Spanish Ship Approaching

from HAIL OBLIVION by Orion Stephanie Johnstone and Joshua William Gelb

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SPANISH SHIP APPROACHING
in which Major Stede Bonnet fails to overtake a much larger vessel.
Featuring Rick Burkhardt, Brian DeCaluwe, Joshua Hinck, and the Company.

lyrics

Lyrics:

FROM THE CROW’S NEST:
Ahoy! Ahoy!
Ship on the port side!

QUARTERMASTER:
What colors, sailor?

FROM THE CROW’S NEST:
Spanish, sir. A prize in the offing!

QUARTERMASTER:
Captain, off the port, a Spanish Man o’War
What’s your order?
What’s your order, Captain?
Ahoy, Captain!

BONNET:
Guns ready. Take her!
We’ll take her!

QUARTERMASTER:
She’s twenty, maybe thirty guns.
We’re only six.
You think the odds are with us, Captain?

BONNET:
I say...
I say...
We’ll take her by surprise and on to Nassau for supplies
Guns ready!

QUARTERMASTER:
You think the odds are with us, Captain?

BONNET:
I say...
I say...
Fire at will!

QUARTERMASTER:
Clear the deck and stations
Fire a broadside, men of the Revenge!

credits

from HAIL OBLIVION, released April 9, 2017
Featuring Bonnet (Rick Burkhardt), Crow's Nest (Brian DeCaluwe), Quartermaster (Joshua Hinck), and the Company.

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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