresc.
Ti
Ma lice
Turn a way, turn a
way
230
Scene 8
111
WHITES
S these
slaves,
damn
slaves.
these
slaves,
damn
slaves.
these
slaves,
damn
slaves.
these
slaves,
damn
slaves.
A
T 8
B
S
SLAVES
A
T 8
Is
B Is John
the
slave
too?
231
Scene 8
115 S Is
John the slave
too?
SLAVES
A Is John the slave
too?
Too
T 8
John the slave
too?
Too
B Too
= 116 120
8
TRICKSTER
They
know
me.
They
call me.
SLAVES & CAPTIVES
S
A
T 8
Leg
ba,
the Spi
Leg
ba,
the Spi
B
= 116
dim.
232 125
Scene 8
CINQUE
3
3
Lord, They’re fright ened.
They call
3
you
by
names
so
strange.
SLAVES & CAPTIVES
S John
the
John
the
A
T 8
der
B der
cresc.
TRICKSTER
130
3
8
They know
3
3
me.
They
call
me
by names
S SLAVES & CAPTIVES
fool
A fool
T 8
Nan
si
Nan
si
B
cresc.
I
claim
233
Scene 8
135 3
Tr. 8
E shu,
the
Spi der,
Pi
geon
and
SLAVES & CAPTIVES
S E
shu
E
shu
E
shu
A
T 8
B
140 3
Tr. 8
Aun
tie,
e
ven
a home
less
dog.
They know
SLAVES & CAPTIVES
S E shu
El
le
gu
a
E shu
El
le
gu
a
E shu
El
le
gu
a
E shu
El
le
gu
a
A
T 8
B
cresc.
234
Scene 8
145 3
3
Tr. 8
me.
I’m
their
dog
so
man
gy.
SLAVES & CAPTIVES
S
A
T 8
B
cresc.
= 88 150
(COOK comes over and the TRICKSTER makes a gesture that allows them to understand one another.) COOK
C’ mon now
the par
ty’s
you
go,
ov er.
We load in’ this
= 88
154 C. boat
for the oth er side
of
Cu ba.
cresc.
On
you food
for
goats.
235
Scene 8
157
CINQUE
Watch how you
talk.
This is Lord Rid dler
and
I
a
chief,
not a slave
cresc.
161 Cin. like you.
Watch who you talk to. (laughs)
C. These
165
Af ri cans must be fresh,
(to CINQUE)
3
3
C. so
169
dumb
and ar ro gant.
Once
a chief,
now on
(to TRICKSTER)
ly flesh,
meat for the boss man to
3
C. eat.
There ain’t no
Af ri can gods
that I can’t
236
Scene 8
172 3
3
3
C. boil
176
in
my pot
and sea
son just
right
for a plan ta tion feast.
= 104 ANTONIO
(CAPTIVES react in horror)
3
These fools don’ be
lieve
you,
Cook.
C.
= 104 3
3
3 3
3
180 3
3
An. They think their God
pro
tect
them.
They don’t know
what
pond
they
3
184
= 108 3
An. swim min’ in.
Come to see the man
3
say he
nev er been a slave
Cin.
= 108
The
slave comes to teach
the free.
3
237
Scene 8
188 An. But
you are a
li
ar
like
that
ol’
Mis
ter Spi der
3
Cin. And it’s true.
(Indicates TRICKSTER, BLACKS gasp)
192 An. The one
you call
a
god.
Ev en come the slave
ry,
he
don’t
change
Cin.
TRICKSTER (Aside to CINQUE)
196
(TRICKSTER touches his arm to quiet him)
8
3
Hush, he will tell
more.
This
An. he knav ’ry. 3
Cin. What’s
that you say?
6
cresc.
3
238
Scene 8
= 84
ritard
200 3
3
3
Tr. 8
talk of my ad ven tures is a
sti mu lat ing cure.
[I smell the scent
of
mis chief.]
An.
= 84
ritard
6 3
cresc.
204
= 108 ANTONIO
3 3
I’m
S Net
and
beast
Net
and
beast
Net
and
beast
CAPTIVES
A
T 8
B Ank
= 108
le
and
wrist
Dead
man
talk
not
like
you;
239
Scene 8
208
3
3
3
An. I
got no where to
re turn.
You ain’t been slave;
CAPTIVES
S Net
and
beast,
Net
and
beast,
Net
and
beast,
A
T 8
B An
kles
and
wrist
Dead
man
talk,
212 An. You’re
dead,
soon
you learn,
CAPTIVES
S Net
and
beast
Net
and
beast
Net
and
beast
A
T 8
B An
kles
and
wrist
Dead
man
talk,
240
Scene 8
216 3
An. You
like
Sis
when she
Goose
take Fox
220 An. to court.
But
when she get
to
town
she look
a
round.
