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Once on This Island
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
WOMAN
There is an island where rivers run deep.
MAN
Where the sea sparkling in the sun earns it
the name Jewel of the Antilles
WOMAN
An island where the poorest of peasants labor.
MAN
And the wealthiest of grands hommes play.
MAN
Two different worlds on on island!
WOMAN
The grands hommes, with their pale brown
skins and their French ways. Owners of the
land and masters of their own fates.
MAN
And the peasants, black as night, eternally at
the mercay of the wind and the sea, who pray
constantly... to the gods.
WE DANCE
WOMAN
Asaka, grow me a garden
MAN
Please Agwe, don't flood my garden
TWO YOUNG WOMEN
Erzulie, who will my love be?
ALL
Papa Ge don't come around me.
WOMAN(spoken)
Ah, such powerful, such temperamental gods
rule our island.
ASAKA
Asaka, Mother of the Earth.
AGWE
Agwe, God of Water.
ERZULIE
Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love.
PAPA GE
And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death.
WOMEN
Asaka, grow me a garden
MEN
Please Agwe, don't flood my garden
WOMEN
Erzulie, who will my love be?
ALL
Papa Ge don't come around me
Please Agwe don't flood my garden
Asaka grow me a garden...
WOMEN MEN
We dance We dance
ALL
To the music of the gods
The music of the breezes through
The green plaintain
The murmur of the river and
The roar of rain
And if the Gods decide to
Send a hurricane
WOMEN
We dance...
MEN
We dance
ALL
To their everchanging moods
WOMAN(ASAKA)
We know the gods are happy
When the green things grow
MAN(AGWE)
They're angry when the river
Starts to overflow
ALL
And since we never know
Which way the winds will blow...
ALL
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The Gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the Gods
We dance!
ANDREA(spoken)
On the other side of the island, safe behind
high walls and iron gates, the grands hommes
dance to a different tune.
ALL
La la la la la la la
DANIEL
The drink champagne. Entertain tourists at
their fine hotels. And tell their servants,
"Polish up the Mercedes!"
ALL
La la la la la la la
MAN
Two different worlds
Never meant to meet.
MAN
The peasants labor
WOMAN
The grands hommes... eat!
ANDREA AND DANIEL ALL OTHERS
How fine
Our clothes are! We dance
How fast
We drive! We dance
We dance at parties...
ALL
While we are dancing
Just to stay alive...
WOMEN MEN
We dance We dance
ALL
What else is there to do?
MAN
But plant the seed
And pull the weed
And chop the cane
TWO WOMEN
And bear the child
And bear the load
And bear the pain
THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN
ANd as the rich go racing
To their own refrain
ALL
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The Gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the Gods
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The Gods awake and we take
No chance...
PAPA GE ALL OTHERS
Two different
worlds. Ooh la
Never meant
to meet. Ooh la
But if the gods move
our feet...
ALL
We dance! We dance! We dance!
MAN(spoken)
Once on this island, there was a terrible
storm!
MAN
Many huts washed away! Many peasants
drowned by Agwe's angry waters!
WOMAN
But one small girl
caught his attention.
LITTLE TI MOUNE
Aaaahh!
MAN(Agwe)
And she was spared. An orphan, plucked
from the flood by Agwe.
WOMAN(Asaka)
Sheltered in a tree by Asaka.
WOMAN(Erzulie)
And sent on a journey by the gods. A journey
that would test the strength of love...
MAN(Papa Ge)
Against the power of death...
MAN, WOMAN(Erzulie, Papa Ge)
On this island of two different worlds!
ALL
The story of Ti Moune!
ONE SMALL GIRL
STORYTELLERS
One small girl
In a tree
Torn from her mother
Crying in fright
One small girl
Tossed by sea
And left to face
The stormy night
Once small girl
Holding tight
STORYTELLERS(Spoken in rhythm)
At last the storm subsided.
And the morning sun glowed.
And two old peasants
came cautiously
down the road.
TONTON JULIAN
Mama Euralie!
MAMA EURALIE
Tonton Julian!
MAMA(spoken)
Asaka is smiling again, Julian.
TONTON
This morning she smiles. Last night she tried
to blow our heads off.
MAMA
Ah, Julian, just listen to those birds.
