Wake up, old Blue Beard, these good things to share:
Wake up! wake up! wake up old Blue Beard, these good things to share.’
“Then comes Blue Beard’s march, and enter troops, followed by Shackaback in a hurry. He’s Blue Beard’s servant. He bears on his shoulder an immense key, which he places in the middle of stage. He then comes to the front with a scroll, which he exhibits, on which is written:
‘Blue Beard comes this very day,
A debt of gratitude to pay:
Aye, you needn’t trouble, it is all right,
He intends to wed Fatima this very night.’
At which they all become alarmed, and in an immense hurry of music enters Blue Beard majestically. He sings, to the tune of ‘The Low-back Car:’
‘When first I saw that lady,
As you may plainly see,