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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.
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 !

Cho

'Twas a king !

Mar

' I'was a King of Castile !

Cho

Sing, sing Maritana,

No delay, no delay,
Love's minstrel Maritana,
He will play, thus we pay.

(Giving her money.)


Mar

Her beauty's blaze, her magic tone,

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 ?

Cho

Was a queen !

Mar

Yes the queen of Castile.

Cho

So, of old then, it befell,

Just as you the story tell ?
Brava, Brava, Maritana
It befell.
Then, as you tell, &c.

King

How beautiful she is ?