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Libretto adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice Adventures in Wonderland

Illustration by John Tenniel

Gary Bachlund

Libretto adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland By Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice Adventures in Wonderland Music by Gary Bachlund Piano-vocal score CONTENTS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX.

X. XI. XII.

Lewis Carroll’s Prologue – orchestra Lewis Carroll: “All in a golden afternoon” Prelude to a Golden Afternoon – orchestra Childhood Dreams – Alice: “Well, what is the use of a book” White Rabbit: “All in a golden afternoon” Waiting by the Door – Alice: “Dear! Dear! Dear!” Alice: “How doth the little crocodile” The Caucus-Race – Alice, Mouse, Lory and Dodo The Mouse’s Tail – Mouse: “Mine is a long and sad tale!” He Took Me for His Housemaid – Alice, Lory, Dodo and White Rabbit “Father William” – Caterpillar and Alice Pig and Pepper – Fish-Footman: “For the Duchess” with Frog-Footman and Alice Cook: “Too much pepper” and Duchess: “Speak roughly” Alice: “Could you tell me” with Cheshire Cat

1 2 5 8 9 16 18 20 28 29 33 40 43 48

Three for Tea, and Four Makes More – Mad Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse: “No room” with Alice Twinkle – Mad Hatter, Alice, Dormouse and March Hare

52 61

Tell Us a Story –

March Hare: “I vote the young lady tell us a story” with Alice, Mad Hatter and Dormouse 64 Dormouse: “Once upon a time” with Alice, March Hare and Mad Hatter 65 Ensemble: “No Room!” with Dormouse, March Hare Mad Hatter, Alice and White Rabbit 69 XIII. Off! – Queen of Hearts 72 XIV. The Croquet Party – Queen of Hearts, Alice, King of Hearts, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Duchess, Gryphon (Lewis Carroll) 75 85 XV. A Visit to the Mock Turtle – Mock Turtle, Alice and Gryphon Mock Turtle: “Reeling and Writhing” 88 XVI. The Lobster Quadrille – Mock Turtle, Alice and Gryphon 93 XVII. The Voice of the Lobster – Alice, Gryphon and Mock Turtle 97 XVIII. The Mock Turtle’s Lament – Mock Turtle: “Beautiful Soup” with Gryphon and Alice 101 XIX. Who Stole the Tarts? – White Rabbit: “Silence in Court!” with King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse, Dodo, Cook and Alice 103 White Rabbit: “Please, your Majesty, there’s more evidence” with tutti 113 XX. A Letter from Somebody – White Rabbit: “They told me you had been to her” 116 XXI. Such a Curious Dream – King of Hearts: “The most important piece of evidence” with tutti 118 Alice: “Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream” 122

ALICE Adventures in Wonderland

CAST In order of appearance (eighteen singers)

Lewis Carroll / Gryphon – lyric tenor Alice – lyric mezzo soprano or lyric soprano White Rabbit – countertenor Mouse – tenor Lory – baritone Dodo – soprano or mezzo soprano Caterpillar – baritone Fish-Footman – baritone Frog-Footman – baritone Cook – soprano Duchess – mezzo soprano Cheshire Cat – baritone Mad Hatter – baritone March Hare – tenor Dormouse – soprano Queen of Hearts – bass baritone or baritone King of Hearts – tenor Mock Turtle – tenor

ORCHESTRA

Oboe I & II Horn I & II Percussion – single player (suspended cymbal with soft and hard sticks, triangle, five tubular bells - C#, G#, A, A# and B - castanets, tam-tam, wood block, tambourine, snare drum)

Piano Harp Strings (divisi) – 3,3,2,2,2,1 minimum

Texts by Lewis Carroll as adapted and amended by Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice

Music by Gary Bachlund

Adventures in Wonderland in memory of Virginia Ann Bachlund

I. Lewis Carroll's Prologue

[ Against a scrim at the front of the stage is projected a portrait of Lewis Carroll, flanked by his photograhic portraits of Alice Liddell. ]

Adagio 3

4 4 3

p

3

3

4 4 molto rit.

A tempo

3

quasi improviso

6

6 4 3

3

3

pp

3

6 4 3

9

3

3

3

11

3

3

4 4 4 4 14

3

3

6

4 4 3

4 4 Copyright © 2001, 2013 Gary Bachlund All international rights reserved.

www.bachlund.org

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

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rit. 18

Andante [ Carroll is discovered seated at a writing desk. ]

3

3 4 mp 3

3 4 molto rit.

23

3

3

3

A tempo 29

LEWIS CARROLL

All in a

3

gold

en

3

af ter noon...

35

full

Who are you, A

lice? 3

molto rit. 41

3

eyes?

we

3

3

Who are you

in your fos ter fa 3

3

A tempo 3

ther's

ly

3

3

glide...

lei sure

How shall I pic ture you?

3

Lo ving, first -

Lo ving and

3

gen

tle: 3

p

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3

gen tle as a

dog

3

3

(for give the pro sa ic si mi le,

but I know no earth ly love so

pure,

so

3

53

3

per

fect),

and gent tle as a

fawn:

then,

cour te ous

to

all --

3

rit. 60

A tempo 3

3

high or low,

grand or gro tesque, king or ca ter pil lar.

Trust ful -

rea dy to ac3

rit. 66

3

3

cept the wild est im pos si bi li ties

3

with all that ut ter trust

that on ly dream ers

know.

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A tempo 72

3

Last ly,

cur

ious,

3

wild ly cur

ious,

and with the en joy

ment

of

p

79

3

3

life -

life

that come on ly in the hap py hours

of

child

hood,

when

3

3

85

all is new and fair,

new and

fair,

when sin and sor row are but

names -

emp ty words

3

p

[ Blackout on Lewis Carroll. ]

rit.

91

sig ni fy ing

no

thing!

3

3

p

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II. Prelude to a Golden Afternoon Andante

[ The scrim projections of Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell slowly fade out. ]

98

3 2

5 2

pp

mp

3 2

5 2

rit.

A tempo

103

5 2

3 2

4 2

3 2 3

3

5 2

3 2

4 2

3 2

107

3

3 3

3

3

3

111

3

3

3

5

2 2

2 2

2 2

2 2

3

[ Curtain rises on a riverbank scene, a rowboat pulled onto the bank, the remains of a picnic lunch visible. Lewis Carroll manipulates a large marionette of a white rabbit (dressed in a duplicate of the costume worn by the White Rabbit at his first entrance). Carroll's audience consists of Alice, her two sisters and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth. Alice is busy making a daisy chain. ]

116

2 2

3 2 p

2 2

3 2

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3 2 3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3 2

126

9 4 3

3

3

3

3

9 4

130

9 4

2 2 3

3

9 4

2 2

135

3 2 3 2 6

140

3 2 3

3 2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

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7 144

5 3

3

[ The youngest girl spies something offstage worth investigating, and excitedly points to it. She imperiously drags Duckworth away, motioning for the others to come. ]

rit.

148

A tempo

[ Carroll looks questioningly at Alice, who, politely stifling a yawn and shaking her head, remains seated, putting the finishing touches on her daisy chain. He exits. Alice is left alone onstage. ]

6

154

2 2 pp

mp

6

2 2 3

[ Alice yawns again, then sleepily curious, looks into a book left behind by Duckworth. ]

rit. 160

6

3 3

ppp

segue

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III. Childhood Dreams rit.

Andante 165

ALICE

quasi recit. con rubato

4 4

6 8 Well, what is the use

of a book,

with out pic tures

or con ver sa

tions?

4 4

6 8 mp

4 4

6 8 p [ Alice awards the white rabbit marionette the "Order of the Daisy Chain," then yawns again and stretches out, ready for a nap. ]

A tempo 168

6 8 mf

6 8 [ Alice sleeps. ]

molto accel.

174

A tempo

9 8

pp

mf

9 8 rit.

A tempo

180

mp

188

6 8 6 8 [ The White Rabbit appears from behind the boat. ]

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

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molto rit. 193

3 4 3 4 molto rit. A tempo

Allegro

[ To Alice. ]

WHITE RABBIT

197

3 4 All

in a

gold

en

af

ter

noon, full

3 4 pp

3 4 205

lei

sure

ly

we

tle arms

are

plied,

glide;

for both

our oars

with lit

tle skill

by

tense

our

213

lit

while

lit

tle

hands make

vain

pre

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

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Poco più mosso

221

wan

der

ings

to

guide.

