GAVIN
HERE BOUND IN CHAINS WE HAVE LORD FAISON,
CAPTURED WITH HIS WICKED SON.
WALDEN
THEY BOTH STOOD LOYAL TO KING DERECK
ADELE
THEY ARE WELL KNOWN AS EVIL ONES
GAVIN
AND THEY’VE BEEN ACCUSED BY MANY OF MOST SORDID
TREACHERY
WALDEN & ADELE
YOU MUST PUNISH AND CONDEMN THEM
JESTER
YOU CAN’T LET SUCH DOGS GO FREE.
ALEC
I THINK THAT IN A DUNGEON, THE AIR WILL SUIT THEM
WELL!
THEY WILL SURELY LIKE THE CLIMATE OF A DARK AND DREARY CELL.
GAVIN & ENSEMBLE (alternating)
G: YES, MILORD,
E: TO THE DUNGEON!
G: AS YOU SAY.
E: TO THE DUNGEON!
G: TAKE THEM, THROW THE KEY AWAY!
ENSEMBLE
TO THE DUNGEON! TO THE DUNGEON!
OH WHAT A LOVELY DAY... AT COURT!
GAVIN
HERE’S A GOOD FRIEND, HIS NAME IS PISMO.
SUPPORTER 1
HE’S A MOST SOLID MAN AND TRUE
SUPPORTER 2
HELPED US TO OVERTHROW KING DERECK
GAVIN
AND NOW HE ONLY ASKS OF YOU...
PISMO
IS A PLACE WITHIN THIS CASTLE WHERE I’LL SET UP A
SHOP FORTHWITH
TO WORK HARD AND BY YOUR FAVOR, BE A STRONG AND ABLE SMITH.
ALEC
YES, MY GOOD MAN PISMO, I THANK YOU FROM MY HEART!
SET YOUR ANVIL BY THE STABLES, TAKE ALL YOU NEED TO START.
GAVIN &
ENSEMBLE (alternating)
G: YES, MILORD,
E: TO THE STABLES!
G: AS YOU SAY.
E: TO THE STABLES!
G: HELP HIM SET UP RIGHT AWAY!
ENSEMBLE
TO THE STABLES! TO THE STABLES!
OH WHAT A LOVELY DAY...
A TRULY LOVELY DAY... AT COURT!
GAVIN
NEXT ON THE LIST I SEE GOOD EDWARD, HE COMES SO
QUICK AND PROUDLY HERE.
WALDEN
SEEMS THAT HE’S FOUND A PRETTY MAIDEN
ADELE
LOOK HOW HE SMILES FROM EAR TO EAR.
GAVIN
IT WOULD SEEM SHE ALSO LOVES HIM, OR SHE NEEDS HIS
HELP TO STAND!
EDWARD
ALL WE ASK IS FOR YOUR BLESSING--
BESS
AS WE TAKE EACH OTHER’S HAND!
ALEC
YOU ONLY WANT MY BLESSING? IT’S A TASK SO EASILY
DONE!
CALL THE VICAR TO THE CHAPEL, HAVE HIM SEE THAT THEY’RE MADE ONE.
GAVIN & ENSEMBLE (alternating)
G: YES, MILORD,
E: TO THE CHAPEL!
G: AS YOU SAY.
E: TO THE CHAPEL!
G: SEE THEM WED, THEN OFF TO PLAY!
ENSEMBLE
TO THE CHAPEL! TO THE CHAPEL!
OH WHAT A LOVELY DAY... A TRULY LOVELY DAY...
REVELER 1
A GLORIOUS,
REVELER 2
WONDERFUL,
REVELER 3
EXTRAORDINARY
ENSEMBLE
DAY... AT COURT!
COURT MADRIGAL
OH, WHAT A LOVELY DAY AT COURT! IN COCKAYGNE WE
NOW CAVORT
WHAT A LOVELY DAY AT COURT! GOOD KING ALEC! HE HAS OUR SUPPORT!
ENSEMBLE
THE WICKED WILL BE PUNISHED!
EDWARD & BESS
THE WORTHY WILL BE BLESSED!
COURT MADRIGAL
WHAT A LOVELY DAY AT COURT!
ENSEMBLE
GOOD KING ALEC! HE TRULY IS THE BEST!