BIRDS
Coo coo coo coo coo
Coo coo coo coo coo
LITTLE TI MOUNE
Aaaahh!
TONTON
What kind of bird is that?
MAMA
Look! There!
MAMA
One small face
Two small knees
TONTON
Why are you up there?
MAMA
What is your name?
MAMA
The girl can't speak
TONTON(Gesturing up)
And they're to blame
Agwe probably meant to kill her
MAMA(spoken in rhythm)
The she'd be dead
TONTON
It's possible he forgot
MAMA
The god's don't forget
TONTON
Then they had some reason to spare
Her life
BOTH
It's best that we don't know what
One small girl...
Better not.
TONTON(spoken)
But we are too old for children
MAMA
We have no room, and no food...
ERZULIE
And not knowing why, they followed
their hearts back to the tree, gently lifted
the terrified child down...
LITTLE TI MOUNE
Noo!!!
ERZULIE
And discovered that she could speak after all.
MEN
One small girl
WOMEN
In the way
MAMA
Constantly hungry
TONTON
Learning too quick
ALL(but little Ti Moune)
One small girl
Hard at play
TONTON
She makes me smile
MAMA
She scares me sick!
ERZULIE
And they scolded and teased
And held her
And mended the clothes she tore
ALL(but Mama, Tonton and Little Ti Moune)
And the hut was crowded
And food was scarce
And somehow, their lives held more
One small girl
To live for.
A STORYTELLER
They named her Desiree Dieu-Donne or
God-Given Desire. But in their affection, they
simply called her Ti Moune.
LITTLE TI MOUNE
What does Ti Moune mean, Mama?
MAMA
It means little orphan. Saved by the gods for
something special!
LITTLE TI MOUNE
What is it?
MAMA
Ti Moune, if we knew why the gods did the
things they do, we would be gods ourselves!
LITTLE TI MOUNE
Someday I'm going to ask them, Mama!
ALL(but Mama, Tonton and Little Ti Moune)
Sweet as a eucalyptus
And terrible as a tempest
Banging a drun
And humming a tune...
Ti Moune
Falling
And running
And calling
And growing
And growing
And growing
And growing...up too soon...
TONTON
One small girl
MAMA
Not so small
TONTON
Lost in those daydreams
MAMA STROYTELLERS
Day after day Ooh way ooh
TONTON
Call her name
MAMA
No, don't call Ooh way ooh
BOTH
Her ears
Don't hear
She's far away
TONTON
And I know that
She's getting older
MAMA
I know that it's
Meant to be
BOTH
And my arms
Can't hold her
And keep her small
But all that my
Heart can see... Aaahhh
MAMA, TONTON MEN WOMEN
Is one small
Girl One small One small
Girl Girl
One small One small One small
Girl Girl Girl
One small One small One small
Girl Girl Girl
MAMA, TONTON
In a tree
ALL
Ooh, ooh way ooh
Ooh, ooh way ooh...
WAITING FOR LIFE
TI MOUNE
A stranger in white
In a car
Going somewhere
Going far...
How it must feel to go racing
Wherever you please
Flying as free as a bird
With his tail in the breeze
Even the fish in the sea
Must be longing to fly
Catching a glimpse of a stranger
In white racing by
Oh, Gods
Oh, Gods
Are you there?
What can I do to get you to look down
And give in?
Oh, Gods
Oh, Gods
Hear my prayer
I'm here in the field
With my feet on the ground
And my fate in the air
Waiting for life to begin
PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la
TI MOUNE
Mama's contented and Tonton
Accepts what he gets
PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la
TI MOUNE
Happy for tea in their cups
And no holes in their nets
PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la
TIMOUNE
Happy to have what they have
And to stay where they are
PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la
TI MOUNE
They never even look up
At the sound of a car!
A stranger!
Racing down the beach
Racing to places
I was meant to reach
My stranger
One day you'll arrive
The car will stop
And in I'll hop
And off we'll drive...We'll drive!
Oh, gods
Oh, gods
Please, be there
Don't you remember
Your little Ti Moune from the tree
Wake up!
Look down!
Hear my prayer
Don't single me out
And then forget me...
Oh gods, oh gods
Let me fly
PEASANTS
Oh oh oh
TIMOUNE
Send me to places
No one before me has been
PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la
TI MOUNE
You spared my life
Show me why
PEASANTS
Oh oh oh
TI MOUNE
You get me to rise
Like a fish to the bait
And tell me to wait
Well, I'm waiting...