A

lice! A child

ish

sto

ry

228

take,

and, with

a

gen

tle

hand,

lay

it where child

hood's

235

dreams

are twined

in

mem

o ry's mys

tic

band.

Like pil

molto rit.

242

with ered

wreath

of flowers

plucked in a

far

off

land.

grim's

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11

A tempo

All

in a

gold

en

af

ter

noon, full

lei

sure

ly

we

are

plied,

glide;

256

for both

our oars

with lit

tle skill

by

tense

our

lit

tle arms

while

265

lit

tle

hands make

vain

pre

wan

der

ings

to

guide.

[ Startled, the White Rabbit checks his watch. Alice awakens in time to see him. ]

[ "Big Tom," the bell of the Christ Church clock, strikes the half-hour. ]

Vivo

272

4 4 Oh TUBULAR BELLS

4 4 mf

4 4 mf

4 4

dear! Oh dear!

I shall

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12 278

[ Carefully he replaces the watch in his pocket. ]

molto accel.

be too late! I shall be too late! I shall be too late!

[ The White Rabbit makes his way to the rabbit hole, dropping his gloves and his fan in his haste and.... ]

Andante

molto rit. 282

f

285

[ ...disappears. ]

286

6

6

6

6

[ Alice picks up the gloves and fan and runs after him. ]

288

f

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291

2 4

4 4 ff

3

2 4

3

3

4 4 3

[ She follows him down the rabbit hole. ]

molto rit.

293

4 4

3 2

4 4

3 2

[ The riverbank disappears. Alice's fall into Wonderland occurs in slow motion. ]

296

Allegretto

3 2 mf

3 2 301

307

7 4 mp

7 4

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3 2

8 4

3 2

3 2

8 4

3 2

315

3 2 3 2 [ Alice lands in a hall of mirrors and spies the White Rabbit. ]

320

4 2

3 2

2 2

4 4

3 2

2 2

4 4

p

4 2 Vivo 325

WHITE RABBIT

4 4 Oh my ears and

whis kers! It is get ting late!

It is get ting late!

It is!

Oh, how late it's

4 4 4 4 [ Exit White Rabbit. Alice tries to follow but runs into a door which mysteriously has closed behind him. ]

329

get ting!

3

f

3

mp

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[ A ballet of doors moves in front of and behind Alice; and gradually they recede. ]

Largo

molto rit. 334

5 8 mp

pp

5 8 A tempo

poco rit. 339

[ Meanwhile, very slowly and unperceived by Alice, water rises all around her. Tears. ]

poco rit.

A tempo

poco rit.

346

mf

A tempo 353

358

molto rit.

segue

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IV. Waiting by the Door Adagio

364

ALICE

4 4 Dear!

Dear!

Dear!

3

4 4 mp

4 4

367

3

3

5 4 How queer

ev' ry thing is

to day.

Where in the

3

3

5 4 p

3

3

370

3

5 4

3

3

5 4 world am I?

4 4 Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dear!

3 4 How puzz ling this all

is.

Let me see if I

5 4

4 4

3 4

5 4

4 4

3 4

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Allegro

rit.

3

3 4

17

4 4

6 4

know all the things I used

to know.

Four

times five

is

4 4 twelve,

and

3

3 4

4 4 mf

3 4

f

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

mp

4 4 3

377

4 4

6 4 four

times six

is

4 4 thir

teen,

and

5 4 four times se

ven....

4 4

6 4

4 4

5 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

5 4

[ She notices the rapidly rising water and begins to panic. ]

380

5 4

4 4 Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

Oh, dear!

5 4

3

3

6

6

4 4

3

3

3

3 3

5 4

4 4 3

383

5 4

4 4

Oh, dear! 3

3

Dear! Dear! Dear! 3

3

3

5 4 Lon don

is the ca pi tal of

3

5 4

4 4

5 4

mp 3

3

5 4 3

3

3

3

3

4 4

5 4

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18 386

5 4

4 4 Pa

ris,

and

6 4 Pa ris

is the ca pi tal of

Rome,

5 4

4 4

6 4

5 4

4 4

6 4

and

rit.

[ Becoming visibly upset. ]

389

3

4 4 Rome...

That's all wrong!

6 4 Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

5 4 I'll try to say

"How doth the lit tle..."

3

4 4

6 4

5 4

4 4

6 4

5 4

p

Andante

392

5 4 How doth How cheer

the lit tle cro co dile ful ly he seems to grin,

im how

3

5 4 3

mp

3

5 4 396 3

prove his shi ning tail, neat ly spreads his claws,

3

and and

3

pour wel

the wa ters of comes lit tle fish

3

the es

3

Nile in

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

rit. 400

on with

ev' gen

ry tly

19

A tempo

A tempo

1.

2.

gol den smi ling

scale!

jaws.

3

3

rit.

3

3

A tempo [ By now she it is treading water. ]

404

3

Oh, dear! Oh dear!

3

Where am I, then?

Tell me that...

Who

am

3

[ Suddenly... ] 408

3

3

3

4 4 I?

Tell me that...

I am so ti red of be ing a lone

here.

4 4 f

mp

mf 6

4 4 f attacca

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V. The Caucus-Race 412

[ Alice sees a Mouse swimming along with the other creatures. ]

Andante

ALICE

4 4 Oh Mouse, do you know

4 4 3

mp

3

3

3

4 4 416

3

the way out of this pool?

Per 3

3

3

420

haps it's a French mouse...

3

3

[ The Mouse shrieks and quivers with fright. The other creatures are alsrmed at Alice's rudeness. ]

3

3

3

MOUSE

Ou est ma chatte?

Ah! 3

mp

f

423

ALICE

Oh, I beg your par don.

3

I quite for got you did n't like

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426

cats.

3

MOUSE

Not like

429

21

cats!

Would you like cats if you were me?

3

Our fam'

ly

al ways ha ted cats:

nas

ty, low,

vul gar things.

Don't

Are you... Are you fond of dogs?

There is such a

nice lit tle dog

p

432

ALICE

3

let me hear that name a gain!

accel.

435

near our house.

Kills all the rats, and...

[ The characters gather together. ]

Lento

Oh, dear!

A tempo

MOUSE

Let us get

f

to shore.

mp

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22 438

3

I'll tell you my his

to ry,

and you'll un der stand, un der stand why it is 6

mf

6

441

rit.

A tempo

3

MOUSE

I

hate

cats and dogs.

How to get

3 LORY

The first ques tion of course... How to get

dry.

rit.

445

15 8 dry.

A hem!

This

is the dri est thing I

know.

15 8 f

3

15 8 Andante

447

[ Reciting. ]

15 8 Will

iam the

Con

que

ror,

whose cause

was

fa vored

by

the

15 8 mp

15 8 3

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

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448

Pope,

was

soon

sub

mit ted

to

by

the

En

glish,

who

3

449

want

ed

lea

ders,

and

had

been of late

much ac cus tomed

to

3

450

4 4 u

sur pa tion and con

quest.

Ed win and Mor

car,

the earls of Mer cia and North um bri

a...

4 4 f

3

452

3 3

4 4

MOUSE

4 4 LORY

I beg your par don.

Did you speak?

How are

4 4 Ugh! 3

4 4 3 3

4 4

Not I!

6

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DODO

5 4

3

The

ALICE

5 4

best thing to get us

4 4 As

3

3

4 4

wet as e ver.

5 4

4 4

5 4

4 4

you get ting on, my dear?

6

mf

5 4

4 4 6

458

dry

would be

a

cau cus race. ALICE

What

is

a

cau cus race?

f

p

460

Adagio

DODO

...a

cau cus race.

A 6

race course, in a sort of a cir cle. 3

mp

6

3

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463

3

12 8 The ex act shape

does n't mat ter.

One,

two,

three and

a

way!

3

12 8 f

12 8 465

Presto

[ They run in a circle, following the Dodo. ]

12 8 12 8 f

12 8 468

471

474

[ The Dodo suddenly stops. ] 477

rit.

3

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Adagio

480

3

3

DODO

5 4 The race is

o

ver!

Ev' ry bo dy has

won, and all must have pri zes.

5 4 mp

5 4 483

Allegro

3

DODO

3 4

9 8 Why, she of course.

3

MOUSE

MOUSE

3 4 But who is to give the pri

9 8

zes?

Pri

LORY

3 4

zes!

9 8 Pri

3 4

zes!

Pri

zes!

9 8 mf

3 4

9 8

[ Alice finds some comfits in her pocket and hands them around. ] 486

rit.

