Rags · Musical
Songs in Rags
This page features the songs from Rags. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.
Act One
- Overture/I Remember - Company
- If We Never Meet Again - Bella, Rebecca
- Greenhorns - Americans, Ensemble
- Brand New World - Rebecca, Bella, Avram, David
- Edge of A Knife - Rebecca
- The Fabric of America - Jack, Bella, Ben, Rebecca, Ensemble
- Penny a Tune - Klezmer Musicians
- Greenhorn (Reprise) - Americans, Ensemble
- Bella’s Song - Part One - Ben
- Meet an Italian - Sal
- Friday Night Prayers - Company
- If We Never Meet Again/Edge of A Knife (Reprise) - Rebecca, Bella
- Little Lady - Bronfman, Rebecca
- Cheer Up, Chaimlet - Ensemble
- Take Our City Back - Americans, Ensemble
- Blame It on the Summer Night - Sal, Rebecca
- For My Mary - Anna, Ben, Irish Man
- Take Our Country Back - Americans, Ensemble
- Rags - Rebecca, Bella
ACT TWO
- On the Fourth Day of July - Americans, Ensemble
- Yankee Boy - Ben, David, Bella, Ensemble
- Uptown - Bronfman, Rebecca
- Wanting - Rebecca, Sal, Ensemble
- Rags (reprise) - David, Rebecca
- Three Sunny Rooms - Rachel, Avram, Bella, Ben
- Kaddish - Avram, Company
- Bella’s Song - Part Two - Ben
- If We Never Meet Again (Reprise) - Rebecca
- Bread and Freedom - Rebecca, Sal, Protestors
- Children of the Wind - Rebecca
- Finale - David, Rebecca, Company
Many songs were cut or rearranged from the original production. Songs that were cut from the revival are “Easy for You”, “Hard to be a Prince”, “What’s Wrong with That?”, “In America”, “Nothing Will Hurt Us Again”, “Cherry Street Cafe”, “The Sound of Love”, “Democratic Club Dance”, and “Dancing With the Fools”.
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number.