We’ll Meet Tomorrow – Titanic

ACT ONE cont.

The Bridge

Thank you, Mr. Murdoch.

What is our present course?

281 degrees North

Steady as she goes

Aye Aye Captain.

Mr. Lightholler what is our current speed?

19 Sir.

Maintain 19 knots Mr. Murdoch.

Aye Aye Sir.

Boiler Room 1- 6- Maintain

68 revolutions of the main propellers

E.J! Now that we are officially

underway I thought a little celebration might be in order.

I’m sorry Mr. Ismay – I don’t allow alcohol on my bridge.

You know that Mr. Etches.

Yes Sir, I do.

Oh technically speaking E. J.

it would be considered my bridge.

Not at sea, Mr. Ismay.

I’m terribly sorry- Sir – this bottle seems to have gone completely flat.

I couldn’t possibly allow you to drink it.

Would you like me to fetch you another Mr. Ismay?

Never mind – let it go.

Again – my apologies.

Thank you Mr. Etches.

Yes -well with or without champange

I want to toast our ship.

Royal Mail Steamer – Titanic!

Nearly a quarter mile in length

– She’s bigger- grander and safer

than any ship in history! The

greatest achievement in Trans-

Atlantic Navigation since that very

first crossing nearly 420 years ago.

Ah Andrews! I’m glad you are here!
I was just congratulating the three of us
on our magnificent contribution to the 20th

Century.

Progress Gentleman!

I give you both…

I trust you will forgive us Mr. Ismay –

We have our duties!

Tell me E.J. what is our present speed?

19 knotts, Mr. Ismay.

Really? I would have expected us to

be going much faster now that we’ve

cleared land. I want us to make NY by Tuesday afternoon.

Tell me Andrews, I understand that 22 knotts

would be necessary in order to make

a six day crossing. In your expert

opinion is Titanic capable of that speed?

Come Andrews, you’re the one who

built the thing. Are we capable of 22 knotts?

Capable, yes I’m sure we are.

Possibly a bit more if pushed…23 perhaps…

Excellent! Sir!

But – it is customary for a maiden voyage to precede prudently.

It’s the maiden voyage that creates news dammit!

I intend for this one to create a legend!

Talk to me straight man – when can we expect full speed?

When the Captain orders it, Sir.

Well then we must persuade him

to do so mustn’t we?

As a point of fact, I was about to give

the order when you walked in.

Mr. Murdoch – increase speed to 20 knotts.

20 knotts Aye Aye Sir!

Increase speed Mr. Bell, give us 71 revolutions.

20 knotts? Well, it’s a start I suppose.

Carry on Gentleman.

Watch your compass Mr. Hichens

– you are drifting off course!

I don’t think so Sir

Don’t argue with me man,

If I say you’re off course –

you’re bloody well off course!

Boiler Room

Set your screws to 71 – Mr. Barrett

71? If you ask me Mr. Bell

– it’s a might soon for 71.

Captain’s orders, Mr Barrett-

if you’ve got no objections that is!

It’s his ship isn’t it? 71 it shall be!

But I speak plain Mr. Bell, if it was

my ship I wouldn’t recommend the

speed be increased too quick

Do as you’re told Mr. Barrett.

Barrett’s Song

She’s sparkling clean, this new-born ship

But one old thing is clear

The orders they propose above

We execute down here…

We’ll watch from here as up above

They’ll catch a whiff of glory

This wonder ship may be brand new

But it’s the same old story…

Stoke the fire down in the hold

As the men draw back…

Feed the heat in the hold

As the men draw back

And the dust of the coal in the air is black

And a trickle of sweat runs down your back…

And what are the boys from

Midlands doing here?

Coal it is that makes the steam

That runs the machines that run the world

That sends the men below the ground

To mine the coal

Each day…

From the Leicetershire and Nottingham

Us Lads who worked down in the pit

Knew if you got above the ground

You’d save your soul

Some way…

Get out of the pit

And Westward I knew that I could run

And ship out to sea and there my new life was begun…

And the screws are turning at seventy-one…

It became my dream to got out to sea…

Further out from the mine you couldn’t be…

But, born to the coal, there’s no place for you elsewhere

You trade a life of dank and gloom

To shovel in the boiler room

But now you’re seven decks below

A Lady’s dainty feet…

And nothing has changed

There’s nothing a miner can do

The pit and your mates

Turned into the hold and crew…

And the screws are turning at seventy-two…

Faster and faster we watch as we gain evermore

Seventy-three, and too soon it is seventy-four…

For a record speed I believe we strive!

For the maiden trip that’s too hard to drive

If you push her faster than seventy-five.

That is the truth

I swear!

To Be a Captain

Thousands on board

each in his class

You are the master of all that must pass

Yours to set course

Yours to command

You hold their souls

In the palm of your hand

What a Remarkable Age This Is!