DODO

4 4 Pri

zes! Pri zes!

Pri

zes!

Pri

zes! Pri zes!

MOUSE

4 4 Pri zes! Pri

zes!

Pri zes!

LORY

4 4 Pri

zes!

Pri zes!

Pri

zes!

4 4 4 4

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Adagio

3

DODO

27 [ Alice produces a thimble from her pocket. ]

3

3

4 4 But she must have

a prize her self,

you know.

What else have you in you po cket?

4 4 3

4 4 p 3

4 4

[ The Dodo presents it back to Alice. ] 493

3

Hand it

o ver here.

We beg your ac cep tance

of this e le gant thim ble.

3

496

[ To the Mouse. ]

ALICE

3

Thank you.

3

You pro mised to tell your his to ry.

3

3

pp

3 3

3

attacca

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VI. The Mouse's Tail Lento 501

Allegretto

molto rit.

MOUSE

4 4 Mine is a long and

sad

tale!

Fu ry

said to a mouse,

that he

met in the house,

f

mp

f

mp

4 4 p

4 4 505

"Let us both

go to law:

I will pro se cute you.

Come, I'll

f

take no de nial;

we must have a trial:

mp

f

mp

509

for real ly this morn ing

I have no thing to do."

Said the

mouse to the cur, "Such a

trial, dear sir,

mp

513

with no ju

ry

or judge,

would be wast ing

our breath."

"I'll be judge,

I'll be ju ry,"said

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516

cun ning old

Fu ry: "I'll try the whole case and con demn you to death!

To death!

To death!

Con 3

520

demn

you

to

d...!"

3

[ The Mouse storms off angrily. ]

523

You are not at tend ing!

What are you think ing of?

What are you think ing of?

What?

f

VII. He Took Me For His Housemaid Andante ALICE

527

[ Calling after the Mouse. ]

I beg your par don.

f

3

Please come back,

mp

and

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DODO

Let

3

fi nish your sto ry. LORY

What a pi ty it would n't stay.

534

3

3

this

be a les son to you

3

3

3

ne ver to lose your tem per.

ALICE

I

3

wish I had my Di nah with

p

537

DODO

3

me. She'd soon fetch it back.

And who

is Di

nah?

ALICE

Our cat. LORY

A cat!

f

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31

[ All the remaining creatures scream and run off. ]

A cat!

Ah! ALICE

Our cat.

A cat!

Ah!

6

6

544

I

6

6

mp

Più mosso

3

3

wish I had n't men tioned Di nah.

No bo dy seems to like her here.

3

p 3

[ The White Rabbit scurries by. looking for something. ] 547

WHITE RABBIT

The Du chess!

The

Du chess!

p

Oh my dear paws! Oh

fur and whisk ers!

Where can

mf

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Poco più mosso

I

have dropped them?

What are you do ing here?

Ma ry Ann, run home this mo ment

and

mp

553

ALICE

[ The White Rabbit disappears. ]

3 4 Gloves

and a

fan.

3 4 fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan.

Gloves and a fan.

3 4 mp

3

3 4

[ Taking them out of her pocket and regarding them, she then replaces them in her pocket. She sets out after him. ] 556

3

3 4

4 4 He took me for his house maid.

But I'd bet ter

take him

3 4

4 4

3 4

4 4

his

fan and his

gloves.

mf

559

attacca

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VIII. "Father William" [ Suddenly, a Caterpillar appears, sitting upon a large mushroom and smoking a hookah. ]

561

Allegretto

4 4 mf

f

mp

4 4 566 Adagio

ALICE

I hard ly know,

sir.

I'm not my self, you see. 3

CATERPILLAR

Who are you?

Ex

plain your self.

p

569

ALICE

I think you ought to tell me who

I don't

you

are.

see.

Why?

mp

3

[ Alice turns away, to leave. ]

572

Come back!

3

3

3 amante

I've some thing im por tant to say.

3

Keep your tem

mp

p

per.

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34 576

Allegretto

ALICE

Is that

all?

No.

f

580 Adagio

mf

3

ALICE

I'm a fraid I am,

CATERPILLAR

3

3

3

sir.

3

I can't re mem ber the things that I used to.

3

So you think you've changed, do you?

mp

p

pp

Vivace

583

ALICE

C You are

C Can't re mem ber what things?

Re peat"You are old, Fa ther Wil liam."

C f

p

C

mp

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586

old," Fa ther Wil liam, the young man said, "and your hair has be come ve ry white,

and

[ The Caterpillar joins her, playing "Father William." ]

590

yet

you in ces sant

ly stand on your head! Do you think, at your age,

it

is

right?

CATERPILLAR

"In my

p

594

youth,"Fa ther Wil liam

re

plied to his son,

"I

feared it might in jure my

brain;

598

but

ALICE

You are

now that I'm per fect ly

sure

I have none, why I

do it

a

gain and a

gain!"

f

mp

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

36 602

old," said the youth, "as

I

said

be

fore and have grown most un com mon

ly

fat!

Yet you

606

turned a

so mer sault

in

at the door. Pray

what

is the rea son for

that? CATERPILLAR

"In my

610

youth,"said the sage

as he shook his grey locks,

"I

kept all my limbs

ve ry

sup ple,

614

by the

ALICE

"You are

use of this oint ment-- one

shil ling a box.

Al

low me to sell you a

cou ple?"

f

mp

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 618

37

3

old,"said the youth,"and you jaws have grown weak for

a ny thing tough er than su et;

yet you

622

fi nished the goose with the bones and the beak: pray

how did you ma nage to

do it?" CATERPILLAR

"In my

626

youth," said his fa ther,"I

f

took

to the law,

p

and

ar gued each case

f

p

with my

wife;

and the

f

630

ALICE

"You are

mus cu lar strength, which it

p

f

gave to my

p

jaw, has

f

last ed

p

p

the rest of my

f

life!"

p

p

mp

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

38 634

3

old," said the youth,"one would hard ly sup pose that your eye was as stea dy as

ev er;

yet you

638

ba lanced an

eel

on the

end of your nose. What

made you so aw

f'lly

cle ver?" CATERPILLAR

"I have

642

an swered three ques tions and

that is e nough!"said his

fa ther. "Don't give your self

646

airs!

Do you

ALICE

3

think I can lis ten all

day to such stuff?

"You are

Be

off, or I'll kick you down

stairs!"

f

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 650

39

3

4 4 old, Fa ther Wil liam," the young man said, and, for

that, he was kicked down

stair!

3

4 4 "You are old,

the young man said, and, for

that, he was kicked down

stairs!

4 4 ff

4 4 [ Apologetically. ]

Lento

654

4 4 3

Not quite right, I'm a fraid.

3

4 4 It

is

wrong from be gin ning to end.

4 4 mp

4 4 658

3

Allegretto

[ The Caterpillar climbs off the mushroom and crawls away. ]

Are you con tent now?

f

mp

661

mp

3 6

6

segue

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

40

IX. Pig and Pepper [ A Fish-Footman enters, bearing an over-sized letter. ]

666

Andante

2 4 f

2 4

[ He knocks at a door in the mushroom. A Frog-Footman opens the door of the mushroom-house, and inadventently closes it behind him. ]

672

FISH-FOOTMAN

rit.

Adagio

678

For the Du chess.

An in vi ta tion

684

from the Queen

to play cro quet. FROG-FOOTMAN

From the Queen an in vi ta tion to the Du chess

to play cro quet.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

41

690

For the Du chess.

For the Du chess.

From the Queen.

Duchess.

From the Queen.

Du chess.

Queen.

Du chess.

Queen.

Queen.

[ The Frog-Footman stomps off. The Fish-Footman sits at the door of the house, as Alice approaches, from which are heard noises. ]

694

[ Alice knocks on the door. ] FISH-FOOTMAN

699

3 4

2 4

There's

no use knock ing.

First, be cause

3 4

2 4 mf

3 4

2 4

704

I'm

on the same side of the door

as you are.

Se cond ly,

be causethey're ma king such a noise in

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

42 708

ALICE

3

side,

such

a noise in side,

no

3

one could pos

Please

si bly

hear

then,

you.

mp

713

how am I to get in?

3

FISH-FOOTMAN

Are

you meant to get in

mp

f

719

3

That is the ques tion, you know.

723

and

3

I shall sit here, on and off, for days and days, days and days,

3

3

days

at all?

days,

days

and

days,

days

and

days,

and

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

43

726

days!