PEASANTS
Waiting
TI MOUNE MEN WOMEN
Waitng for
Life to
Begin! One small One small
Girl Girl
Waiting for
Life to
Begin! One small One small
Girl Girl
AND THE GODS HEARD HER PRAYER
A STORYTELLER
And the gods heard her prayer.
ASAKA(Spoken)
The peasant girl wants a grand homme to carry
carry her away!
(sung)
I should...
Find a tree all covered with mangos
Juicy mangos, fat and well-fed
Pick a mango
AGWE
A juicy mango
ERZULIE
A lovely mango
PAPA GE
A poison mango
ASAKA
Drop the mango...
ALL
BOOM!
ASAKA
And knock some sense in her head!
ALL GODS
Knock some sense in her head!
AGWE
Splash her with a wave!
PAPA GE
Scare her half to death!
ERZULIE
Give her what she wants?
ASAKA, AGWE, PAPA GE
Give her what she...?
ERZULIE
give her what she wants
Love has many powers
If the love is true
It can cross the earth (To Asaka)
And withstand the storm (To Agwe)
It can conquer even you (To Papa Ge)
PAPA GE (Spoken)
Hah! Love conquer death? Why, I could stop
her heart like that!
ERZULIE (Spoken)
Stop her heart from beating, yes. But not
from loving. Not if love is what she chooses.
PAPA GE
Ridiculous!
AGWE
Interesting!
ASAKA
More amusing than mangos!
ALL
A journey!
ERZULIE
I will give her strength
When the time is right
ASAKA
I will guide her way
PAPA GE
I will make her choose!
AGWE
And I'll provide the place
Where two different worlds
will meet Tonight.
ALL
Tonight!
RAIN
AGWE
Let there be no moon
Let the clouds race by
Where the road meets the sea
Let the tide be high
Let there be a girl
Walking by the sea
And let there be... Rain!
ALL/AGWE & STORYTELLERS
Rain!
AGWE
Listen to her prayers
Full of hope and pain
As she stares down the road
In the pouring rain
Rain on the road
Rain on her face
Rain makes the road such
A dangerous place...
AGWE STORYTELLERS
Let there be Let there be
A car A car
Racing through Racing through
The night The night
Where the road Where the road
Meets the sea Meets the sea
Let her wait!
Where the road Where the road
Meets the sea Meets the sea
Let him spin!
Where the road Where the road
Meets the sea Meets the sea
Let their fate
Begin... in...
The rain... Rain...
Rain...
ALL (But Ti Moune & Daniel)
Rain!!!
TI MOUNE (Spoken)
Help! Someone come quickly!
A car has crashed!
Hello? Can you hear me?
WOMAN
His skin is so pale, she thinks
TI MOUNE
Can you see me?
MAN
His eyes open for a moment
ALL WOMEN
Eyes from another world
STROYTELLERS
Gray as the sky
TI MOUNE
Oh gods, oh gods,
You saved my life for a reason
And now, I think I know why
PRAY
PEASANTS(Varoius solos)
He roared down the road
Like the devil himself
Going to fast around the curves
Sent us scrambling off the raod
Like chickens
ALL
He has what he deserves!
PEASANTS(Solos)
Papa Ge wants him
And Papa Ge will have him
The boy is dying before our eyes!
Help him!
Hide him!
TONTON
No, don't touch him!
Better leave him where he lies
Even a wealthy man
Sometimes dies
TI MOUNE
Please!
He needs help!
TONTON
If this boy dies in our hands,
the rich will send police!
TI MOUNE
He needs care!
MAMA
And if he lives, oh how angry
the god will be!
TWO PEASANTS
The only thing that will save
The boy's life
Is to send him back to his world!
TI MOUNE
The only thing that will save the boy's life is
me! Please, Tonton!
TONTON
I will find where he comes from
MAMA
Julian! No!
TONTON
I will find who he is, and soon!
But till I return,
You care for him, Ti Moune.
PEASANTS
And her long vigil began.
One day gone by.
And two days gone by.