3
cresc.
224 An. The
she
riff, he’s
a fox;
the judge, he is
228
a fox,
too;
3 3
An. the law yers, fox
cresc.
for sure
and the ju ry men
too.
They try Sis
241
Scene 8
232
3
An. ter Goose
and
wring
her
neck.
You wit’
cresc.
fox
es now,
and
dim.
236 3
3
3
An. chief or no chief,
slave or no slave,
you
just
a com mon goose
you gon na get
cresc.
240
(Tips hat. Boards boat laughing with COOK. The rest are boarded and night falls on the ship.)
= 69
An. et.
= 69
6
3
(Everything is quiet.)
244 3
6
3
3
6
3
Scene 8 (A storm blows up and dies down.)
242
= 63
248
3
3
3
(ANTONIO and the CAPTAIN drag a pallet on deck and settle down, ANTONIO at the CAPTAIN’s feet.)
3
257
= 58
ritard
252
= 126
dim.
(The TRICKSTER dances a dance of
the keys — finding the keys to all the shackles and irons.)
cresc.
260
265
= 63
243
SCENE 9 (On the deck at the end of storm)
= 116
TRICKSTER
8
All
my
tricks
are
old
= 116
dim.
cresc.
6 Tr. 8
but all
the
mas
ters
are the
same:
They don’t think
cresc.
11 3
Tr. 8
they’ll
be played,
they
don’t think they can
be
sold.
16 3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
They day
dim.
dream
in a dead ly
game.
The
un
ex
cresc.
pect ed is
my
realm.
244
Scene 9
21 3
3
Tr. 8
Lib er ty’s
my
king
dom.
Change
is my mid
dim.
26 Tr. 8
dle
name,
It’s
time
to
take
3
3
cresc.
dim.
31 3
3
3
Tr. 8
helm
Mas sa King said he’d
drown me,
36 3
Tr. 8
send
me straight to
Hell,
for
fetch in’ wa
ter from
his
well.
the
245
Scene 9
40
4 3
3
Tr. 8
He set me
in
i
rons
and bound me
But
the
cris
is
freed my
3
4 3
44
(Making his way round sleeping crew/takes their arms) 3
Tr. 8
will.
I cried
48
and moaned
in
act
ed pain,
Bet ter to
3
3
Tr. 8
shoot me
or
stab me,
than pitch
me in the
dark
cold sea.
ritard
52 3
3
3
Tr. 8
I sank
in
the
sea
and
loosed
the chain,
float ed up
so he could see me
ritard
246 56
Scene 9
= 112
(He climbs down the hole and frees CINQUE, gives him weapons) 3
Tr. 8
flee.
Lib
er
ty
= 112
60
3
Tr. 8
is
my
king
dom,
Change
is
my
3
64
3
3
Tr. 8
mid dle
name,
My work
to
cresc.
68 Tr. 8
take
the
helm.
keep my free dom
It’s
time
to
Scene 9
247
(CINQUE frees GRABEAU and GRABEAU frees the next one, etc. They huddle and make a plan. Steal into arms locker and take machetes, etc. The TRICKSTER dances. The revolt takes place as described by NAVIGATOR and ANTONIO, first surprising NAVIGATOR in his sleep below, killing the cook, then going above killing the CAPTAIN, etc.)
73
78
84
90
cresc.
96
cresc.
248
Scene 9
102
cresc.
107
cresc.
112
dim.
117
R.H.
L.H.
122
cresc.
(At last, ANTONIO begs for his life.)
cresc.
3
3
3
3
3
249
Scene 9
127
CINQUE
cresc.
He
3
sleeps
at
3
3
131
cresc. 3
Cin. mas
ter’s
feet,
he learns how he
thinks
and speaks,
3
3 3
8ba
135
cresc.
3
3
Cin. He keeps his pal let
warm
in the cold,
or cools his brow
in the heat.
8ba
3
139
3 3 3
3
3
Cin. Slave
3
ry’s crea
ture
is an art ful sur
vi
vor.
3 3 3
his
250
Scene 9
143
3
3
Cin. Kill ing him could be
so
sweet
147 Cin. He will turn on us,
I
dim.
151
3
3
Cin. be
cause
he
has
no
one,
no
dim.
dim.
155 3
Cin. But
for that rea
son
dim.
he be longs to us
or
no
cresc.
one.
home.
know
251
Scene 9
159 3
3
Cin. His
to ry’s crea
ture
is a
ruth
less teach
er.
8ba
162 Cin. Give him what’s he’s ne ver owned
8ba
his
life.
8ba
167 Cin.
8ba
172 Cin.
cresc.
252
SCENE 10 (Court, interior; all as before. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS makes the summation on behalf of the captives.)
= 66
= 66
3
cresc.
