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Show I "BAMBINO" LULLABY ifi0"?. C thc l"retti03t groupings in Li'l Mosc" is during the singing of "Bambino," the Kalian lullaby on thc music of which A. Baldwin Sloanc has done good work, nnd the lyrics of which arc by Messrs. Nirdlthger and Brown. Mr. Isirdlniger, it is said, was always a great mamma's bov, and his niatornal devotion was one of the most notablo characteristics of his make-up. that is why whon laying out the musical musi-cal plot ot tha piny, he picked up a suitablo spot tor us lullaby and ombcl-hshed ombcl-hshed it with well contrived slage business busi-ness Pho soug is rendorod by Tony, tho Italian, to his l.ttlo friends. Nellio Black and Dorothy Jlcnvis. Placing ono upon his knee, the other kncol'ing at his feet he agrees that h0 will sing them a lullaby , they will sing ono for hnn. lony's voico attracts a big St. Bernard dog, Lord Byron, which, by the, way. is a prize-winner at bench shows in several large cities, and which ?.hc, h'rfieat bt- Bernard dog in the Wilted States. Lord Byron lios at loir s feet und the. group forms a beautmil picture. The vorso that Tony sings tolls of his mother, after which he sings an Italiau lullaby, which is IpllowPd by the song's refYutn. Theu the chijdren sing the , vorso of the Bambino" song .which thoy follow nV " ,,-lllu,bv: "-Koek-a.bye.Bnby." Lhc Lleelncal Comedy. Four off stage take tho refrain Tony m singing to tho children is heard to utter these words: I'll sing to you a dear, old son- My mother sang to me, The lullaby she whispered as sho hold me on her knee, mi TIl.(S,!1aPSJC of years cannot effaco Iho vivid memory of that endeared and hallowed song, My mother sang to me. Tho children's yersc to Tony is: When I was little, years ago, Not higher much than this, with a good-night kiss Dear .mother's face the lost to sco and gentle, loving eye. And, us the sand-man cauio for m Sho sang her Rock-a-byc." Thc refrain follows; There's none so rich and none' so poor that cannot know thc bliss Of mother's touch and mother's smile and dear old mother's kiss. For In this world of worldly things, 'tis God s gift from above, To have that dear ono sing to ,you her song pt mother's love. |