PEASANTS (Solos)
The boy has the will
Of the devil himself
Clinging to life by one small thread
If it hadn't been for Julian's daughter
ALL PEASANTS
He'd certainly be dead
PEASANTS
Look how she bathes him
And touches and prtects him
She binds his wounds
And she rubs his chest
ALL PEASANTS
It's as if the girl's possessed!
MAMA TI MOUNE
You need food
You need sleep
You just can't
Go on without
Any sleep Mama, ssshh.
Have some tea His skin is hot
Have a rest He needs me here
BOTH
Can't you see
How mush this matters to me
I know what's best
MAMA, PEASANTS
Now the sky is growing dim
And the clouds are racing by
And the gods are looking down
At a boy they meant to die
And a girl who placed herself
In their way
Pray!
Pray!
PEASANTS
Three days gone by.
And four days gone by.
I fear for the girl and her mother
As well
Nothing but trouble looms ahead
Monsieur Julian could be deep
In danger
ALL
Arrested, lost or dead
TONTON
Oh, Asaka, Mother of the earth
Guide the feet
Of this poor peasant man
Hear my prayer
Which way there?
And which way home?
TI MOUNE MAMA
I need herbs Your father
Gone,
Mama, herbs And you don't
Care
Oh, my god, what
Has this boy
Done to you?
Mama, ssshh.
He needs rest Your Tonton lost
He needs care Because of you
BOTH
Can't you see
That he's in terrible danger
What must I do!
MAMA, PEASANTS
Now the sky is turning dark
And the wind is turning chill
And the gods are out for blood
They've been cheated of their kill
By a girl without the sense to obey
Pray!
Pray!
MAMA
Julian!
Where is my Julian?
Bring my Julian home!
GUARD
You want what?
TONTON
I've come so far and I need...
GUARD
Get back!
TONTON
I have some news for Monsieur...
GUARD
Get back!
TONTON
Monsieur Beauxhomme has a...
GUARD
Peasant pig!
TONTON
Please, I beg...
GUARD
You must be mad!
TONTON
I must see Monsieur...
GUARD
Monsieur Beauchomme!
TONTON
I have come so far
GUARD
So far to die
TONTON
I have found his son!
MAMA, PEASANTS
Now the sky has turned to black
And the wind is like a knife
Pape Ge is coming back
For the boy who clings to life
And the girl will have the gods
To repay
MAMA, SOME PEASANTS PEASANTS
Pray! Papa Ge, Don't
Come around me
Pray! Papa Ge, Don't
Come around me
Pray! Papa Ge, Don't
Come around me
Pray! Papa Ge, Don't
Come around me
Pray! Papa Ge, Don't
Come around me
Don't come
Around me
Don't come
Around me
ALL
Pray!!!
FOREVER YOURS
TI MOUNE
Sure as a wave
Needs to be near the shore
You are the one
I was intended for
Deep in your eyes
I saw the god's design
Now my life is forever yours
And you are mine
I am a tree
Holding away the storm
Here in my arms
I'll keep you safe and warm
Even the gods
Won't dare to cross this line
Where my life is forever yours
TI MOUNE DANIEL
And you are mine And you are mine
BOTH
Mine...
We'll race away in a car
As silver as the moon
And the storn will turn to sun
On an island where the earth and sea
Are one...
Sure as the night
Leasds to a sky of blue
Sure as my heart
Leads me to be with you
Surely the gods
Meant this to be
A sign
That my life is
Forever yours PAPA GE
And you are mine Mine!
PAPA GE
Mine!
Arrogant fool
Think you can hold back death!
TI MOUNE
Stay Away!
PAPA GE
This boy is mine
I am his dying breath
TI MOUNE
I won't let you have him!
PAPA GE
Sure as the grave
You must accept what is
Now his life is forever mine...
TI MOUNE
Take mine for his!
PAPA GE
What?
TI MOUNE STORYTELLERS
Take my life...
My soul... for his OOOH
PAPA GE
I am the road
Leading to
No return OOOH
TI MOUNE
I would die for him!
PAPA GE
Secret of life
Nobody wants to
Learn AAAH AAAH OOOH
I am the car
Racing toward
Distant shores
TI MOUNE
Now his life is forever mine...
PAPA GE
Your life is forever mine...
TI MOUNE
And I am yours
STORYTELLERS
Hmmm
THE SAD TALE OF THE BEAUXHOMMES
STORYTELLER
The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes.
A history lesson!
