Memphis Bound

A Musical Comedy in 2 Acts, 11 Scenes. Book by Albert Barker and Sally Benson (with gratitude to W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan).
Music and lyrics by Don Walker and Clay Warnick.

Broadway Theatre, New York - Opened 24th May, 1945. Transferred to the Belasco Theatre 11th June, 1945 : closed 23 June 1945 (36 perfs)

Musical Numbers

(Freely drawn from H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance)

ACT 1

1. Big Old River - Ensemble
2. Stand Around the Band - Winfield Carter, Delta Rhythm Boys, Ensemble
3. Old Love and Brand New Love Roy Baggott, Winfield Carter, Lily Valentine
4. Growing Pains - Pilot Meriweather
5. We Sail the Ocean Blue - Sailors
6. I'm Called Little Buttercup - Mrs Paradise, Delta Rhythm Boys
7. A Maiden Fair to See - Roy Baggott, Sailors
8. I Am the Captain of the Pinafore - Winfield Carter, Sailors
9. Sorry Her Lot - Lily Valentine, Penny Paradise, Henny Paradise
10. Over the Bright Blue Sea - Ensemble
11. I Am the Monarch of the Sea - Pilot Meriweather, Ensemble
12. The Ruler of the Queen's Navee - Pilot Meriweather
13. The Nightingale, the Moon and I - Roy Baggott
14. Finale - Ensemble

ACT 2

15. The Gilbert & Sullivan Blues - Chloe
16. Farewell, My Own - Pilot Meriweather, Roy Baggott, the Beer Garden Four
17. Fair Moon - Winfield Carter, Delta Rhythm Boys, Ensemble
18. Love or Reason - Lily Valentine, Penny Paradise, Henny Paradise
19. Things Are Seldom What They Seem - Pilot Meriweather, Winfield Carter
20. Trial By Jury - Pilot Meriweather, 4 Dancing Girls, Ensemble
21. The Nightingale, the Moon and I (reprise) - Roy Baggott, Lily Valentine, Ensemble
22. Old Love and Brand New Love (reprise) - Delta Rhythm Boys, Ensemble
23. A-Many Years Ago - Mrs Paradise & Delta Rhythm Boys
24. Ring the Merry Belles - Pilot Meriweather
25. Finale - Entire Company

Scenes and Settings

Place: Near Calliboga, Tennessee. Time: The Present.

Act 1

• Scene 1: Deck of the Calliboga Queen.
• Scene 2: A Street.
• Scene 3: A Cell in Calliboga Jail.
• Scene 4: "H.M.S. Pinafore" aboard the Calliboga Queen.

Act 2

• Scene 1: The Village Square.
• Scene 2: The Street.
• Scene 3: 'Ilse Cell. That Night.
• Scene 4: The Trial.
• Scene 5: The Cell. Next morning.
• Scene 6: The Street.
• Scene 7: "Pops" Meriwether in the rest of "Pinafore."