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MERMAN AND MERMAID.

(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)



Act I — Scene 1.

(Interior of sunken ship Gigantic)

OWONDLO.

I must search,
I must search
This gigantic ship
For a weapon,
As enemies of the sea,
My life do threaten.


(As Owondlo enters the ship's rooms, ghosts appear and dance before him.)

(Music — Ballet Dance)

(Ghosts of ship's lost souls)

(Captain appears — Ghost)

OWONDLO.

How mysterious? How strange,
I hail thee, Captain.

CAPTAIN.

What seekest thou?

OWONDLO.

Seeking a weapon.
The sea has enemies
That my life will threaten.

CAPTAIN.

(Ghost)

Very well, very well,
Be quiet as you seek,
For it's late in the night.


(Owondlo opens a door and passes quietly through halls. Suddenly a waiter (ghost) comes with a large tray of eatables and wine. He stumbles over the carcass of a dead fish. This noise awakens other ghosts, who appear.)