L. _Means First Entrance, Left._ R. _First Entrance, Right._ S. E. L. _Second Entrance, Left._ S. E. R. _Second Entrance, Right._ U. E. L. _Upper Entrance, Left._ U. E. R. _Upper Entrance, Right._ C. _Center._ L. C. _Left Centre._ R. C. _Right of Centre._ T. E. L. _Third Entrance, Left._ T. E. R. _Third Entrance Right._ C. D. _Centre Door._ D. R. _Door Right._ D. L. _Door Left._ U. D. L. _Upper Door, Left._ U. D. R. _Upper Door, Right._ ⁂ The reader is supposed to be on the Stage, facing the Audience. RIP VAN WINKLE ACT I. SCENE I--_A Village.--House, L. H. 3 E., with a sign of “GEORGE III.”--Two or three tables, C. L. and R.--Villagers discovered, smoking.--VEDDER, R., KNICKERBOCKER, L. C., RORY, L., CLAUSIN at tea table.--Chorus at rising of curtain._ CHORUS. In our native land, where flows the Rhine, In infancy we culled the vine: Although we toiled with patient care. SOLO. Till tempting waves, with anxious toil, We landed on Columbia’s soil; Now plenty, all our cares repay, So laugh and dance the hours away. CHORUS. Now plenty all our cares repay, So laugh and dance the hours away; Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha! So laugh and dance the hours away. _Vedd._ Sawg, du, Clausin, we’d uf ’m waig warsht, husht ebbas fun unserm freind Rip Van Winkle g’sana? Wo ebbas os we olter whiskey tzu hawa is bin ich goot derfore os ar sure is um der waig tzu si--olsfort im dorsht! _Knick._ Du besser gebsht aucht wass du sawgsht. Ennicher mon os ’m ’a goota glaws whiskey ous ’m waig gait is ’n norr. Sell is my plainy Deitshe mainung. Awer ich sawg der, mauch kæ fun fum Rip, for ich exshpect amohl ains fun denna dawg mich aw tzu shleesa on si fomelia, un ich nem satisfaction ous ennich ame os ’n insult. _Vedd._ So so. Demnoch husht di mind uf gamaucht ’m Rip si shaney shweshter tzu hira? _Knick._ Sell is exactly wass ich im sin hob tzu du. Der Rip is ’s agreed; de Alice is ’s agreed un ich bin ’s agreed. _Clau._ Bisht awer aw now sure os du de Ripsy, ’m Rip is fraw, uf diner side husht? Is se ’s aw agreed? _Knick._ Sell is de ainsich bodderation. Denk yusht we se fun weaga meer shwetzt. Se sawgt ich bin nix os ’n long bainich, slop-orrich, dobbich, ouslendish’s creddoor! _Rory._ Gook doh cooma se--de Alice un aw ’m Rip si duchter. _Music.--Enter ALICE, with LORRENNA, U. E. R. H._ _Alice._ Coom, du fowlenser, odder ’s gebt ’n rumpus derhame waun mer so long bleiva. Wass wærd de olt fraw sawga? _Lor._ Well, ’s is net my shoold, for du bisht ivver a dootzend mohl de lane uf un ob g’luffa un husht for der shoolmaishter Knickerbocker ous gogookt. _Alice._ Du haltsht mer now ’s maul--’s is net wohr! _Lor._ Well now--du waisht os ’d ’n gleichsht? _Alice._ Un we waisht now sell? _Lor._ Oh sell con mer sana un nemond brauch ’s ame sawga. Un ich wase aw os ’d jealous bisht weaga eem. [_KNICKERBOCKER advances L. H._