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order, and dance down, forming graceful figures, and singing as they dance.]
ISSACHAR: First come the camel drivers, with their song.
MEN: [Singing and dancing:] (Solo) Wide and waste is the wilderness; But God is great!— (Chorus) Ho! Press on! Press on! (Solo) The night falls; the moon ariseth; Lo! the voices of the desert wake! (Chorus) * . Ho! Press on! Press on! (Solo) Under the palm-trees, by the well, My love gazeth to greet me; She hearkeneth for the bells of my camels— (Chorus) Ho! Press on! Press on!
ZEBULUN: I hear the moan of the wind—the storm draweth near.
[The men have danced up the stage.]
ISSACHAR: NOW the water bearers answer the men.
[The Maidens, each balancing a water-jar on her head, file out of the crowd and dance down.]
