Pennsylvania Dutch Rip Van Winkle: A romantic drama in two acts — John Shaqi
Pennsylvania Dutch Rip Van Winkle: A romantic drama in two actsIrving, Washington
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Pennsylvania Dutch Rip Van Winkle: A romantic drama in two acts
Irving, Washington
Fantasy drama; Pennsylvania German dialect -- Texts; Van Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character) -- Drama
_Seth._ Nay, de krenk will ich krega wann ich sell wase. Es date mich
awer gor net ferwoonera wann du ous ’m olt Noah siner orrich g’shloopt
wærsht.
_Rip._ Is ’s don now miglich os du nix fun Rip Van Winkle waisht?
_Seth._ Rip Van Winkle! Der gresht whiskey siffer im gonsa shtate.
_Rip._ Sell is a fact--sell maned der Rip--du husht recht.
_Seth._ Yaw, ich hob shun uft fun ’m g’hared. Der olt ding is awer
dode--shun de tzwansich yohr.
_Rip._ So so. Demnoch bin ich dode, un ich expect os sell aw so is.
Es du’t mer awer doch laid, for der Olt Rip war ’n ordlich gooter
karl--anyhow.
_Seth._ Un ich wet yusht ’s het orrick feel so karls doh om Blowa
Barrick, for d’no het mer aw plenty gooty customers--for ar hut whiskey
g’nunk sowfa kenna for ’n grose meel rawd tzu runna.
_Rip._ Awer now, di g’shwetz fun weaga whiskey maucht mich so dorshtich
feela os wann ich ’n gons quart sols g’fressa het.
_Seth._ Well don, ward a wennich--ich will der ebbas bringa--ebbas os
dich uf tuned.
[_Exit into house._
_Rip._ Un hole mich der bettle wann doh net noch ’n ferennerung is. Des
doh war ’m Rory si house geshter owet [_SETH re-enters_] mit ’m kainich
si picter uf ’m sign.
_Seth._ Sell is awer de ercht sort fun a ferennerung.
_Rip._ [_Reading_] “George Washington,” wær is now sell? [_Taking the
jug._] Well, doh gaits, tzu ’m deifel un General Washington un si fomelia
un g’sundheit! So so, don is evva der olt Rip dode, un wann ar dode is,
wass wærd ous siner fraw!
_Seth._ Oh, se is aw shun long dode. Se hut amohl ’n oder fershprengt we
se drau war ’m ’a Yankee pedler Hail Columby gevva, un sell hut se ob
g’fixd.
_Rip._ De olt fraw aw dode! Well, well, don is demnoch era tzung now aw
in der eawich ruh! [_Pause._] Un awer, se war evva doch my olty, un now,
bin ich aw dode! Se war a wennich hord uf mich, awer weil se dode is will
ich era now olles fergevva. Awer, now, sawg du--
_Seth._ Ich con nimmy lenger mich uf halta doh mit deer. De lection is
about ferbei, un ich mus now de drinks uf setza for de boova.
_Re-enter VILLAGERS, shouting, R. H._
_Seth._ Doh, boova, was denkt er now fun dem olta ding doh? Ich geb ’n uf.
[_Exit into house._
_2d. Vill._ Bisht du ’n Democrawt odder ’n Republican?
_Rip._ De wohret tzu sawga, ich bin a wennich fermixd--
_2d. Vill._ Well, awer wass sin di politics?
_Rip._ Oh, my politics? Dort bin ich all recht--ich shtick so goot os
amohl tzum kainich fum lond. Hurra for der Kainich George!
_Villagers._ ’N olter tory is ar! Weck wit ’m--mauch ’n dode--fersowf ’n
im meel dom!
_Music.--They seize RIP and are about hurrying him off when
GUSTAFFE rushes from L. 1 E. and throws them off._
_Gust._ Tzurick doh, eer cowards.
_Omnes._ Cowards! Sawg sell nochamohl!
_Gust._ Yaw, ich sawg ’s nochamohl. Nemond os ’n coward date so ’n olter
gro-keppicher mon so abusa.
_Rip._ Yaw, yaw, sell is so!
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