Ragtime (Musical) piosenki

TATEH (spoken): Mister, please, where is this? CONDUCTOR (spoken): You're in New Rochelle. You can take the rope off her. This ain't the city LITTLE BOY (spoken): Mother! MOTHER (spoken): I see! I see! He's afraid of losing her. Immigrants are terrified of...

Mother How they play Finding treasure in the sand They're forever hand in hand Our children Tateh How they laugh She has never laughed like this Mother Every waking moment, bliss Both Our children Tateh See them running down the beach Children run so fast....

YOUNGER BROTHER (spoken): The Republican vice-presidential candidate was to be in the city that evening to attend a rally. The Secret Service was at the ready. The recent assassination of President McKinley had been a lesson well-learned. Guns were going off e...

[LITTLE BOY, spoken] In 1902, Father built a house at the crest of the Broadview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York, and it seemed for some years thereafter that all the family's days would be warm and fair [PEOPLE OF NEW ROCHELLE] The skies were blue a...

COALHOUSE (spoken): What's your name? SARAH (spoken): Sarah. COALHOUSE (spoken): I'm Coalhouse. Sarah (spoken): I know. COALHOUSE: There was no music In my heart tonight Melodies kept refusin' to flow One look at you Now every note feels right Comin' out a...

TATEH: I promised you America And little one, we're there IMMIGRANTS: America TATEH: Our feet are on the solid ground And hope is in the air IMMIGRANTS: America TATEH: You'll soon be eating apple pie From off a china plate Pretty dresses, pret...

MOTHER (spoken): Yes? COALHOUSE (spoken): I'm looking for a woman of color whose name is Sarah. She is said to reside in one of these houses LITTLE BOY (spoken): She's here. She's living in our attic COALHOUSE (spoken): Will you tell her, please, that Mr. C...

EMMA GOLDMAN (spoken): I have just arrived from Lawrence, Massachusetts where, eight weeks ago, the workers there went on strike. They are starving, their children are dying, but they are holding firm - and we must support them YOUNGER BROTHER: It was winter...

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON And I say to you, gentlemen, that every race or notion that has ever got upon its feet has done so through struggle and Persecution; and out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength (CO...

COALHOUSE (spoken): No! SARAH'S FRIEND: There's a day of hope May I live to see When our hearts are happy And our souls are free Let the new day dawn Oh, Lord, I pray We'll never get to heaven Till we reach that day MOURNERS: It's a day of peace A day of pri...

FATHER (spoken): You'll like baseball. It's a civilized pastime FATHER: In a world gone mad There is comfort to be had In the game Father played at school Men of class Competing on the grass Where sportsmanship And fellowship And courtesy are the rule UMPIRE...

MOTHER (spoken): Get Kathleen! Get Kathleen, I tell you! Call the doctor! KATHLEEN (spoken): Is it alive? Oh, please, God, let it be! MOTHER (spoken): It's alive. It's a Negro child. A newborn baby boy MOTHER: What kind of woman Would do such a thing Why in...

[COALHOUSE] I see his face I hear his heartbeat I look in those eyes How wise they seem Well, when he is old enough I will show him America And he will ride On the wheels of a dream We'll go down South [SARAH] Go down South [COALHOUSE] And see y...

[SARAH] Daddy played piano Played it very well Music from those hands could Catch you like a spell He could make you love him 'Fore the tune was done You have your daddy's hands You are your daddy's son Daddy never knew That you were on your way He had other...