5
5
ADAMS
3
To own one’s life,
9
3
3
one’s
ver
y
breath
is the
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ad. right
of
a ny be
ing
to
whom God
grants time
on earth,
3
or in
3
12 3
in priv ilege
3
3
4
Ad. suf fer ing.
It must not be our
le
ga cy
to take men from lib
er
253
Scene 10
A Tempo,
ritard
16
= 112 3
Ad. ty
to keep them in
a
liv
ing death.
We hold these be
A Tempo,
liefs
= 112
ritard
3
dim.
20
3
3
3
Ad. un
bro
ken
for our
selves
and our
breth ren
3 3
3
3
24
4
4
3
Ad. For those need ing
sanc tu
ar
y
Who
share our
God
and
3 3
3
= 66
29
3
3
3
3
Ad. skin.
Here our laws per
= 66
cresc.
3
mit
bond age
e ven
254
Scene 10
33
3
3
Ad. beast ly
ven
gence
with
in
our shores
but now
with
men
3
3
cresc.
36
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ad. tak en host age
we 3
seek
to de ny e ven na ture’s
law,
this
3 6 6
cresc.
3
=
39 3
3
3
Ad. can not stand,
this can
not stand,
this can not
stand in
our
3
=
cresc.
3
=
= 100
43 Ad. land.
=
= 100
dim.
255
Scene 10
48 Ad.
51 3
Ad. We can
not chase slaves
for
oth
er
54 3
3
3
Ad. sla ving men.
And we
must not make slaves
of free
3
58 3
Ad. Such
a
mor al
out rage puts us all
in
bond
age.
men
256
Scene 10 JUDGE (After a moment, hits gavel)
62
3
(A clamor of acclamation from the court.)
3
Hear me
well,
my rul ing is
3
65
3
3
J. ve
ry
plain
it has not
been shown
that
these
68 3
J. men
were
slaves—
We shall not
72 3
3
use the gov ern ment
3
to take
3
J. peo
ple
who were free,
and re duce them to slave
ry
Scene 10
257 75 3
J. They are
free
by
our laws,
cresc.
78 3
J. they are free
by
our laws
81
they are
free
by
our laws,
3
J. by those of Spain
and the laws,
of
na
cresc.
84
ritard
3
3
(Hits gavel. The court erupts on both sides.)
J. we hold them no
ritard
fur ther (Horn)
(Trombone)
ture
258
Scene 10
88 Stgs.
cresc. 4
3
Tpt.
cresc.
4
3
Hn.
cresc. Tbn. 4
3
92 Stgs.
3
Tpt.
cresc.
4
3
Hn.
Tbn.
cresc.
3
ritard
95 Stgs.
4
Tpt.
ritard Hn.
Tbn.
4
259
SCENE 11 = 116
TAPPAN (Congratulating AFRICANS) 3
8
This
is
a
great
day,
a
vic
to
= 116
3
5 Tap. 8
ry
for
all
hu
ma
ni
ty LAWYER
4
We
shall
see
you
9 3
Tap. 8
We shall see you
on your way
in
li
ber ty
in
li
ber ty
La. on
your
way
3 3
dim.
and true dig
ni
ty
260
Scene 11
13
TRICKSTER
8
I
Tap. 8
La.
cresc.
15
(Lighting a cigar, to CINQUE)
3
3
Tr. 8
thought we had
those in our
na tur al state. CINQUE
Hush
3
now,
(Pointing to cigar)
Trans lat
or
cresc.
19 Tr. 8
3 3
3
3
3
3
Cin. You for get your na tur al state
with their
cor
rupt
A mer i can tastes 3
3
3
261
Scene 11
23
TRICKSTER 3
3
3
Tr. 8
I have stu died these A mer i can folk
and list ened to broth
er
An to
ni
o.
3
3
26 Tr. 8
They
en
joy
in ven
tion
as well as
smoke.
the im pre sa
ri
3
30 3
Tr. 8
They love
the Lo tha
ri
o
they court
o.
3
3
3
3
3
34 3
Tr. 8
And I, Chief,
am god
of
cresc.
both.
3
3
3
3
3
262 38
Scene 11
= 104 CINQUE
New words,
3
Lord Rid
dler,
a new tongue
you
speak.
= 104
cresc. 3
42
= 84 TRICKSTER
8
A
new
tongue
3
3
3
for
a
new land
a
god
with a
brand
new
= 84
47 Tr. 8
mind.
CINQUE
You rid dle me now
51
3
3
for
sure.
= 116
3
How can
a
god
get a
3
Tr. 8
A
new
mind
comes the
same
3
Cin. new mind?
= 116
cresc.
way
to a wi
263
Scene 11
55 3
3
Tr. 8
ly god like me
or
a
pi
ti ful hu
man like
you—
you
cresc.
= 100
59
(Laughs)
3
3
Tr. 8
change it from nay
to
yea.