STORYTELLER
The boy's name was Daniel. Daniel
Beauxhomme. A boy from another world.
Another people. A people descended for the
French.
MEN WOMEN
Some say... Some say...
Some say... Some say...
Some say... Some say...
Some say... Some say...
STORYTELLER
Four generations past
In the time of Napoleon
There came to this island
A Frenchman, Armand.
All
Armand!
ARMAND
Armand!
STROYTELLER
And he built a great fortune
And he built a grand mansion
And he wed a fine lady
So pale and so blonde
MADAME ARMAND
Armand!
MADAME ARMAND
But Armand took his pleasure
With the women who served him
Black peasant girls from
The village beyond
TWO WOMEN
Armand!
STORYTELLER
And the loveliest one
Bore the Frenchman a son
Such a fine peasant son
ARMAND
For Armand!
WOMAN
A beautiful child.
The pale color
of coffee mixed with cream.
ALL
The beautiful one, the beautiful son
Beauxhomme
STORYTELLER
They named him:
ALL
Beauxhomme
The beautiful one, the beautiful son
Beauxhomme
STORYTELLER
And the boy grew to be a man
And the great war began.
ALL
Blacks fought against French
And the hated Napoleon
They fought for their island
And finally won
Men(Not Armand) BEAUXHOMME
We Won!
We Won! We Won!
BEAUXHOMME
And Armand sailed for France
By the seat of his pants
Driven out by his beautiful son!
ALL BEAUXHOMME
The beautiful
One
The beautiful
Son
Beauxhomme, What was his
Beauxhomme is now mine!
The Beautiful
One
The beautiful
Son
Beauxhomme! Beauxhomme!
STORYTELLERS
But Armand left behind a terrible,
terrible curse.
I curse my son
ARMAND
I curse my only son!
STORYTELLERS
I curse his sons
ARMAND
All of his sons!
STORYTELLERS
Generations
ARAMAND
All Beauxhomme yet unborn!
STORYTELLERS
In advance
ARMAND STORYTELLERS
Your black blood
will keep you OOOHHH...
forever on this
island...
While your hearts
yearn forever
for France!
STORYTELLERS
The unlucky one, the unlucky son
Beauxhomme, Beauxhomme.
From bad blood to worse
The name of the curse:
Beauxhomme.
The despise us for our blackness,
It reminds them where they're from
The sad, sad tale
Of the Beauxhomme!
Beauxhomme!
TI MOUNE
Tonton, he needs me! Without me, he'll die!
MAMA
He will not want you, Ti Moune!
TI MOUNE
Please, Mama. Please Tonton. Give me your
blessing and let me go. I will go to him!
TI MOUNE
MAMA
What can I say to stop you now
Now that you've heard your drums
And seen your dancers
Now that you think your heart has
All the answers...
Who knows how high
Those mountains climb
Who knows how deep
Those rivers flow
Who knows how wrong
A dream can go
Ti Moune
TONTON
I won't be there to guide your way
MAMA
To braid your hair or dry your tears
BOTH
As we have done these many years
Ti Moune
Ti Moune
TONTON
What you are, we made you
What we gave, you took
Now you run without
One backward look
MAMA
You'll find some other boy to save
Some other life that you can share
Your heart is young
New dreams are everywhere
Choose your dreams with care
Ti Moune
TI MOUNE (Spoken)
But I have chosen, Mama, I'm not a child
any longer.
What I am, you made me
What you gave, I owe
But, if I look back, I'll never go
Who knows how high
Those mountains climb
MAMA, TONTON
Who knows how high
Those mountains climb
TI MOUNE
Who knows how deep
Those rivers flow
MAMA, TONTON
Who knows how deep
Those rivers flow
TI MOUNE
I know he's there
That's all I need to know...
TONTON
Go and find your love
MAMA
Go and swim the sea
BOTH
You know where we'll be
TI MOUNE
Always there with me...
ALL THREE
Ti Moune
MAMA WILL PROVIDE
WOMAN
But on this island the earth sings
As soon as the storm ends.
MAN
And as Ti Moune set out she realized
She was walking with old friends.
WOMAN
The birds...
THREE WOMEN
Coo coo, coo coo, coo coo coo
Coo coo, coo coo, coo coo coo
TWO MEN
Sha sha sha-aah