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jonathan christenson - prologue lyrics

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[player 1]
there was a man, a most peculiar
man, his tale a most peculiar
tale- of mystery and horror-
and of unrelenting woe

[player 2]
we met him on a steamer
from richmond to new york

[player 3]
we’d have known him anywhere-

[player 4]
who wouldn’t?
for there was no one more notorious than he

[player 2]
and though it was a stormy night
he stood on the deck, looking up the james river-
weary, yet somehow full of-
what was it?

[player 5]
hope?

[player 2]
yes, that was it
he was full of desperate hope

[player 1]
and from his childhood- from the dawn
of a most stormy life- was drawn
from ev’ry depth of good and ill
a mystery, which bound him still-

[player 2]
excuse me- i said- pardon me
mister poe? it is you, isn’t it?
edgar allan poe?
i just wanted to say, you see-
that forty years ago, in this very city
on this very day, when i was a child
i had the great honour of seeing your mother
on stage! and afterwards…meeting her!

[edgar]
you met my mother?

[player 2]
indeed-
won’t you come in?
it’s dreadfully wet out there
it’s an honour to meet you, mister poe
we’re very big fans of yours

[player 1]
this man, it seemed, had never been
as others were- had never seen
as others saw- and could not bring-
his p-ssions from a common spring

[player 2]
allow us to introduce ourselves: we are
the eldorado players-
en route- this fateful night- to new york
to perform at the park theatre

[player 5]
you’re soaked to the skin, poor dear

[player 2]
so from one of our trunks full of costumes we gave him
a shirt-

[player 4]
some trousers

[player 3]
a pair of shoes-

[player 2]
and a waistcoat

[player 3]
tell us, mister poe, what takes you to new york?

[edgar]
i’m to meet in a week with a publisher-

[player 6]
oh!
a new book?

[edgar]
no, it’s about a position-
chief editor of a new journal

[player 2]
that’s wonderful-

[edgar]
it’s just a short trip-
my fiancé awaits-

[player 6]
your fiancé-

[edgar]
yes!
we plan to be married upon my return!

[player 2]
well! congratulations!

[player 1]
from the same source he’d never taken
his sorrow; he could not awaken
his heart to joy at the same tone-
and all he loved-

[player 1 with other players]
all he loved-

[all players]
all he loved, he loved-

[player 1, other players join in]
alone

[edgar]
i wonder-

[player 2]
yes?

[edgar]
about my mother-

[player 2]
yes

[edgar]
do you think- could you tell me more?
it’s just- the past-
it all seems like a dream to me now

[player 2]
mister poe- it would be our great pleasure
to help you remember-

[player 6]
remember it all!

[edgar]
would you?

[player 6]
yes

[player 2]
are you ready?

[edgar]
yes

- jonathan christenson lyrics

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