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CHARACTERS IN EACH SCENE
CHARACTERS IN EACH SCENE
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ACT ONE
SCENE 9: AT TILBURY DOCKS
(Musical introduction. Loud cheering from well-wishers seeing off the nurses)
WE’RE ON OUR WAY AT LAST
WE’RE ON OUR WAY AT LAST
WE’LL WAVE OUR BANNER HIGH
AND THROUGH LIFE’S DARKEST HOUR, WE WILL SUCCEED
WE LEAVE WITH SPIRITS HIGH
LET OUR MOTTO BE ‘TO DO OR DIE’
WE’LL PROVE WE HAVE THE POWER TO FOIL DEFEAT
BUT SHOULD WE LOSE THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON
WE’LL TRUST IN GOD OUR FATHER
WE’RE DETERMINED TO WIN
THIS WILL BE SEEN AS ENGLAND’S FINEST HOUR
WE’LL BEGIN AND BEGIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN
WE’LL SHOW THE WORLD WHO WE ARE
WE MUST WIN THAT WAR, HELP WIN THE WAR
ROAR LIONS ROAR. ENGLAND’S MIGHTY LIONS ROAR
WE’RE ON OUR WAY AT LAST... etc. (Repeat chorus)
WE’LL STICK IT OUT TO THE END
WE’LL TOLERATE THE WORST THE ENEMY SENDS
WE’LL KEEP BATTLING ON, THROUGH THICK AND THROUGH THIN
WE’LL BE OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS FRIENDS
WE MUST WIN THAT WAR, HELP WIN THE WAR
ROAR LIONS ROAR. ENGLAND’S MIGHTY LIONS ROAR
WE’RE ON OUR WAY, WITH SPIRITS HIGH WE KNOW WE’LL SAVE OUR MEN
AND HELP THEM WIN THE WAR
HELP THEM WIN THE WAR
(Song ends)
END OF ACT ONE
SONG 10:
ALL CAST
DIRECTOR'S NOTE
For those with projector facilities, the names of the nurses who accompanied Florence to the Crimean War, and the outcome of their participation, are listed in link below. It is quite effective to project this list onto the stage during the singing of ‘We’re On Our Way At Last’.
GO TO:
ACT ONE
ACT TWO
ACT TWO Scene 3
Song 2: DAUGHTER OF A RICH MAN
Song 4: WHO AM I? and DREAM DANCE SEQUENCE
Music 6: PRELUDE TO THE CRIMEAN WAR
Song 7: ALL THOSE WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Song 10: WE'RE ON OUR WAY AT LAST
Song 11: WE'RE TRAVELLING GENTLEMEN
Song 15: A CLASSIC CASE OF CLASHING PERSONALITIES
Song 17: WAR IS OVER/DAUGHTER OF A RICHMAN (Reprise)