Opera
The Dandy, His Neighbour, The Conductor, Chorus of Passengers
I.
Opening Chorus of Passengers. "All Hail to Phoebus," etc.
CHORUS OF PASSENGERS
All hail to Phoebus meridian!
Long live the S quotidian!
DANDY:
Sir, if thou continuest to read on my transductor,
The Fates will surely constrain me to call, Ah! the conductor.
NEIGHBOUR:
His words deep within my heart are sculptured.
3.
The Conductor. "My friends! See, see!"
Recit. & Aria
CONDUCTOR:
My friends! See, see! the traffic gathers all around us! How shall we proceed? O
kindly traffic stream! that increaseth and multiplieth so that total immobility
is reached and the weary passengers will thus listen to my song--to thee I give
thanks. I start, I quake, I tremble, the sweat pours off my brow--but I will sing it.

CONDUCTOR:
O sweet and friendly traffic stream,
This token of my high esteem
Receive!
To thee and thy continued favour
Is due this modest semi-quaver--
This breve!
How sweet to me thy diesel fumes,
Thy breath the air of night perfumes
And day!
For when we cannot move along
PASSENGERS:
Bravo Bravo Bravo Bis Encore Bravo.
CONDUCTOR:
Thank you, my friends, thank you.
(Repeats his Aria)
PASSENGERS:
Bravo Bravo Bravo
ACT II.
4.
Final Chorus of Passengers. "Ah! once again we see him.
PASSENGERS:
Too far, ah! too far,
But see! that friend who with him talks
Of buttons, goes too far,