729

Days and days!

3

ALICE

Oh, there's no use in talk ing to him.

He's per fect ly id i

o tic!

f

p

[ The door is thrown open, and the Cook storms out, pot and spoon in hand and, seeing Alice, offers her a taste of the soup. The Duchess follows carrying a baby. ]

734

COOK

Too

much? Too much pep per

f

738

in that soup? Too much pep per in that soup? Too much!

3

ALICE

Too much pep per in that soup?

pp

Oh, I don't

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

44 742

[ Supressing a sneeze. ]

know.

Ah...

Cer tain ly, too much of it in the

DUCHESS

You don't know much, and that's a fact! That's a fact!

746

air!

Ah...

If

3

3

DUCHESS

ev' ry bo dy mind ed their own bus'

ness,

the world would go round

a

mp

molto rit. 750

ALICE

C Ah...

C deal

fast er

than it does!

...choo!

C

C

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

45

[ The Duchess begins to shake the baby. Unobserved, a Cheshire Cat creeps onto the roof and watches, grinning. ] 754

Presto

DUCHESS

C Speak

rough

ly to your lit tle boy, and beat him when he

C ff

mp

f

C

760

sneez

765

es:

he

on

ly does it

to

an noy be

cause he knows it

teas es.

COOK

wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

46 769

molto rit.

A tempo

Wow!

Wow!

I

speak

se vere ly

to my boy, I

beat him when he sneez

es;

774

he

can tho rough

ly

en

joy

the

pep

per

when

he

plea

ses!

molto rit. 778

COOK

wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

for

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland [ Handing the baby to Alice. ]

A tempo 783

Here!

ff

You can nurse it a bit, if you like!

I must get rea dy to play cro

p

3

3

quet with the Queen!

Cro

ALICE

quet with the Queen!

mf

ff

793

3

3

3

3

DUCHESS

788

47

3

3

If I don't take this child a way....

If I don't take this child

a

way...

Don't

p f

799

3

grunt!

3

3

That's not the pro per way of ex press ing your self.

If you're go ing to

f p

p

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

48 804

3

turn in to a pig,

I'll have no thing more

to do

with

you.

A

3

dread ful ly ug

ly

p

[ The Cheshire Cat smiles down on Alice. ]

Andante

809

child,

but a

ra ther hand

some

pig.

3

mp

813

ALICE

mf

[ To the Cheshire Cat. ] 3

3

Could you tell me please,

which way I ought to go

from here? CHESHIRE CAT

That de

p

817

3

3

pends

3

3

a good deal onwhere you want to get to.

I don't much care where....

Well....

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

49

821

Well, then it does n't mat ter which

way

you

go,

which

way

you

go.

825

In

that di rec tion lives

a Hat

ter. And in that

di rec tion lives

a March Hare.

3

829

Vi sit ei ther,

ei ther you like

they're

both quite mad.

Quite

833

mad.

We're all

3

mad here. I'm

mad.

You're

mad. I'm

mad.

We're all

mad

here.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

50 837

ALICE

[ Indignantly. ]

No!

You

must be

or you would n't have

come.... Do you play cro quet

with the Queen

3

3

841

3

3

3

3

ALICE

I

had n't been in vi ted. 3

to day?

By the bye, what be

3

3

846

3

It turned in to a pig. 3

came of the ba

by?

Ah!

f

Did you say

'pig'

or

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 850

51

3

I said

'pig.'

It turned in to a pig.

3

'fig?'

I thought it would. We're all

f

3

854

mad here. I'm

mad.

You're

mad. I'm

mad.

We're all

mad here.

You

3

858

must be

or you would n't have

come....

Would n't

have!

I'm

mad.

3 3

f

3

molto rit.

861

3

ALICE

3

Rav ing mad, af ter all!

You're

mad.

I'm

mad.

We're all

mad

here.

Mad!

Mad!

p

attacca

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

52

X. Three for Tea, and Four Makes More [ The Cheshire Cat disappears abruptly. The mushroom-house descends back into the ground, revealing the Mad Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse at a tea-table. ]

865 Allegretto

MARCH HARE

4 4 MAD HATTER

No

4 4 No

room!

No room!

4 4 4 4 f 869

ALICE

molto rit.

3

12 8 There's plen ty of room.

12 8 room!

No

room!

12 8 For

whom?

12 8 12 8 872 Vivo

DORMOUSE

12 8 MARCH HARE

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

12 8 No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

MAD HATTER

12 8 No room!

12 8 mf

12 8

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

874

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

room!

53

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

876

room!

No room!

No room!

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

No room!

No room!

room!

No room!

No

No room!

No room!

No

878

room!

No room!

No room!

room!

No

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

room!

No room!

No

No room!

No room!

No

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

54 880

4 4 room!

No room!

No

room!

4 4 room!

No room!

No

room!

4 4 room!

No room!

No

room!

4 4 pp

4 4

Andante 882

[ Alice sits at the table. The Dormouse tends to doze off. ] ALICE

3

4 4 I don't

see

a ny wine.

Then it was n't ve ry

MARCH HARE

4 4 Have some wine.

There

is n't a ny. MAD HATTER

4 4 ...is n't a ny.

4 4 p

4 4

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 885

55

3

ci vil of you to of fer it. 3

3

MARCH HARE

3

It was n't ve ry ci vil of you to sit down with out be ing in vi ted. 3 MAD HATTER

Why is a

888

ALICE

I

ra ven like a wri ting

be lieve

I can guess

that.

desk?

mp

890

ALICE

Ex MARCH HARE

act

ly so. 3

3

Do you mean that you think you can find the an swer?

p

mp

Then you should say what you

p

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

56 893

3

I do--

at least

I mean what I say. That's the same thing, you know.

mean.

mp

mf

p

896

3

MAD HATTER

3

Not the same thing a bit!

Why, you might as well

3

3

3

mp

3

899

3

3

3

3

say that "I see what I eat: is the same thing

as "I

eat what I see!" 3

f

p

3

902 MARCH HARE

Why, you might as well

3

3

3

say that "I like what I get" is the same thing

3

as "I

get what I

like."

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 905

DORMOUSE

3

3

Why, you

might as well

57 3

3

say that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep

when I

p

908

breathe." MARCH HARE

It

3

is the same thing with you. MAD HATTER

What

day

of the month is it? What

3

mf

911

ALICE

The fourth.

[ To the March Hare. ]

[ To Alice. ]

3

day!

p

Two

days wrong! I

told you

but ter would n't

suit the works.

Have you

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

58 915

ALICE

3

No. What's the

an

swer? 3

guessed the rid dle yet?

I

3

have n't the slight est i

3

3

3 3

919

3

3

ALICE

You might do some thing bet ter with your time than wast ing it MARCH HARE

in ask ing

3

Nei ther have I.

de a.

922

rid

dles

that have no an

swer. MAD HATTER

If you knew Time as well as

mf

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

59

925

ALICE

I

3

3

I do, you would n't talk a bout wast ing it.

929

3

3

know

3

to Time.

3

I have to beat 3

I dare say you ne ver e ven spoke

time when I learn 3

3

mu sic. 3

3

3

3

3

3

3

932

MAD HATTER

3

Ah,

that ac counts for

935

it.

3

terms with him, he'd do al most

He won't stand a beat ing...

3

Now, if on ly you'd kept on good

3

a ny thing you like with the clock.

Sup pose

it were nine

o'

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

60

3

3

938

clock, time for les sons.

Whis per to time,

round goes the

clock.

Half past one, time for din ner!

3

3

ALICE

942

3

3

That would be grand, MARCH HARE

cer tain ly.

[ Wistfully. ]

I on ly wish it was. 3

MAD HATTER

You could keep it to half past one

946

as

ALICE

5 4 Is

4 4 that the way you man age?

3

5 4 long as you liked.

4 4 Not

I.

5 4

4 4

5 4

4 4 segue

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

61

XI. Twinkle Allegretto molto rit. 949

A tempo

[ Indicating the March Hare. ]

MAD HATTER

4 4 We

quar reled last night just be fore he went mad

at the con

cert giv en

by the

4 4 mp

mf

4 4 molto rit.

A tempo

953

Queen of Hearts.

I

had to sing...

I

had to

sing!

Twin kle, twin kle,

molto rit.

958

bat.

A tempo §

5 4 How

961

lit tle

I

won

der

what you're

4 4 at. You know the song per haps?

