Salamanca

There's a corner of Espana
Bordering on a Southern sea,
Salamanca de cuando
En cuando dear to me.

Salamanca, Salamanca,
In my exile I can still
Taste your Mediaeval glory
In the Coop on Kelburn Hill.

"Take us back to Salamanca,"
Chirp the chickens gone astray.
There Victoria's wings give shelter
Till the Night is passed away.

Salamanca, Salamanca,
Tenderly my eyes shall close
In the mirror of Reflection
On you. Gracias a Dios.

—M.L.,