My Dear Mr. Latimer!

Prepare to meet our clientele

Our meeting is imminent

Our having just run the dinner bell

It won’t be a novelty

We mostly have seen them all before…

Prepare for the usual

You should be aware of what’s in store…

We’ve served them on the Baltic

And the Oceanic

Olympic and Majestic

And today’s the same

There’s nothing changed…

Mr. Astor takes his toast dry

Mrs Straus Likes the grouse

with the sauce on the side

And the Wideners love Kidney Pie

Bring it hot, if it’s not

They’ll be fit to be tied

They’re accustomed to the best

Of all that money buys

The world of free enterprise

Has given this privilege to the rich…

When they’re idle

They’re entitled to the luxory

Which we provide

That’s forever the source of our pride…

Which is why we’re always there

With our especial form of care

For every hungry millionaire

By now they’ve all arrived…

We’re sailing aboard the the greatest ship

That ever sailed the seas

The hull and the keel imperviously

Stronger by degrees!

Magnificent crystal chandeliers

parquet in all the floors

The ceiling is Jacobean

A Decor the world adores

Oh what a ship!

Remarkable keel

Oh what a keel!

Remarkable steel!

Oh what a ship!

If it could be put in a phrase..it’s

What a remarkable age this is!

A Fellow’s invented see-through film

He calls it cellophane

Another has built a parachute

For jumping out of an airplane!

Remarkable things flow endlessly

From out the human brain!

Indeed

And what a remarkable age this is!

Keep the Captain’s table pristine

Where we seat the elite whom we happily serve

Here they dine on fine French Cuisine

It’s the Creme De La Creme’s

Exclusive Preserve!

It’s the pleasure of the leisure class’s greatest wits

To be where the Captain sits

When taking their dinner on the sea

Giving difference to their preferences

is our chief art!

We play a part

In a perfectly working machine

You should ever be aware

This is a privilege great and rare

A Special burden that we bear

In our respective lives!

Remarkable! U.S. Steel

Is splitting share at five to four!

Monopoly makes the industry

Far better than before!

Attending the coronation of King

George the Fifth was grand

And afterwards off to Monaco

To frolic in the sand

Remarkable talk

Oh what a talk!

Remarkable times

Oh what a time!

Remarkable world

Oh what a world!

So much to surprise and amaze…

And…

What a remarkable time

What a remarkable world

What a remarkable age…

The hull and the keel Impervious

Magnificent crystal Chandeliers

A fellow’s invented see-through film

and what a remarkable age

This is!

Lady’s Maid

I will be a proper person

People will look up to me

What a girl that girl McGowan

Katie Violet Maud Marie

I aspire to heights of glory

In that new world, that can be!

In that grandest nation I’ll stand tall

Reach my very highest hopes

Of all…

I want to be a Lady’s Maid!

Lady’s Maid in America

In America the streets are paved with gold

I want to be a Governess

Governess in America

In America It’s better I’m told

I want to be a sewing girl

Sewing girl in America

In America I’ll sew till I am old…

There’s a place called Chicago

I’ve seen it on the map

There’s a place called Mary-land

I’ve seen it on the map

There’s a place in America

called Albuquerque

And I’m hopin’ it’s a bit like Donegal

Oh, I’m hopin’ that it is…

There I’m hopin’ that it is…

Where my dreamin’

And my hopin’ and my schemin’

And my prayin’ and my wishin’ to be happy

Will come true enough

And…

I want to be an engineer…

An Engineer…

Oh, I will be grand…

In America the streets are paved with gold

In America the streets are paved with gold

I want a shop to call my own…

to call my own…

Oh, I will be grand…

In America it’s better I’m told

In America it’s better I am told..

Oh far beyond the northern sea

A new life can unfold

And I’m planning that it will

How I’m planning that it will

Where my dreamin’

And my hopin’ and my schemin’

And my prayin’ and my wishin’ to be happy

Will come true enough

And…

I want to be a millionaire!

Millionaire in America

Strike it rich and spend the fortune I amass…

I want to be a constable!

Constable in America

In America you rise above your class…

Oh, there’s a place your industry and talent

Can be sold…

And I’m certain that it will…

There I’m certain that it will…

Ich will ein gutes leben haben…

Una Bella vita negli stati uniti…

Where my dreamin’

And my hopin’ and my schemin’

And my prayin’ and my wishin’ to be happy

Will come true enough

And…I sant to rise above myself…

…Oh I will be grand

America, the streets

are paved with gold…

America, the streets

Are paved with gold…

America the streets

are payed with gold

I want to be a lady’s maid…

Millionaire…

Engineer…

In America!

Better place for me and you…

Better land to start anew…

Better land for the baby…

that I hold

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