Song: Act I Scene 4: Do you suppose theyre makin food in there? Top Martin Laurie
Viewed: 7 - Published at: 3 years ago
Artist: Aaron Copland
Year: 2021Viewed: 7 - Published at: 3 years ago
Act 1: Scene 4
(Martin and Top enter. They have small bundles and wear old work clothes. Top leans on the fence and sniffs the air.)
[TOP]
Do you suppose they're makin' food in there?
(He sniffs again.)
Don't know if I'd recognize food ev'n if I smelled it
Ah! If I close my eyes
I can almost smell my ex-wife's stew a boilin' away
Damn my wife and damn my belly for bein' hungry!
[MARTIN]
The day's agoin', our money's gone
Look at those fields
There's a harvеst that's waitin' to be gathered in
[TOP]
Always work, work!
I'd rathеr eat and after eatin' work at lovin'
[MARTIN]
I've seen you work to eat
You're not as shiftless as you talk
Leastaways where your belly's concerned
[TOP]
Yeah? All I know is it's easier
To my nature bein' shiftless
It's hard bein' other ways
That time I was in jail
Ha! That was a life
Eatin' and doing nothin'…
Except for missin' the air outside
Damn my belly for bein' hungry!
Might as well try to work here as anywhere else
[MARTIN]
It won't be so bad for a few days
A sleep, a sleep, a soft, sound sleep and then
Harvest in we'll shove off on our way again
(They enter the gate. Laurie stays hidden.)
[TOP]
Hey, Martin
Someone's over there, behind the porch
[MARTIN]
That someone's wearin' a gingham skirt
Hello! Miss? Madam?
(Laurie shyly comes from behind the porch.)
[MARTIN, TOP]
Miss!
(They make low bows.)
[MARTIN]
Do you live here?
[LAURIE]
Yes
[MARTIN]
Your men folk home?
[LAURIE]
No
[TOP]
Will they be home soon?
[LAURIE]
Yes!
(Martin and Top look at each other and then begin to laugh.)
Just why are you laughing?
[MARTIN]
We thought a cat had your tongue
[LAURIE]
Well you're strangers, aren't you?
[MARTIN, TOP]
Yes
[LAURIE]
We don't see many strangers `round here
Grandpa doesn't like me to talk to strangers
He says to be skeptical
[MARTIN]
Well, are you skeptical now?
[LAURIE]
Yes
[MARTIN]
Then you've done right by your Grandpa
I'm Martin, this here's Top
We're not strangers to you now
So you don't have to be skeptical anymore
[LAURIE]
I guess you're right
[MARTIN]
But now we're skeptical
You know our names, we don't know yours
[LAURIE]
Mine's Laurie. Laurie Moss
[MARTIN]
Howdy!
[TOP]
Howdy Laurie!
[MARTIN]
Howdy!
[MARTIN, TOP]
Miss Laurie Moss!
(They make another low bow and engage in high jinks.)
[LAURIE]
Where are you from? Where are you going?
(Martin and Top enter. They have small bundles and wear old work clothes. Top leans on the fence and sniffs the air.)
[TOP]
Do you suppose they're makin' food in there?
(He sniffs again.)
Don't know if I'd recognize food ev'n if I smelled it
Ah! If I close my eyes
I can almost smell my ex-wife's stew a boilin' away
Damn my wife and damn my belly for bein' hungry!
[MARTIN]
The day's agoin', our money's gone
Look at those fields
There's a harvеst that's waitin' to be gathered in
[TOP]
Always work, work!
I'd rathеr eat and after eatin' work at lovin'
[MARTIN]
I've seen you work to eat
You're not as shiftless as you talk
Leastaways where your belly's concerned
[TOP]
Yeah? All I know is it's easier
To my nature bein' shiftless
It's hard bein' other ways
That time I was in jail
Ha! That was a life
Eatin' and doing nothin'…
Except for missin' the air outside
Damn my belly for bein' hungry!
Might as well try to work here as anywhere else
[MARTIN]
It won't be so bad for a few days
A sleep, a sleep, a soft, sound sleep and then
Harvest in we'll shove off on our way again
(They enter the gate. Laurie stays hidden.)
[TOP]
Hey, Martin
Someone's over there, behind the porch
[MARTIN]
That someone's wearin' a gingham skirt
Hello! Miss? Madam?
(Laurie shyly comes from behind the porch.)
[MARTIN, TOP]
Miss!
(They make low bows.)
[MARTIN]
Do you live here?
[LAURIE]
Yes
[MARTIN]
Your men folk home?
[LAURIE]
No
[TOP]
Will they be home soon?
[LAURIE]
Yes!
(Martin and Top look at each other and then begin to laugh.)
Just why are you laughing?
[MARTIN]
We thought a cat had your tongue
[LAURIE]
Well you're strangers, aren't you?
[MARTIN, TOP]
Yes
[LAURIE]
We don't see many strangers `round here
Grandpa doesn't like me to talk to strangers
He says to be skeptical
[MARTIN]
Well, are you skeptical now?
[LAURIE]
Yes
[MARTIN]
Then you've done right by your Grandpa
I'm Martin, this here's Top
We're not strangers to you now
So you don't have to be skeptical anymore
[LAURIE]
I guess you're right
[MARTIN]
But now we're skeptical
You know our names, we don't know yours
[LAURIE]
Mine's Laurie. Laurie Moss
[MARTIN]
Howdy!
[TOP]
Howdy Laurie!
[MARTIN]
Howdy!
[MARTIN, TOP]
Miss Laurie Moss!
(They make another low bow and engage in high jinks.)
[LAURIE]
Where are you from? Where are you going?
( Aaron Copland )
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