SEASHORE AT THE MOUTH OF A CREEK

Paolo--
Heart free, care free and free to roam am I
Wherever fancy leads beneath the sky.
I'll rest awhile and watch the kelpies play,
They will be sporting on the sands to-day.
Perhaps they'll tell me what my heart desires
To know, and Cupid's dart inspires.

[Kelpies come up from the sea and sing in chorus:]

Join with us, dance with us, prance with us
Over the sea.
Roam with us, flee with us, be with us
Where we may be

Sing with us, walk with us, talk with us
Carelessly gay.
Come with us, play with us, stray with us
Where we may stray.

Paolo--
Pray, kelpies, tell me what you find of joy,
In what of work or play your hours employ.

Kelpies' Chorus--
You can sing of the lakes and mountains
And the freedom of open plains;
But for spaces wide and untrammelled