Rath er than
go
you
stay.
= 100
63 CINQUE
Lord,
3
3
what do you
mean?
Sure ly
you make
a
joke.
You
= 116
67
TRICKSTER
8
3
I 3
3
3
Cin. sail
with us
to
Men de,
to re turn to the
bush
as
smoke.
= 116
264
Scene 11
71 3
3
Tr. 8
will take my leave
of
you
e
va po rate
like
e ther.
But you
3
3
74 3
Tr. 8
have suf fered e nough.
You must
78 3
re
3
3
turn
to Af
ri
ca
3
3
Tr. 8
I have seen the gods
of
the New World,
be
lea gured and in
des
cresc.
83
3
Tr. 8
pair
I mean
cresc.
to spark
them up
a
bit
with some
265
Scene 11
88 3
Tr. 8
wild
dance
and
fan
fare.
They need
in ven tion and
cresc.
93 3
Tr. 8
wit,
a
lit tle col
or will
help.
I
think
I will
cresc.
= 80
98
3
Tr. 8
live
ve ry well. CINQUE
= 80
3
How will we
sur
vive
3
3
102 3
3
Cin. Lord Rid dler miss ing from a
mong
the gods?
Our peo ple will
nev
er thrive
3
266
Scene 11
106
3
3
3
Cin. a
ban doned by
one
of the cre
a
tors.
It’s
un
3
3
= 116
110
3
3
Cin. na tu ral,
a
tra ge dy
for
all.
= 116
cresc.
113
TRICKSTER 3
8
3
3
I
have come
to
see the de sign.
It
was meant
to
cresc.
118 3
Tr. 8
be
cresc.
from the
first cap
tive
of slave
ry.
I
be came
267
Scene 11
119 3
Tr. 8
cap
tive
too
and
was
meant
to
go,
cresc.
122
= 104 3
3
Tr. 8
The
peo ple must not suf fer a
lone.
We
= 104
3 3 3
3 3
3
3
126
3
3
3
3
3
Tr. 8
had to
suf
fer
too.
We will
nev er
be the same
none of us there
3 3 3
3
130
3
3
Tr. 8
here.
The
dead li est game
was
played
and
souls came a cross
with
or
268
Scene 11
= 116
134 Tr. 8
tears.
= 116
Scat: C7alt
139 Tr. 8
Go
with
joy
143 Tr. 8
147
Go
= 88
with
joy
go
with
joy
in
= 116 3
3
Tr. 8
You
= 88
leave
as you came,
= 116
3
ne ver made
a
slave.
be
ing saved
269
Scene 11 (The crowd rushes in around them. The TRICKSTER backs away.)
151
(Scat)
cresc.
156
cresc.
= 112
REPORTER 2 (to MARGRU)
The
court
says you
are free.
What
= 112
159
MARGRU
I
R.2 do
you say?
Can you speak?
3
learn
your talk.
How do you
know
we
are
270
Scene 11
163 Mar. free?
Is
this
the
on ly way you
4
R.2 It says
so
in the
pa
per
from
court.
cresc.
167 3
3
3
Mar. know?
Is
a pa
per
all you
be
lieve?
Were we
R.2
cresc.
171 4
Mar. not
al
read
y
free
to
R.2 That was
n’t clear
you,
you
mean.
271
Scene 11
174
3
Mar. But what did your gods
3
say?
R.2 We wait on the court
to
rule.
cresc.
177 3
3
Mar. Did you
ask them?
Do they not
go
with you?
cresc.
181 Mar. Mine
come with me
to an swer my
ques
tions.
184 3
3
3
Mar. hear you say
Go
with God.
But you
tra vel a lone.
I
272
Scene 11
= 100
187
(The crowd disperses. The TRICKSTER reappears.)
Mar.
= 100
191
TRICKSTER
8
The un ex pect ed
3
195
3
3
3
Tr. 8
is
my
realm.
Li ber ty,
my
king dom.
Change is my mid
dle
3
= 120 199 3
Tr. 8
name,
I am the
danc
= 120
cresc.
er of
all danc ers
273
Scene 11
202 3
3
Tr. 8
li
ar,
thief
and lov
er,
the one who
eats
when
the fo
rest
cresc.
205 3
3
Tr. 8
hun
gers.
When a
mort
al says
there’s
a
bird
on
the
wing
they
208 3
3
Tr. 8
say
a prayer
to
me.
When a mort
al
says
cresc.
211
3 3
Tr. 8
wing
this wi
ly
god
comes
to
sing.
there’s a
bird
on
the
274
Scene 11
214 Tr. 8
As they
say
in
my
new vil lage,
217 3
3
3
Tr. 8
Stepped
on a pin,
the pin
bent,
that’s the way the sto ry went.
221 Tr. 8
3
3