A rural prospect: on the left side a little hill with trees at the top; a spring of water rushes from the side, and falls into a natural bason below: on the right side a cottage, at the door of which is a bench of stone. At a distance a chain of mountains. The manor-house in view. A field of corn fills up the scene.
(In the first act the sky clears by degrees, the sun rises, and at the end of the act is above the horizon: at the beginning of the second he is past the height, and declines till the end of the day.)
Dorcas, Rosina, Phœbe
<- William
Dorcas, Rosina, Phœbe
William ->
See! my dear Dorcas
[Air]
How small a part of my evils is poverty!
[Air]
To work, my hearts of oak, to work
[Air]
Hist! there's his honour.
Rosina, Rustic, Reapers
<- Belville, 1st Irishman, 2nd Irishman, servants
Is it us he's talking of, Paddy?
Rosina, Rustic, Reapers, Belville
servants, 1st Irishman, 2nd Irishman ->
[Air]
Rosina, Rustic, Reapers, Belville
<- Captain Belville
Good morrow, brother; you are early abroad.
[Air]
But where is my little rustic charmer?
Rosina, Reapers, Captain Belville
Belville, Rustic ->
Reapers
Rosina, Captain Belville ->
Lead the dogs back, James,
Reapers, William
<- Rustic, Phœbe
That's a good girl!
Reapers, William, Phœbe
Rustic ->
O, no; I dare say she won't.
[Duet]
William, Phœbe, Reapers ->
<- Rosina, Captain Belville
Stay, and hear me, Rosina
[Air]
Mere prejudice, child: you will know better.
Rosina, Captain Belville
<- Dorcas
You are just come in time, mother.
Captain Belville, Dorcas
Rosina ->
I thought so.
Captain Belville
Dorcas ->
These women astonish me
[Air]
Captain Belville
<- Rustic
A word with you, Rustic
Rustic
Captain Belville ->
I don't vastly like this business
Well, Rustic, have you any intelligence to communicate?
Rustic, Belville
<- Dorcas
Let the cloth be laid on these sheaves
Rustic, Belville, Dorcas
<- Reapers, Captain Belville, William, Phœbe, 1st Irishman, 2nd Irishman, Irish Girl
[Air Finale]
Belville, Rosina, Reapers, Captain Belville, William, Rustic, Dorcas, Phœbe, 1st Irishman, 2nd Irishman, Irish GirlBy this fountain's flo-w'ry side (the dance begins)
