Alice in Wonderland score
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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
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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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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. ]
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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
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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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[ 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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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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