Up

5 4

4 4

5 4

4 4 A tempo

molto rit.

molto rit.

a

bove

the

A tempo

ALICE

I've heard some thing like it.

world you fly...

Twin kle, twin kle, lit tle bat.

...like

a

tea tray in the sky. It goes on.

How I won der

Twin kle, twin kle,

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

62 965

molto rit.

A tempo

molto rit.

A tempo

DORMOUSE [ Sleepily. ]

Twin

what you're at.

lit

tle

Twin kle, twin kle

bat.

kle, twin kle.

lit-...

How I won der what you're at.

Poco più mosso

970

Twin kle, twin kle.

Twin kle, twi-...

Well, I'd

hard ly start ed my third verse, when the Queen bawled out, "He's

molto rit. 975

ALICE

3

A tempo

How dread ful ly sa vage!

3

3

mur der ing time!

Off with his head!" 3

And

ev er since then,

he

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

molto rit.

978

A tempo

3

3

won't do a thing that I

ask.

Then you

3

It's al ways tea time.

Meno mosso 982

63

Tea time. We've no time to wash things.

molto rit.

3

keep mo ving round?

But what hap pens when you

come to the be gin ning?

3

As the things get used up.

Ah!

[ Alice surreptitiously examines the inside of her cup. ] 986

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

Hmm.

Sup pose we change the sub ject!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

64

XII. Tell Us a Story [ Rather alarmed. ]

ALICE

Andante

989

4 4 MARCH HARE

3

3

I don't know

a ny

4 4 I vote the young la

dy

tell us a sto

ry.

3

4 4 p

mf

3

3

4 4 993

sto ries.

MARCH HARE

Then the Dor mouse shall!

Wake up, Dor mouse!

Then the Dor mouse shall!

Wake up, Dor mouse!

MAD HATTER

3

996 DORMOUSE [ Sleepily. ]

I

3

3

was n't a sleep.

I heard ev' ry word you

3

fel lows were say

ing. ALICE

3

Tell us a

Wake up!Wake up!

Wake up!Wake up!

Ha!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 999

65

3

sto ry!

Yes, please do! Tell us a sto ry! 3

3

Tell us a sto ry!

Tell us a sto ry! MAD HATTER

Be

quick a bout it,

or you'll

DORMOUSE [ Huge yawn. ]

1002

2 4 Once...

Once up on

a time there were

3

2 4 be a sleep be fore it's done. 6

2 4 6

p

2 4

1007

three

sis

ters

and they lived at the bot tom of a

well. ALICE

3

What did they live on?

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

66 1013

They lived on trea cle.

Trea cle.

So they were, ALICE

3

But the'd have been ill from it.

1019

ve ry ill...

Ve ry ill.

Ve ry ill. ALICE [ Slightly offended. ]

MARCH HARE

Ve ry ill.

I've had no thing

3

Have some more tea.

1025

DORMOUSE

3

And

3

yet, so I can't take more. 3

MARCH HARE

You mean

you can't take less. It's ve ry ea sy to take more than no thing.

p

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

67

1033

so these three

sis ters-- they were learn ing to draw.... learn ing to draw...

Trea cle. 3

ALICE

What did theydraw?

[ They all move over, one at a time, examining carefully the new place setting. ] 3

1039

MAD HATTER

3

Theywere learn ing to draw,

3

learn ing to draw,

and they learned all

I want a new cup,let's all move one place on.

1046

3

3

man ner of things,

[ The Dormouse has begun to sleep and is pinched awake by the March Hare. ]

ev'

ry thing that

be gins with "M."

DORMOUSE

...that be ALICE

Why with an "M?" MARCH HARE

Why not?

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

68 1052

gins with "M." Mouse traps, and the moon,

and

me mo ry

and much ness.

of much

ness?

Did

you

1058

ev er see

such a thing

as a draw ing

ALICE

A

draw ing

of

much ness? 3

3

1064

3

Now that you ask, I don't think... MARCH HARE

Then you should n't talk!

Should n't talk,

MAD HATTER

Then you should n't talk!

Should n't talk,

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Vivo

69

q. = 92 1069

DORMOUSE

12 8 3

No room!

No room!

No room! No room! No

No room!

No room!

No room!

12 8 'cause there's no

room!

3

No

12 8 'cause there's no

room! No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

12 8 mf

12 8 1072

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

1074

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No

No room!

No room!

No

room!

No room!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

70 1076

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room! No room! No room!

room!

No room!

No room!

No room!

No room! No room! No room!

room!

No room!

No room! No room! No room!

No room!

No

3

[ Alice leaves the table abruptly. ]

Andante 1079

ALICE

2 4 Well,that's the stu pid est

tea par ty that

I was ev er

at in all

my

2 4 p

2 4

1085

3

life.

p

3

3

3

3

The stu pid est stu pid est, stu pid est tea par ty that I was ev er

at

in

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

71

3

1090

all my life.

But ev' ry thing's

cu ri ous,

cu ri ous,

cu

Allegretto [ The White Rabbit runs by. ] WHITE RABBIT

1096

4 4 The

Queen!

The

4 4 rious

to 3

day.

3 6

3

4 4 mf

f

4 4 3

molto rit. 1100

[ The Dormouse, March Hare and Mad Hatter run off, terrified. ]

DORMOUSE

Queen!

The Queen!

The

Queen!

The

Queen!

The

Queen!

The

Queen!

MARCH HARE

MAD HATTER

attacca

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

72

XIII. Off! [ The Queen of Hearts enters in high dudgeon preceded by the Gryphon (Lewis Carroll) bearing a banner emblazoned with the Mock Turtle encircled by the inscription, "Queen of Hearts and Marchioness of Mock Turtle." The Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit as herald, and the other eleven Hearts follow behind as the Queen's entourage. ]

1104

Andante

QUEEN OF HEARTS

c Off with their heads, I say!

Off with their heads!

Off!

Off! Off!

Off!

c mf

f

c col 8va bassa

1108

Off,

I say, with their heads!

Off with their heads!

Off with their heads,I

say!

1111

Off! I say lop them off and chop them off and pop them off to day!

Off with their heads, I say!

1114

Off with their heads!

Off!

Off! Off!

Off! Off, I say, with their heads!

Off! Off!

Off! Off!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

73

1118

Off! Off!

Off! Off!

Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off their heads, I say!

1121

Off! Off!

Off!

Off!

Off!

Off

with

their

heads!

1124

Off!

Off!

Off!

Off! Off! Off!

Off!

f

1127

Off with their heads, I say!

mf

Off with their heads!

Off!

Off! Off!

Off! Off, I say, with their heads!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

74 1131

Off with their heads!

Off with their heads, I

say!

Off!

I say lop them off and chop them off and

1134

pop them off to day!

Off with their heads!

Off!

Off!

Off with their heads!

Off! Off!

Off!

Off!

1138

Off! Off! Off! Off!

Off! Off! Off! Off!

off

with ev' ry lit tle one of their heads!

1141

4 4 Off with their heads, I say!

Off!

4 4 f

4 4

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

75

XIV. The Croquet Party QUEEN OF HEARTS [ Noticing Alice. ]

1146 Andante

4 4 Who is this? What's your name, child?

4 4 f

p

4 4

1150

[ To herself. ]

ALICE

A lice.

My name is A lice,

if it please your Ma jes ty.

mp

pp

1153

(They're

3

on ly a pack of cards.

I

need n't be

a fraid of them.) [ Indicating the Cards. ]

QUEEN OF HEARTS

And

who

are

mp

col 8va bassa

these?

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76 1156

3

How should I know?

It's

no

QUEEN OF HEARTS

bus' ness of mine.

Off

f

mf 3

3

3

1159

with her head!

col 8va bassa

ALICE

Non

sense! Non

sense! 3

KING OF HEARTS

Con si der my dear: she is

3

on ly a child...

Off with her...

mf

1163

mp

ALICE

[ To Alice. ]

[Mallet hit. The croquet ball rolls. With the percussion, the Queen of Hearts begins to play, needless to say with minimal regard for the rules.]

Yes.

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Can you play cro quet?

Come on, then!

Ha!

f

mp

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77

[Mallet hit. The croquet ball rolls. ]

1167

WHITE RABBIT

[ To Alice, with a nervous eye on the Queen of Hearts. ]

It's...

Come on,

then!

Ha!

mp

1171

3

It's...

Its'

a

ve ry fine day. 3

ALICE

Ve ry. Where's the

mp

1174

3

Hush!

