[Chorus OF GIRLS]
Climbing over rocky mountain
Skipping rivulet and fountain
Passing where the willows quiver
By the ever-rolling river
Swollen with the summer rain;
Threading long and leafy mazes
Dotted with unnumbered daisies
Scaling rough and rugged passes
Climb the hardy little lasses
Till the bright sea-shore they gain!

[EDITH]
Let us gaily tread the measure
Make the most of fleeting leisure
Hail it as a true ally
Though it perish bye and bye

[Chorus OF GIRLS]
Hail it as a true ally
Though it perish bye and bye!

[EDITH]
Every moment brings a treasure
Of its own especial pleasure;
Though the moments quickly die
Greet them gaily as they fly!
[Chorus OF GIRLS]
Though the moments quickly die
Greet them Gaily as they fly!

[KATE]
Far away from toil and care
Reveling in fresh sea-air
Here we live and reign alone
In a world that’s all our own
Here, in this our rocky den
Far away from mortal men
We’ll be queens, and make decrees
They may honor them who please

[Chorus OF GIRLS]
We’ll be queens, and make decrees
They may honor them who please

Let us gaily tread the measure
Make the most of fleeting leisure
Hail it as a true ally
Though it perish by-and-by!
Hail it as a true ally
Though it perish by-and-by!

[KATE, EDITH & Chorus OF GIRLS]
Let us gaily tread the measure
Make the most of fleeting leisure
Hail it as a true ally!
[Dialogue]

[KATE]
What a picturesque spot! I wonder where we are!

[EDITH]
We are quite alone, and the sea is as smooth as glass. Suppose we take off our shoes and stockings and paddle?

[KATE, EDITH & Chorus OF GIRLS]
Yes, yes! The very thing!