Ragtime (Musical) piosenki

[TATEH, LITTLE GIRL] A shtetl iz Amerike Amekhaye khlebn [TATEH, LITTLE GIRL, JEWISH IMMIGRANTS] Es rut oyf ir di shkinele [ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS] Merica, Merica. Bel massolino do fior. [TATEH, LITTLE GIRL] [JEWISH IMMIGRANTS] Mir zoln azoy lebn Mik khomes,...

EVELYN NESBIT: Whee! Let's run away to Atlantic City Let's feel the wind in our hair FATHER (spoken): Atlantic City is only a temporary answer, Mother, but I can't think of a better one. They can't take the child away from you if we're in residence down there...

There was a time Our happiness seemed never-ending I was so sure That where we were heading was right Life was a road So certain and straight and unbending Our little road With never a cross road in sight Back in the days When we spoke in civilized voices Wome...

Baron Ashkenazy Anyone can get lucky in America. I remind myself of this Every day The first nickel I ever earned I keep in a little silver frame It's how I gave my company a name Reminding me how very far I came! I was a Maker of the silhouettes Who made a...

NEWSBOY #1 Extra! Arsonist destroys Emerald Isle Engine Company! NEWSBOY #2 Negro gunman shoots three dead! NEWSBOY #3 Extra! Terror stalks New Rochelle! Murderer's demands revealed! COALHOUSE One--that my car be returned to me in its original condition Two...

Say goodbye to Music Say goodbye to Light Anything I cared for Take it from my sight Let me see no Future Let me hear no Sound Only Darkness and Pain The Anger and Pain The Blood and the Pain They buried my Heart in the ground In the ground When they buried Yo...

JUDGE (spoken): And now, testifying for the defense, Miss Evelyn Nesbit EVELYN: Hello, gentlemen.....whee! CHORUS GIRLS: La la la la La la la la la EVELYN: Whee! CHORUS GIRLS: La la la la La la la la la EVELYN: Your honor I was once the lady friend of Sta...

THE LITTLE BOY (spoken): The era of Ragtime had run out, as if history were no more than a tune on a player piano. But we did not know that then. YOUNGER BROTHER (spoken): After Coalhouse Walker's death, Younger Brother drove south to Mexico, where he joined...

ALL: Gettin' Ready Rag Gettin' Ready Rag Gettin', Gettin' Gettin' Ready Rag WOMEN: Anything it takes MEN: Anything you need ALL: You gotta find your girl, Coalhouse And win her back ALL: Gettin' Ready Rag MEN: Ready as you'll ever get COA...

TATEH (spoken): Shh. Don't cry. Don't be afraid. I'm here. We're together. Shh. Look! Shh. Look what I've made for you TATEH: See the silhouettes It's a little book of silhouettes When you flip the pages, they move Look how nice This is you on skates Turning...

[MOTHER] Goodbye my love God bless you And I suppose Bless America too You have places to discover Oceans to conquer You need to know I'll be there at the window While you go on your way I accept that But what of the people Who stay where they're...

LITTLE BOY: Harry Houdini Master Escapist Master of getting free HOUDINI: Holding his breath He dances with death As daring as he can be Enter the master Safe from disaster Making the people gay LITTLE BOY (spoken): Mother, Mother! MOTHER (spoken): Edgar, w...

YOUNGER BROTHER (spoken): I...I...I want to...I know that if... EMMA GOLDMAN: He wanted to say I am here because I have to be He wanted to say I am here for what is right Every day I wake up knowing What you've lost and what is owing I would shed this skin if...

FORD: See my people Well, here's my theory Of what this country Is moving toward Every worker A cog in motion Well, that's the notion of Henry Ford One man tightens And one man ratchets And one man reaches To pull one cord Car keeps moving In one direction A...

[PEOPLE OF HARLEM] His name was Coalhouse Walker [MAN 1] Was a native of St. Louis some years before [WOMAN 1] When he heard the music of old Scott Joplin [MAN 2] In St. Louis [WOMAN 2] Bought himself some piano lessons Working as a stevedore [...

FATHER (spoken): It's an honor to go on an expedition with you, Admiral Perry. It's men like you who have made this country great ADMIRAL PERRY (spoken): It's men like you who will keep it great MATTHEW HENSON: (spoken) All sails set, Admiral ADMIRAL PERRY...

COALHOUSE We'll see justice, Sarah And plenty of men Who will stand up and give us our due! TOWN HALL BUREAUCRAT Well, you can sign another complaint, Mr. Walker, but volunteer firemen are not municipal employees, and therefore do not Come under the jurisdict...

WOMEN AT VIGIL A day of peace A day of pride A day of justice We have been denied Let the new day dawn Oh, Lord, I pray! (We are outside the impressive facade of the Morgan Library. 36th and 37th streets have been cordoned off form Madison Avenue to Park The...

Coalhouse Go out and tell our story Let it echo far and wide Make them hear you Make them hear you How justice was our battle And how justice was denied Make them hear you Make them hear you And say to those who blame us For the way we chose to fight That so...

FATHER: Where have I been How did we change Caught in this strange New music Say, was I away too long MOTHER: Just like that tune Simple and clear I've come to hear New music FATHER: New music MOTHER: Why Why can't you hear the song YOUNGER BROTHER: His fi...