She's un

der sen tence of ex

3

e cu tion!

She boxed the Queen's ears... [ Smothering a laugh. ]

Du chess?

Ha!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

78

CHESHIRE CAT [ Appearing discretely. ]

1177

How are you

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Get to your pla ces!

1181

3

ALICE

Off with his head!

Off

get ting on?

with his head!

3

3

I don't think they play fair ly at all.

They don't seem to have a ny rules. 3

CHESHIRE CAT

How do you like the

ALICE

1184

[ Noticing the Queen listening in on her conversation. ] 3

3

Not at all.

She is

so

ex treme ly...

like

ly to win,

Queen?

f

5

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

79

[ The Queen of Hearts smiles, and moves on. ]

1187

Adagio

3

3

that it is hard ly worth while fin ish ing

the game.

mp

1190

p

Andante

ALICE

A friend

of mine.

KING OF HEARTS

3

Who

are you talk ing to?

3

f

mp 3

col 8va bassa

1194

3

3

I

f

p

don't like the look of it

at all.

But

it may kiss my hand, if it likes.

mf

3

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

80 1197

KING OF HEARTS

Don't be im per ti nent!

CHESHIRE CAT

I'd

ra

ther

not!

I'd

ra

ther

not!

I'd ra ther not!

mf

1201

ALICE

It

[ To the Queen. ]

My

dear,

have this cat

re

moved! QUEEN OF HEARTS

Off

with its head!

mf

1204

3

3

be longs to the Du chess: you'd bet ter ask her

a bout it. QUEEN OF HEARTS

Fetch her here!

mp

p

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81

[ The game resumes till the Duchess is marched on. ]

1208

mp

f

1212 [ The Duchess is marched on. ]

DUCHESS [ To Alice. ]

You can't think how glad I

3

am to see you a gain.

f mf

ALICE [ aware of the Queen's gaze. ]

1215

3

3

The game's go ing on ra ther bet ter now. 3

mp

3

1218

DUCHESS

'Tis so...

3

Ra

mp

ther bet ter

3

"Tis so, and the mo ral is -

now.

mp

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82 1221

3

Oh,

'tis love,

'tis

love, that makes the world go round. ALICE

1224

Some bo dy said that it's done

by

ah

the

DUCHESS

Ah well,

well,

it means much

3

ev' ry bo dy else

mind ing their own

bus' ness.

1227

3

same thing,

and the mo ral

of that

is

3

"Take care of the sense

and the sounds will take

[ Weakly, to the Queen, who has suddenly come by. ]

1230

3

3

care of them selves."

A

p

fine day, your Ma jes ty.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

83

QUEEN OF HEARTS

1234

3

[ The Duchess exits hurriedly. ] 3

3

Ei ther you or your head must be off, and that in a bout half no time.

f

f

col 8va bassa

QUEEN OF HEARTS [ To Alice. ]

1237

Have

3

you seen the Mock Tur tle?

mf

mp

ALICE

1240

3

The Mock Tur tle?

[ To the Gryphon. ]

The thing Mock Tur tle soup

is made from.

Up,

la zy thing!

f

3

1243

3

Take this young la dy to see the Mock Tur tle.

mp

mf

3

I must see af ter some ex e

cu

tions.

p

3

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

84

molto rit.

Adagio GRYPHON

[ To Alice, in a definitely "non-U" accent. ] 3

[ The Queen exits without pomp, her entourage following quickly behind her. ]

1246

It's all her fan cy.

p

mf

mp

They

p 3

mp

ALICE

1250

I

ne ver

ex e cutes

no

bo dy, you know.

Come

on!

3

1252

3

3

ne

ver was

so

or dered

a

round be fore.

Ne

ver.

3

3

attacca

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85

XV. A Visit to the Mock Turtle [ Alice and the Gryphon leave the croquet party, and walk together. ]

Andante

1255

4 4 mf

3

3

4 4

3 3

3

3

3

3

3

3

[ Sounds of sobbing are heard from afar. ] 3

1259

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

[ Alice and the Gryphon come upon the Mock Turtle, who is weeping. ]

1263

3

3

3

3

ALICE

1267

What is his sor

MOCK TURTLE

3

Ah!

3

( sobbing sounds ad lib. )

p

f

6

row?

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86 1271

GRYPHON

It's

3

3

all his fan cy, that;

he has n't got no

sor row,

no

sor row,

3

p

3

3

3

3

1275

you know. It's all his

rit.

ALICE

No sor row? 3

fan

cy.

No. 6

3

Lento 1278

MOCK TURTLE

Ah! 3

his to ry.

mp

This here young la dy wants for to know your

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 1281

87

[ In an extremely upper-class accent. ]

Sit down,

1284

and don't speak

was a real

a word

till I've fin

ished.

[ They listen encouragingly. ] 3

3

I

[ A big sigh. ]

tur tle.

Once

3

We were so lit tle.

We went to school in the sea.

1287

The mas ter was

an

old

Tur tle.

We used to call

him Tor toise.

ALICE [ Unable to refrain from interrupting. ]

1289 rit. 3

Why did you call

him

Tor toise when he was n't

one? MOCK TURTLE

Be cause he taught us!

88

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

Lento

1291 [ Resuming his tale. ]

Reel ing

3

and Writh ing,

3

then the diff' rent bran ches of

3

3

ma the ma tics -

3

3

3

3

3

1293

Am bi tion,

Dis trac tion,

Ug

li fi ca tion,

and

De ri sion.

3

3

1296

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Then Drawl ing,

3

3

Stretch ing

and Faint ing

3

3

3

3

1298

3

3

Coils.

Coils.

We were so lit tle.

Ah!

mp

3

3

3

3

3

Coils.

3

3

3

There was mys te ry, an cient and mo dern.

Coils.

3

3

3

3

in

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 1301

ALICE

89

3

How ma ny hours a day did you do les sons?

Ah!

Ten hours

3

1304

the first day

and then

3

3

3

3

nine

the se cond and

so on,

3

That's the rea son,

the rea son

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

1306

3

that

they're called les

sons,

be cause

they less en

3

3

3

3

3

3

from

day to day,

3

3

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

90 1308

3

3

3

3

less en from day to day, day to day, day to day. 3

GRYPHON [ Interrupting. ]

That's e nough a bout les sons.

3

3

Games, now!

3

3

[ The Gryphon is obliged to shake the Mock Turtle, to stop his sobbing. ]

1311 MOCK TURTLE 3

Ah!

( sobbing sounds ad lib. )

p

f

6

1314

ALICE

I

have n't.

MOCK TURTLE

You may not

have lived much un

der the

sea...

...and

3

per haps you were

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 1316

91 [ Hastily collecting her thoughts. ]

ALICE

I

ne

ver in

tro duced

to

a lob

once

tas ted...

No,

ne ver.

ster?

3

1318

MOCK TURTLE

3

So,

3

you can have no i dea what a de light ful

3

3

thing

a

lob ster Qua drille is.

3

MOCK TURTLE [ Irritated by constant interruptions. ]

1320

Two

lines! You ad vance twice! 3

GRYPHON

You form in to a line

a long the sea shore...

Each with a lob ster as

3

3

3

3 3

3

3

3

3

3 3

3

a part ner.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

92 1323

3

Change

lob sters

and re tire

in the same or der.

Then you throw...

...as

3

Change

lob sters

and re tire

in the same or der.

...the 3

3

3

lob sters...

3

3 3

3

1325

3

3

3

3

far out

to sea as

you

can.

Turn

a

so mer sault

in

the

sea.

3

Swim af

ter them!

mp

3

3

1327

3

Back to land!

Change lob sters a gain!

3

[ The Mock Turtle and Gryphon sit, suddenly silent. The Mock Turtle glares at the Gryphon. ]

Back to land.

That's the first fig ure.

Land. 3

Back to land.

ppp

6

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

rit.

1330 ALICE [ Nonplussed, but polite. ]

It

must be ve

93

ry pret

ty.

MOCK TURTLE [ Eagerly. ]

3

Would you

like

to see it?

We can do

it with out

XVI. The Lobster Quadrille [ The Mock Turtle and Gryphon approach one another, and bow. Hand in hand, they dance mincingly. ]

Adagio 1332

4 4

2 4

4 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

lob sters. GRYPHON [ Tactfully. ]

3

You sing. I've for got ten the words. 3

3

3

4 4 3

mf

3

4 4 3

3

3

MOCK TURTLE

1336

4 4

2 4

"Will

you 3

4 4

walk a lit tle fas 3

ter?" 3

said a whi ting

4 4 to a snail,"There's

3

3

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

mp

4 4

a

por poise close be 3

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

94 1340

2 4 hind

us, 3

and he's tread ing

4 4 on my tail.

