The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 84
Act I. Scene. I.—A Square in Madrid
Act I. Scene. I.—A Square in Madrid.
Opening Chorus.
Sing pretty maiden, sing that lovely song again;
Sing pretty maiden, sing; the thrilling airs of Spain :
Sing of love and beauty, bower and tented plain—
Sing, sweet Maritana, sing that song again !
Sing, sing Gitana !
Romanaza—Maritana.
Cho Mar Cho
(Giving her money.)
Mar Cho Mar Cho King
It was a knight of princely mien, one blue and golden day
Came riding through the forest green, that round his castle lay,
And there he heard a gipsy maid, her song of love reveal;
Like a spirit of light,
She enchanted the knight.
'Twas a king !
No delay, no delay,
Love's minstrel Maritana,
He will play, thus we pay.
His lost heart fled in vain;
And soon he raised her to a throne
O'er fair Castile to reign.
And so it chanced, a gipsy maid,
As legends old reveal,
From enchanting the throng
With one beautiful song,
Was a queen ?
Just as you the story tell ?
Brava, Brava, Maritana
It befell.
Then, as you tell, &c.