(DANCE BREAK)
GAVIN
SO NOW WE HAVE--
ALEC
What? You jest! There’s more?
GAVIN
Yes...
SO NOW WE HAVE THE LADY MARGET
WHOM ALL THE PEOPLE CALLED THEIR QUEEN
WALDEN
SHE SHARED THE THRONE WITH OLD KING DERECK...
ADELE
THOUGH NO ONE THOUGHT OF HER AS MEAN!
GAVIN
AND ALSO HERE HIS DAUGHTER, JOANNA IS HER NAME, SH--
JOANNA
I am NOT his daughter!
MARGET
She is MY daughter, Milord. By my first husband...
not of Dereck.
ALEC
BUT WHAT OF YOUR AFFECTION FOR THE HUSBAND I HAVE
SLAIN?
SURELY YOU’LL DESPISE THIS COURT, WILL NOT SUPPORT MY REIGN!?
MARGET
OH, NO MILORD, FOR WE WERE WED AT DERECK’S WILL,
NOT MINE,
FOR WITH MY FIRST GOOD HUSBAND DEAD
THE CHOICE WAS NOT TOO FINE
HAVE MERCY ON US, PLEASE, GOOD LORD.
I HAD TO
MARRY DERECK JUST TO STAY SECURE WITHIN THIS COURT,
REFUSE AND HE WOULD PUT US OUT
WITH PEASANTS... AND THAT SORT!
ALEC
Indeed... with peasants you say?
MARGET
YES SIRE, TO AVOID THAT FATE, I PUT ASIDE MY
PRIDE.
I TOOK THE HAND OF DERECK, BECAME HIS CONSCRIPT BRIDE.
HAVE MERCY ON US, PLEASE, GOOD LORD.
ALEC
YOU MIGHT FIND IT ROUGH, TO GROVEL IN THE STREET,
TO LIVE LIKE THAT COULD BREAK A MAN OR STAND HIM ON HIS FEET.
THOUGH HARD, IT COULD PREPARE THE WAY FOR EVERYTHING LIFE BRINGS -
AND MAKE ONE STRONG TO THROW ASIDE THE YOKE OF EVIL KINGS.
MARGET
HAVE MERCY ON US, PLEASE, GOOD SIR.
AND IF NOT ON ME, WHAT OF HER?
MY DAUGHTER
HERE, MY SWEET JOANNA, NEVER-YOU-MIND HER CHILDISH RAGE,
ALWAYS A MAIDEN PURE AND LOYAL, AND YOU CAN SEE SHE’S COME OF AGE!
A GALLANT KNIGHT COULD SUIT HER, SHE WILL HONOR HIM FOR LIFE,
FOR ONE OF YOURS NO DOUBT SHE’LL MAKE A GOOD AND LOVING WIFE!
HAVE MERCY ON
US, PLEASE, GOOD LORD.
HAVE MERCY ON US, PLEASE--
ALEC
Enough!
MARGET
Good Lord!
ALEC
WE...
(a throat-clearing cough and sharp look from GAVIN)
I... I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU MAY STAY AT COURT WHILE WE...
WHILE I GIVE THE MATTER FURTHER THOUGHT.
BUT, WE SHALL WATCH YOU CLOSELY.
I MEAN... I SHALL WATCH YOU CLOSELY...
I MEAN... YOU SHALL BE WATCHED.
GAVIN & ENSEMBLE (alternating)
G: YES, MILORD,
E: YOU’LL BE WATCHED!
G: AS YOU SAY.
E: YOU’LL BE WATCHED!
G: WATCH THEM CLOSELY EVERY DAY!
ENSEMBLE
YOU’LL BE WATCHED! YOU’LL BE WATCHED!
OH, WHAT A LOVELY DAY... AT COURT!
GAVIN
Milord?
Milord! Next we ha--
ALEC
Not still more?
GAVIN
I’m afraid so, Milord. Much more!
ENSEMBLE
THERE’S MORE! THERE’S MORE!
THERE’S EVER SO MUCH MORE!
SUPPLICANT 1
I BEG YOU LORD TO HEAR MY PLEA!
SUPPLICANT 2
PLEASE GRANT A LITTLE WISH FOR ME!
SUPPLICANT 3
MY LANDLORD’S BEEN ESPECIALLY MEAN!
PISMO
A FEAST LIKE THIS WE’VE NEVER SEEN!
