Bluegrass.
He was a ship-carpenter who did his work ship-shape.
Whetstone [reading].
Comin’ thro’ the Rye, Comin’ thro’ the Rye,—that sounds homelike. Major, my boy, sing and play while I act it.
Bluegrass sings and plays Comin’ thro’ the Rye, while Whetstone
accompanies with pantomime.
Bluegrass.
Demosthenes the Athenian, being interrogated, replied that action makes the orator. I may add that it makes the singer.
Whetstone.
You’re right. [Examining song-book.] Here’s a whole nest of love-songs: Love, Beautiful Love; Love in a Cottage; Love Launched a Ferry-boat.
Bluegrass.