from the musical
Pippin
by
Roger O. Hirson & Stephen Schwartz

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Pippin

Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz

Copyright © 1975 by Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz
Copyright © 1974 by Roger O. Hirson (Libretto)
Copyright © 1972 by Stephen Schwartz (Music & Lyrics)

Scene 2:
Home

Charles:
You’re overdrawn again ...?

Fastrada:
Now, now, my lord, don’t be angry with me. You know how confused I get about money. After all, I am just an ordinary housewife and mother ... just like all you housewives and mothers out there.

Charles:
You know, sometimes I wonder if the fornicating I’m getting is worth the fornicating I’m getting.

Pippin:
You’re taking Lewis.

Charles:
Yes, well, your brother Lewis is an ideal soldier. He is strong and stupid. You, on the other hand, are educated.

Scene 3:
War

Charles (singing):
[...] It’s smarter to be lucky than it’s lucky to be smart.

Topic:

Tactics

Scene 4:
The Flesh

Berthe:
[...] Men and their wars. Sometimes I think men raise flags when they can’t get anything else up.

Pippin:
Grandma, sometimes you really say shocking things.

Berthe:
I try my best.

Topic:

War

Scene 5:
Revolution

Charles:
Deny it? I’m proud of it. I brought order out of chaos. If slavery, blood, and death are part of that order ... so be it.

Scene 6:
Encouragement

Pippin:
The church isn’t saving souls, it’s investing in real estate.

Topic:

Churches

text checked (see note) Jan 2005

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