The Show
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Down from the hills of
Hungary ... toward
the markets of Budapest.
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And among the first to
be sold were the flocks
of Konrad Driskai.
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"Well, Konrad, you've
sold me some nice
sheep this time."
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"And how is your daughter,
Lena, enjoying her visit to
our city?"
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"Oh, Lena's having a lovely
time. She's waiting for me
now .... at the hotel."
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"Meet me tonight and
I'll let you pay for my
supper again."
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COCK ROBIN -
The ballyhoo man at
the Palace of Illusions.
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"Now watch closely ....
and you will see the
little lady suspended in
mid-air!"
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"That's easy ... they hold
her up with wires."
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"He knows how to get
the ladies .... and the
money."
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"PRESTO!"
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"Now, folks, on the
inside .... The Show
starts immediately!"
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"And waiting to collect
your tickets is .....
THE LIVING HAND OF
CLEOPATRA!"
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"ZELA! Zela the half
lady!"
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"Believe me, boys ....
there's no cold feet
here to bother you!"
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"ARACHNIDA! The
Human Spider!"
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"She eats flies on week
days .... and butterflies
on Sundays!"
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"NEPTUNA! Neptuna,
The Queen of the
Mermaids!"
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"Now I know why the
divers go down."
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"Now ... on this platform ...
The Great Terpsichorean
Tragedy!"
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"SALOME .... in all her
oriental splendor will
dance before King
Herod!"
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"And before your very
eyes you'll see a man's
head chopped off ....
and served to her on
a platter!"
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"Behold!"
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"SALOME!!"
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"Dance for me, Salome ...
and I will give thee
whatsoever thy soul
desireth."
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"Thou hast pleased me,
Salome. Tell me ... what
is it thou wouldst have?"
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"I ask for the head of
Jokanaan ... served on
a silver charger!"
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"If the Greek finds Salome
is trying to get Robin
back again .... God help
her!"
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"You see ... now he's got
the fake sword."
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"Let her be given what
she asks ... the head of
Jokanaan!"
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"Salome, thou art a
wicked woman."
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"Robin, are you going to
meet the sheep raiser's
kid again tonight?"
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"I wish you wouldn't."
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"Better watch out! If
The Greek catches you ...
bye-bye Robin!"
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But The Greek was busy
elsewhere.
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"I can't meet you tonight,
Robin ... I must watch
this money for my Poppa."
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"You keep away from
him!"
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"You're hired as freaks ...
not vampires!"
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"Don't try to get me
back! If I want you
I'll tell you!"
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"I just gave back a
present he gave me
once."
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"If it's his heart you
want I'll cut it out and
give it to you!"
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"From the wilds of
Madagascar comes
this deadliest of all
poisonous reptiles!"
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"More poisonous than
the rattlesnake, the
cobra or the asp! Its
bite is sure death!"
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"From the oils of these
reptiles is made this life-
giving, youth-restoring
liniment!"
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"Driskai, the sheep merchant,
was shot a while ago. Where
were you when it happened?"
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"Who ... me? Why, I've
been right here for hours."
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"Has that Butter Ball of
mine from the country
been around tonight?"
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"I don't know when the
hoodlum will be home.
He rooms here ... that's
all I know."
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"How's business?"
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"Deader than a grave-
yard."
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"That man who was
bitten over at the snake
show....is dead."
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"That's funny. Two deaths
tonight ... and good things
always come in threes."
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Midnight - -
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"Where were you? I
had to pay for my
own supper tonight."
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"Robin ... Robin, somebody
killed my Poppa!"
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"You'd better go back to
the hotel. I'll see you
tomorrow."
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"But I'm afraid to be
alone with all this
money."
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"With so many thieves
around I'm glad you
came to me first."
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"Is it all right for me to
come in here .... when
we're not married?"
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"You know, something
just told me .... maybe
we will get married."
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"It's money my Poppa
got for selling some of
our sheep."
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"Some of them?"
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"Oh, yes ... we got hills
full of them."
