Bonnet's Aria (Part I)

from HAIL OBLIVION by Orion Stephanie Johnstone and Joshua William Gelb

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BONNET'S ARIA (PART I)
in which Bonnet observes a sailor’s funeral aboard Blackbeard’s ship.
Featuring Rick Burkhardt, Bryce Pinkham, and Alex Birnie.

lyrics

Lyrics:

BONNET:
Boy, oh my boy-o, I’ve built you a boat
But the water is rough and I fear she won’t float
Tell we tales of the pirates who once went to sea...

THE INTERVIEWER:
Errol, what does that mean — the name of your yacht, The Sirocco — what does that mean?

FLYNN:
The Sirocco
Legend has it
Is the wind that drives men mad…

BONNET:
A sailor when he’s fallen here
Is laid upon a hammock bier,
All sewn up from head to toe
A cannon ball assures the drop below.
So many seamen fall a’victim to the havoc,
Now descend unto a watery grave
Adrift inside their hammock.
Watching nightly sailors sleeping
I prefer to not unmask it,
More the morbid bodes the reaping
Dreaming cozy in their casket —

Boy, oh my boy-o, I’ve built you a boat
But the water is rough and I fear she won’t float.
Tell we tales of the pirates who once went to sea.
Tell we tales of the brigands, the rogues, and the cutthroats,
And me.

credits

from HAIL OBLIVION, released April 9, 2017
Performed by Bonnet (Rick Burkhardt), Flynn (Bryce Pinkham), and the Interviewer (Alex Birnie).

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Johnstone/Gelb New York, New York

HAIL OBLIVION is the latest work by Gelb and Johnstone, whose music theater projects include Tully (In No Particular Order), last seen at NYMF, and the rock musical Sometimes in Prague, which was featured in American Theater Magazine as part of the Polyphone Festival, after previous development at the Tank, Joe's Pub, and the New Ohio Ice Factory. ... more