2 4 See

how

ea ger ly the lob

sters

and the tur tles

3

2 4

4 4

2 4

2 4

4 4

2 4 3

3

3

3

1344

2 4

4 4 all ad vance!

2 4 They

are

wait ing on the shin

gle --

will you come and

4 4 join the dance?

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

3

3

3

3

1348

4 4 Will

you, 3

won't you, will you, won't 3

you, 3

won't you join the

dance?

3

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

mp

4 4

[ Giving stage directions. ]

1351

3

4 4

2 4 Will

you, 3

4 4

won't you, will you,won't 3

3

you,

won't you join the dance?

4 4 Slow ly and sad ly...

3

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

mp

4 4

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

95

1355

2 4 "You

can 3

real ly have no no 3

tion 3

how de light ful

4 4 it will be

when

3

they

3

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

take us all and 3

mp

1359

2 4 throw us, 3

4 4

with the lob sters, out to sea!"

2 4 But

the

snail re plied "Too far, too

far!"and gave a

3

2 4

4 4

2 4

2 4

4 4

2 4 3

3

3

3

1363

2 4

4 4

2 4

look a skance -- said

he, thanked the whi ting kind

ly,

but he would not

4 4 join the dance.

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

3

3

3

3

1367

4 4 Would

not, 3

4 4

could not, would not, could 3

not, 3

would not join the

dance.

3

2 4

4 4

2 4

4 4

mp

4 4

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

96 1370

4 4 Would

not,

could not, would not, could

not,

would not join the

dance. 3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4 4 3

mf

mp

3

4 4 3

3

3

1373

Dance!

Would not, 3

3

3

3

could not, would not, 3

could not, 3

would not join the 3

3 3

3

3

3

1376

2 4

4 4

Dance!

Dance! 3

3

2 4 f

3

4 4

3

pp

2 4 3

1380

ALICE

I should like to hear her re peat some thing now.

3

3

4 4

3

3

I can't re mem ber things to day.

3

I've tried to say, "how doth the lit

3

tle

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

97

rit.

1382

bu sy bee"

and "Fa ther Wil

liam." GRYPHON

Stand up

and re peat

'Tis

the

6

XVII. The Voice of the Lobster Allegretto ALICE [ Reciting, as if in class. ]

1384

3

3

4 4 'Tis the voice of the lob ster, I heard him de clare--"You have 3

4 4 voice of the slug

gard.'

4 4 mp

4 4

1388

3

baked me too brown,

3

I must su gar my hair!

3

As a duck with his eye lids, so

3

he with his nose trims his

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

98 1392

3

3

3

3

belt and his but tons, and turns out his toes. When the sands are all dry,

1396

3

3

talk in con temp

1400

3

he is

3

tu ous tones of the shark:

gay as a lark,

and will

3

But, when the tide ri ses and sharks are a round,

his

3

voice has a ti mid and trem u lous sound. GRYPHON [ Puzzled, but tolerant. ]

That's dif f'rent from what I

3

used to say

3

when I was a child.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 1404

99

MOCK TURTLE [ Disdainfully. ]

It sounds un com mon non

sense. GRYPHON [ To Alice, encouragingly. ]

3

Go on with the next

verse.

It

be gins

"I

3

ALICE

1407

3

3

3

I passed by his gar den, and marked with one eye, how the owl and the pan ther were 3

passed by his gar den."

mp

1411

3

shar ing a pie:

3

3

3

The pan ther took pie crust and gra vy and meat, while the owl had the dish

as its

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

100 1415

3

3

share of the treat. When the pie was all fi nished, the owl as

1419

3

3

3

3

a boon,

was

kind ly per mit ted

3

to

3

po cket the spoon: while the pan ther re ceived knife and fork with a growl, and con clu ded the ban quet by...

1423

MOCK TURTLE

3

By far the most con fus ing thing that I

e ver heard!

3 GRYPHON [ Sagely. To the Mock Turtle. ]

1428

3

rit. 3

3 4 I think you'd bet ter leave off. Sing her "Tur tle Soup,"will you old fel

low?

3 4 3 4

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

101

XVIII. The Mock Turtle's Lament with mournful praise *

Allegretto MOCK TURTLE

1431

3 4 Beau Beau

ti ful ti ful

soup, soup!

so rich, Who cares

and green, for fish!

wait ing Game! Or

in a

a ny

3 4 p

mp

3 4 * Lugubriously mellifluent, that is to say.

1438

hot o

tu ther

reen. dish?

Who for such Who would not

dain ties give all

would else

not for

stoop? two

Soup Soup

of the of the

ev' ev'

1444

Soup of the pen ny worth

ev' ning, on ly

of

beau beau

ti ful ti ful

soup! soup?

ning, ning,

1450

beau beau

ti ful ti ful

soup! soup!

Beau Beau

ti ful ti ful

soup! soup!

Beau Beau

ti ful ti ful

soup! soup!

Soup Soup

of the of the

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

102 1457

ev' ev'

ning! ning!

Beau Beau

ti ful ti ful

soup! soup!

Allegretto

1463

ALICE

4 4

3 4 What trial is that?

GRYPHON [ To Alice. ]

4 4

3 4 Come on!

The trial's be gin ning!

4 4

3 4 f

subito pp

4 4

3 4 [ The Gryphon providently claps his hand over the Mock Turtle's mouth to stop him. ]

rit.

1467

3 4

4 4 MOCK TURTLE

3 4

4 4 Soup

of the

ev'

ning!

Beau

3

3 4

ful...

4 4

3

mf

ti

mp

subito pp

p

3 4

4 4 [ All the Wonderland characters fill the stage, some as jurors, others as spectators, and officers of the court. The prisoner, the Knave of Hearts, is led onstage.]

1471

Allegretto

f

non rit.

ff

3

3

attacca

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

103

XIX. Who Stole the Tarts? Con moto q. = 100

1475

WHITE RABBIT [ self-importantly. ]

9 8 Si

lence in court!

9 8 mf

f

9 8 1479

WHITE RABBIT

The Queen of Hearts,

KING OF HEARTS

Read the ac

she

cu sa tion!

1483

12 8 made some tarts,

9 8 all on a sum mer day;

The Knave of Hearts,

12 8

9 8

12 8

9 8

1487

he stole those tarts

and

WHITE RABBIT [ With the nervous reproof of a courtier. ]

took

them quite

a

way.

Not yet! Not yet! Not

KING OF HEARTS

Con si der your ver

dict.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

104 1491

yet! There's a great deal to come be fore that!

Call the first wit ness! KING OF HEARTS

Call

the first wit ness!

[ The Mad Hatter takes the witness stand, tea-cup and saucer in hand. The Queen of Hearts looks at him frowning. ]

molto rit.

1495

c First

wit ness!

First

wit

ness! 3

c c

rit.

Andante

Andante

1499

MAD HATTER

c I beg your par don, your

QUEEN OF HEARTS [ To the White Rabbit. ]

3

c Bring

me a list of the last

sin gers at the last con

cert!

c mp

c

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 3

3

3

1502

105

Ma jes ty,

for bring ing these

in, but I had n't quite fi nished my tea, when I was sent for.

f

KING OF HEARTS

1505

When did you be gin?

3

MAD HATTER

3

3

Four teenth of March, I think it was.

mf

mp

3

3

3 DORMOUSE [ Sleepily. ]

1509

Six

MARCH HARE

Fif

teenth.

teenth.

KING OF HEARTS

3

3

Write that down!

Take off

your

hat!

3

MAD HATTER

It

3

3

3

3

3 3

3

f

is n't

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

106 1513

3

Sto

len!

Sto

len!

3

Give your e vi dence, and don't be 3

mine.

I'm

a hat ter. I've none of my own.

[ The Queen of Hearts thinks to have discovered the identity of the Hatter as a singer in the concert. ]

molto rit.

1516

ner vous, or I'll have you

molto rit.

Moderato

ex e cu ted on

the

spot! QUEEN OF HEARTS

Off with his head!

f

1520 Andante

KING OF HEARTS [ Interrupting. ]

The

MAD HATTER

I'm a good man, your Ma jes ty.

mp

I had n't be gun my

tea,

when the twink ling of the tea...

