Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes? Original Broadway Cast of Parade (Ft. Evan Pappas, Herndon Lackey, Jessica Molaskey & John Leslie Wolfe)
[SLATON, spoken]
I have an announcement to make: Leo Frank is no longer a prisoner in the Fulton Tower. At five o'clock this morning, he was removed to another prison location, which will not be disclosed at this time.
[WATSON]
Will you walk with your head held high
Or move aside when they’re passin' you by?
Will you run when the fires are fanned
And where will you stand when the flood comes?
[SLATON, spoken]
Two thousand years ago another governor washed his hands and turned a Jew over to a mob. Ever sincе then, that governor's name has been a cursе. If, today, another Jew went to his grave because I failed to do my duty, I would all my life find his blood on my hands. I have reviewed all the evidence in the case of the State of Georgia against Leo Frank and I have decided to commute his sentence from the death penalty to imprisonment for life.
[WATSON]
Will you ride by the side of God
Or will you hide in the soil and the sod?
Will you fight for the soul of your land
And where will you stand when the flood comes?
Where will you stand when the flood comes?
[SLATON, spoken]
All I wish now is that the people of Georgia withhold judgement until they have given—
[CRAIG, spoken]
Mr. Dorsey, you care to comment?
[DORSEY, spoken]
I was not part of the governor's decision, Mr. Craig. I'm as surprised as you are!
I have an announcement to make: Leo Frank is no longer a prisoner in the Fulton Tower. At five o'clock this morning, he was removed to another prison location, which will not be disclosed at this time.
[WATSON]
Will you walk with your head held high
Or move aside when they’re passin' you by?
Will you run when the fires are fanned
And where will you stand when the flood comes?
[SLATON, spoken]
Two thousand years ago another governor washed his hands and turned a Jew over to a mob. Ever sincе then, that governor's name has been a cursе. If, today, another Jew went to his grave because I failed to do my duty, I would all my life find his blood on my hands. I have reviewed all the evidence in the case of the State of Georgia against Leo Frank and I have decided to commute his sentence from the death penalty to imprisonment for life.
[WATSON]
Will you ride by the side of God
Or will you hide in the soil and the sod?
Will you fight for the soul of your land
And where will you stand when the flood comes?
Where will you stand when the flood comes?
[SLATON, spoken]
All I wish now is that the people of Georgia withhold judgement until they have given—
[CRAIG, spoken]
Mr. Dorsey, you care to comment?
[DORSEY, spoken]
I was not part of the governor's decision, Mr. Craig. I'm as surprised as you are!
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