Music : Steven Chesklik-deMeyer/Tim Maner/Alan Stevens Hewitt/Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer
ENSEMBLE
Lizzie Borden took an axe
Gave her mother forty whacks
When she saw what she had done
Gave her father forty-one
ALICE (spoken)
I am Alice Russel.
I have lived in Fall River a good many years.
All that time the Bordens have occupied the house next door.
I exchanged calls with Miss Lizzie Borden regularly.
She always received me upstairs
BRIDGET (spoken)
The name's Bridget Sullivan.
I was sometimes called "Maggie" by Miss Emma and Miss Lizzie,
It bein' the name of the previous girl.
I came to Fall River four years ago,
Have worked for the Bordens ever since
EMMA (spoken)
My full name is Emma L. Borden. The L is for Lenora.
I am the sister of Miss Lizzie Borden.
I was just a trifle over fourteen
When my father married for the second time,
And I remember my mother very well
LIZZIE (spoken)
My name is is Lizzie Andrew Borden. Not Elizabeth, Lizzie.
Andrew -- after my father I was so christened.
I am innocent.
I leave it to my council to speak for me