(Robin and Richard) 8. "The battle's roar is over" (Rose and Richard) 9. "If well his suit has sped" (Chorus of Bridesmaids) 10. "In sailing o'er life's ocean wide" (Rose, Richard, and Robin) 11. "Cheerily carols the lark" (Margaret) 12. "Welcome, gentry" (Double Chorus) 13. "Oh, why am I moody and sad?" (Sir Despard and Chorus) 14. "You understand? I think I do" (Richard and Sir Despard) 15. Finale Act I "Hail the bride of seventeen summers" (Ensemble) Madrigal, "When the buds are blossoming" (Ensemble) "When I'm a bad Bart, I will tell taradiddles!" (Robin and Chorus) "Oh, happy the lily" (Ensemble) Act II 16. "I once was as meek" (Sir Ruthven and Adam) 17. "Happily coupled are we" (Rose and Richard) 18. "In bygone days" (Rose with Chorus of Bridesmaids) 19. "Painted emblems of a race" (Sir Ruthven, Sir Roderic, and Chorus of Ancestors) 20. "When the night wind howls" (Sir Roderic and Chorus) 21. "He yields, he yields" (Chorus) 22. (original) "Away, remorse!" ... "For thirty-five years I've been sober and wary" (Robin) 22. (replaced) "Away, remorse!" ... "Henceforth all the crimes" (Robin) (The original song was replaced about a week into the original run. For the history of this number, see Versions.) 23. "I once was a very abandoned person" (Margaret and Despard) 24. "My eyes are fully open" (Margaret, Sir Ruthven, and Despard) 25. "Melodrame" 26. "There grew a little flower" (Hannah with Sir Roderic) 27. Finale Act II (Ensemble) "When a man has been a naughty baronet" "For happy the lily" (reprise) (Ensemble) (See Versions). Premiere and reception The first night was not as successful as the other Savoy opera premieres because of controversy over the title and the revivification of the ghosts, and reservations about the plot and music. According to the St James's Gazette, "The first act was well received by the audience. Number after number was rapturously encored, and every droll sally of dialogue was received with a shout of appreciative mirth." The interval was long (a half hour) as the elaborate picture gallery needed to be set up, but D'Oyly Carte had anticipated this and had printed indulgence slips which were distributed. It was marked by noisy hubbub when Lord Randolph Churchill was spotted in the crowd, but a loud shout of "No politics!" brought relative calm. The second act, however, ended badly. On 23 January 1887, under the heading "Their