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"You got any brothers...
big brothers?"
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"Robin, you'll always
love me, won't you?"
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"With hills full of sheep...
Lena, how could you
ask me?"
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"You little fool, he's only
after your money! Get
out of here!"
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"I couldn't let you do it,
Robin ... I couldn't!"
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"Please give that money
back before it gets you
in trouble."
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"This is my business!
You get out of here!"
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"But, Robin .... she'll tell
the police."
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"Robin got a pile of
money away from that
kid...and Salome's with
him."
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"Play my hand."
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The last show the
following night.
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"Let her be given what
she asks....the head
of Jokanaan!"
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"Now watch him....he'll
take the fake sword."
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"He's still got the real
sword!"
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"We want him for robbing
this girl ... and probably
for killing her father."
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"She's got the police
after me! That's what
happens for being nice
to women!"
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"Get over to my room!
Hide in the attic!"
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"It's her own fault ... for
running after him!"
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"Well .... now you've
finally got me alone
in your room."
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"Give back that money
and you won't have to
stay here."
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"You're going to talk
about that money just
once too often!"
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"What was that noise?
What were you doing?"
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"I've been waiting up
for you to read this
letter to me. I know
it's from my boy."
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"It was the door....the
wind blew it shut."
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"Come ... we'll go to
your room."
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"No, no! I can't wait!
Please read it here."
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"My own dear Father--"
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"Father, I'm a Captain
now....and I've been
decorated with the
Emperor's Cross."
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"You should have been
a boy, an honored
captain...like my son."
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"But why don't his letters
ever say when his
regiment is coming home?"
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"Some day you'll hear
the bands playing ....
then you'll know he's
coming."
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Days passed -- --
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"I'm sick and tired of looking
at you and listening to that
blabbering old fool!"
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"I wish you wouldn't
talk that way....about
him."
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"Sheep! Hills full of
sheep! And you made
me lose them!"
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"It's the Saint Stephen's
Day procession."
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"I can see ... I'm not
blind!"
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"Here comes that old
blind pest again! Keep
him out of here!"
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"I'm warning you! You're
going to let him in here
just once too often!"
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"My boy is coming home!
I know he's coming!
I hear the bands!"
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"Shall I put on my
uniform to greet him?"
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"Say ... that's no regiment!
What's all this about his
son coming home?"
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"His son is never coming
home."
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"Yes? Then what about
all those letters you've
been reading to him?"
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"I wrote them."
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"They've got his son
over there....in prison."
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"They're going to hang
him in the morning."
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"Waiting for his son is
all that has kept him
alive...that's why I've
lied to him."
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"My boy! My boy! I
heard voices! He's
here! He's here!"
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"My boy .... what's the
matter? You know I
can't see any more."
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"I can't help being
excited...I'm so glad
you're back."
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"Come to my room...
where we can be
alone."
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"With this sword I
carved our name--"
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"-- -- the name you
have carried to greater
glory!"
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"Go to your room!
I want to be alone
with my boy!"
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"It's the excitement ...
I've got to sit down."
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"How I've longed and
waited for this hour
to come."
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"Nothing can ever separate
us again, my boy."
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"Christ! He's dead!"
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"Your brother was legally
hanged in the prison
yard at daybreak."
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"Your father may call at
the prison for your
brother's belongings!"
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"God but you're a real
dame ... right straight
through to the core."
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"You shouldn't have to
live in the same world
with a thing like me."
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"He didn't know I saw
him....but he was
behind the door."
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"I'm going to get that
money and give it back ...
like you always wanted
me to."
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"Someone's been up
there! The money's
gone!"
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"That's the money I took.
I'm ready to go with
you now."
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"I'll send a doctor for
him."
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"Come along .... we'd
better be getting over
to headquarters."
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And The Show goes on.
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"I'm glad they let him
go when he gave that
money back."
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"They say she kept him
in her room ... alone ...
for weeks."
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"Well .... who wouldn't?"
The
End
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