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

107

3

1524

3

twink ling of what?

Of course,

MAD HATTER

3

twink ling be gins with a "T!"

It be gan with tea... 3

3

3

3

1527

MARCH HARE [ Indignantly. ]

I did n't!

3

Most things twink led af ter

that.

On ly, the March Hare

said...

I de

You did!

3 6

1530

DODO

3

But what did the Dor mouse say?

ny

it! ...de ny

it!

KING OF HEARTS

3

3

He de nies it! Leave that part out!

MAD HATTER

Ha!

mp

3 6

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

108 1533

KING OF HEARTS

You

MAD HATTER

That

must

re mem ber

or I'll have you ex

e cu ted!

I can't re mem ber. 3

3

f

1536

Off

with

his head!

MAD HATTER

I'm

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Off

with

3

You're a

mf

man,

your

mp

KING OF HEARTS

Ma jes

poor

his head!

f

1538

a

ty.

ve

ry poor spea ker.

3

If that's all you

know,

you

may

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

109

1540

stand

down.

You may

I can't go

f

no

low er.

I'm stand ing

on

the floor.

mp

1543

9 8 go!

Go!

Out side.

Out side.

QUEEN OF HEARTS

9 8 And just

take

off

his head

out side,

Out side.

9 8 9 8

Con moto q. = 100

[ The Mad Hatter exits the witness stand, and takes a place in the courtroom. ]

1546

WHITE RABBIT

9 8 Call the next wit ness.

KING OF HEARTS

9 8 Call

9 8 f

9 8

mf

the next wit ness!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

110

[ The Cook takes the witness stand. ]

1550

Next

wit ness!

Next

wit

ness! KING OF HEARTS

Your e vi dence?

1554

COOK

Shan't.

WHITE RABBIT [ Apologetically. ]

Your Ma jes ty

f

must cross ex a mine this wit

f

mp

1558

ness.

Andante

COOK

c Pep

per most ly. DORMOUSE

c Trea

KING OF HEARTS

cle.

c What are tarts made of?

QUEEN OF HEARTS

c Be

c mp

f

f

mp

c

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111

ALICE [ To the Cheshire Cat, by whom she is seated. ]

1562

3

3

KING OF HEARTS

They have n't got much e vi dence

Call the next wit ness.

head that Dor mouse!

Off with its whisk ers!

mp

Con moto 1566

q. = 100

molto rit.

WHITE RABBIT

9 8 Call the next wit ness!

9 8 yet.

CHESHIRE CAT

9 8 We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Mad here.

9 8 mp

f

9 8

[ Surprised, Alice jumps up and runs to the witness stand. ]

1570

A

lice!

A

lice!

A lice!

KING OF HEARTS

What do you know of this

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

112 1574

ALICE

No thing.

bus'

ness?

No thing what ev

No thing what ev

er?

er?

WHITE RABBIT [ Prompting apologetically. ]

1577

Un

KING OF HEARTS

That's

ve ry im por tant.

im por tant, your Ma

jes ty

Ve ry im por tant.

1580

means.

ALICE

It

KING OF HEARTS

Un

im por tant,

of course! Of course!

does n't

mat ter a bit.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland [ The King of Hearts is aghast at Alice's impertinence. ]

1584

Adagio

113

[ To Alice. ]

[ To the jury. ]

KING OF HEARTS

c divisi

Si

lence!

Con si der your ver dict!

c ff

c Andante 1587

Meno mosso

[ Uncertainly. ] 3

WHITE RABBIT

c Pleae, your Ma jes ty,

there's more e vi dence yet to come.

A let ter,

writ ten by the pri son er to... ...to

c pp

c 1591

[ Firmly. ] 3

3

some bo

dy...

...to

some bo dy...

3

KING OF HEARTS

It

3 3

3

3

3 3

must have been, un less it

3

3 3

3

3

was writ ten to

3

6

1594

WHITE RABBIT

3

no bo

It's

dy

which is n't

u su al

a set of ver

you know.

3

3

subito pp 3

3

3 3

3

ses.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

114

WHITE RABBIT

1597

Are they in

No. And there's no name,

3

3

the pri son er's

3

3

3

3

3

3

hand wri ting?

If he

3

3

1600

did n't sign it,

no name signed at the end.

that can on ly make the

3

3

3

3

3

3

mat ter worse.

He

must have meant some mis chief, or else

1603

he'd

have signed his

name like an

ho nest

man!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

Here, here!

QUEEN OF HEARTS

[ All onstage except Alice. ]

f

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

115

1605

That

proves his guilt, of

couse!

So...

Off

with his head!

So...

Off

with his head!

[ All onstage except Alice, the White Rabbit and the Knave of Hearts. ]

Off

with his head!

Off

with his head!

3

6

1608

ALICE

It does n't prove a ny thing of

the sort.

KING OF HEARTS

Ha!

Read

Ha!

Ha!

Ha!

p 3 6

the ver ses. Be

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

116 3

1611

gin

at the be gin

ning,

and go

on

till you come

to

the end;

[ Sharply. ]

1613

then

[ Calmly. ]

3 4 stop.

Read the ver ses.

Then stop.

Stop.

Read.

3 4 3 4

XX. A Letter from Somebody 1616

WHITE RABBIT

3 4

Allegro

C "They

3 4

told me you had been

to her, and men tioned me

to

him;

she

gave me a good

C pp

3 4

C

1622

cha rac ter, but said I could not

swim.

He sent them word

I

had not gone (We know it

to

be

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

1628

117

3 2 true),

if

she should push the

mat ter on, what would be come of

C you.

I

3 2

C

3 2

C

1633

C gave her one, they gave her two, you gave us three or more;

they

all re turned from him to you, though

C

C

1639

they were mine be fore.

If

I

or she should chance to be

in volved in this

af

fair,

he

1645

trusts

to you

to

set them free, ex act ly as we

were.

My

no tion was that you had been (be

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

118

3

1651

fore she had this

fit)

an

ob sta cle that came be tween him,

and our selves, and it.

Don't

1657

let him know

she liked

them best,

for this must e

ver

be

a

se cret, kept from

accel.

1662 molto rit.

6 8 all the rest, be tween your self and

me.

6 8 3

6 8 XXI. Such a Curious Dream Con moto q. = 100

1666

KING OF HEARTS

6 8

9 8 The most

6 8 f

6 8

9 8 mp

9 8

im por

tant piece

of

e vi dence.

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland 1670

119

ALICE

12 8 If

a

ny one

of them can ex plain it,

I'll give him

six

pence.

12 8 12 8 1673

12 8

9 8

12 8

Ex plain it...

Ex plain it...

12 8

9 8

12 8

12 8

9 8

12 8

1676 KING OF HEARTS

12 8

9 8 If there's no mean ing

in

it,

that saves a world of

12 8

9 8

12 8

9 8

trou ble.

Let the

1679

ju ry con si der their ver dict.

QUEEN OF HEARTS

No!

No!

mf

f

No!

No! No!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

120 1683

No!

Sen

tence first-- ver dict

af ter wards. Sen tence first--ver dict af ter wards.

q. = q

1687

ALICE

c Stuff!

c Sen

tence first--

ver dict af ter wards. Sen tence first--ver dict af ter

wards.

3

c mp

c 3

1691

Stuff and non sense.

I won't!

Stuff and non sense.

Non sense.

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Hold your tongue!

1695

ALICE

Meno mosso

Who

Ah!

f

Off

with

her head!

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

3

1697

cares for you?

You're no thing but a

pack

121

of

cards.

f 3 3

3

[ At the 'truth' of Alice's assertion, all the Wonderland creatures shriek, and mill about in confusion, beginning their exit. ]

1699

f

3

1703

5 4

c 3

5 4

c

1707

2 4

c

2 4

c

1711

3 4

c

3 4

c

6

122

Alice - Adventures in Wonderland

[ Fade to black. ]

Adagio

molto rit. 1715

3 4 f

3

mp

3 4 [ Lights slowly up on the riverbank scene. Alice is lying on the ground asleep. Lewis Carroll shakes her awake. ]

1720

3 4

3 2

3 4

3 2

1725

ALICE

3

3

Oh, I've had

such a cu

ri ous

dream.

Such a cu

ri ous

dream.

pp

[ In a short end pantomime, they pack up the picnic and set off for home. ]

1727

Andante

mp

1733

4 2

3 2

4 2

3 2

rit. 1737

3 2 p

3 2

3

3

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