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Act I: The Inheritance

The Deathbed

• ‘There was a manâ€� - Narrator
• ‘Cold, icy rainâ€� - Eldest Son, Middle Son, Youngest Son, Doctor, Chorus
• The Dying Man sits up ‘Sons, my sons!â€� - Dying Man, Sons
• The Dying Man dies ‘Farewell to himâ€�- Sons, Doctor, Chorus
• ‘Gone!â€� - Sons
• ‘I knew your father certainlyâ€� - Doctor, Sons

The Passion

• The Bride and her Lover ‘Between your two arms til morningâ€� - Bride, Doctor, Sons
• The Bride's Father materialises ‘Her father discovered their loveâ€� - Doctor, Father, Bride, Sons
• The Wedding ‘I would sleep wherever his bed might beâ€� - Bride, Bridegroom
• ‘He ended the weddingâ€� - Doctor, Bridegroom, Sons

At the Lover's House

• The Lover appears with a light ‘What brought thee here?â€� - Lover, Bride
• A Priest appears ‘Gloriaâ€� - Lover, Priest, Priestly Quartet (Doctor, Sons or Chorus)

The Wood

• The Lover vanishes - Doctor, Thick Wood (Chorus), Bride, Sons
• ‘In the trees of the Thick Woodâ€� - Doctor, Thick Wood, 2 Bad Robbers, Good Robber
• ‘Let me go!â€� - Bride, Good Robber, Bad Robbers, Thick Wood
• The Bride and the Good Robber vanish into the distance - Doctor, Good Robber

The Reckoning

• ‘Now. Which of these people …â€� - Doctor, Male Chorus, Sons
• ‘Shame!â€� - Doctor, Male Chorus, Eldest and Middle Sons

Act II: The Disappearance

The Hill

• Introduction

At Home

• ‘I pray Peterâ€� - Wife, Three Women, Husband, Husband’s Friend

Towards the Hill

• The Husband and the Friend set out - Husband, Husband’s Friend
• ‘The endless expenseâ€� - Husband, Husband’s Friend. Chorus

At Home

• ‘He just walked outâ€� - Three Women, Wife
• ‘People just disappearâ€� - Policeman
• The Friend enters, distraught - Friend, Policeman, Three Women, Wife
• ‘People don't just disappearâ€� - Policeman, Friend, Three Women

The Hill

• ‘Shiúbhlainn leat ro na trì na gleanntanâ€� (I’d go with you through the three glens) - Chorus

At Home

• ‘He's gone, he's goneâ€� - Women, Two Girls, Wife

The Hill

• ‘I think you told me a lieâ€� - Policeman, Friend
• ‘I went to the Land of the Livingâ€� - Husband, Chorus
• ‘Could you not let me be for an instant?â€� - Husband, Friend, Daughter, Wife, Women

Act III: The Stranger

• ‘There was a man riding frae the eastâ€� - Daughter, Stranger, Chorus
• ‘You are whiter than the swanâ€� - Stranger, Daughter
• The Stranger performs a miracle ‘Lo! Lo! Spheres spheresâ€� - Chorus
• ‘Come away with meâ€� - Stranger
• ‘What a charming young manâ€� - Mother, Father, Daughter, Preacher
• ‘Hooves!â€� - Preacher, Mother, Father
• The Priest marks a circle - Preacher, Chorus
• ‘No fire shall burn meâ€� - Daughter, Stranger
• ‘Hosts of angels on thy sideâ€� - Chorus

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.