A Man" (Raleigh and Bessie) 9. "When A Man Is A Lover" (Wilkins, Simkins, and Essex) 10. "Who Were The Yeomen of England, The Yeomen of England" (Essex with Chorus) 11. Entrance of Queen Elizabeth/"God Save Elizabeth" (Chorus) 12. "O Peaceful England" (Elizabeth with Chorus) 13. "King Neptune Sat on His Lonely Throne" (Wilkins with Chorus) 14. Finale (Ensemble) Act II 15. "The Month o' May Has Come Today" (Chorus with Jill) 16. "In England, Merrie England" (Bessie, Jill, Big Ben, Long Tom) 17. "The Sun in the Heaven Is High" (Simkins, the Tailor, and the Butcher with Chorus) 18. "The Big Brass Band" (Wilkins and Simkins with Chorus) 19. "It Is the Merry Month of May" (Jill and Raleigh) 20. "The Queen o' May Is Crowned Today" (Chorus) 20a. Rustic Dance 21. "Dan Cupid Hath a Garden" (Raleigh) 22. "Two Merry Men a-Drinking" (Ensemble) 22a. Exit of Chorus 23. "O Who Shall Say That Love Is Cruel?" (Bessie) 24. "When Cupid First This Old World Trod" (Essex with Bessie, Jill, and Raleigh) 25. "Perhaps You Don't Imagine" (Wilkins)* 26. Masque of St. George and the Dragon (Egyptian Dance) 27. "Oh! Here's a To-Do to Die To-day" (Chorus with Wilkins as King) 28. Finale (Ensemble) *Omitted by German during the first run, but printed in the vocal score. Revivals and recordings The opera became popular in Britain and was often performed by amateur groups in the decades following its premiere. In Queen Elizabeth II's coronation year (1953), over five hundred amateur societies staged the piece. One production that year was presented as a coronation pageant outdoors at Luton Hoo house, with nearly 1,000 performers. The cast included Anne Ziegler as Bessie Throckmorton, Webster Booth as Walter Raleigh, Nancy Evans as Queen Elizabeth and Graham Clifford as Walter Wilkins. Merrie England was recorded complete with its composer conducting, issued by HMV in 1918 on ten double-faced 12-inch 78 rpm records (20 sides). A recording of selections from the piece was made in 1931 on the Columbia label, with Clarence Raybould conducting "Under the Supervision" of the composer. Since then a few more complete recordings have been made, including an HMV set in 1960, and individual songs from Merrie England have been recorded many times. The piece has fallen into relative obscurity in recent decades, although anniversaries such as that of the Spanish Armada in 1988 and the Queen's silver (1977), golden