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No. 18a: Once a Cavalier of Spain
Mirette with Chorus
MIDI File 4' 09"
| MIRETTE. | Once a cavalier of Spain | ||
| Loved a maid of low degree; | |||
| He was come of royal strain, | |||
| She was of the Zingari! | |||
| So he offered house and land, | |||
| Jewels, gold, or anything; | |||
| Only on her little hand, | |||
| No ring! no ring! | |||
| ZINGARI. | La la la la, etc. | ||
| MIRETTE. | Ha! ha! | ||
| No, said she, no! Go, let me go! |
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| Take away your purse of gold! | |||
| Costly dresses
Win Princesses, No, said she, no! Go, let me go! |
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| Take away your purse of gold! Gipsy love is never sold! Love cannot be bought, Not bought, nor sold! |
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| ZINGARI. | No, said she, no! Go, let me go! |
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| Take away your purse of gold! | |||
| Costly dresses Win Princesses, |
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| Gipsy love is never sold! | |||
| MIRETTE. | But the noble Spanish Don | ||
| Could not brook a slight like this, | |||
| So he would not get him gone | |||
| And he tried to snatch a kiss! | |||
| Then a dagger bright he drew, | |||
| Held it up before his eye, | |||
| And no more he cared to woo — | |||
| Good-bye! Good-bye! | |||
| ZINGARI. | La la la la, etc. | ||
| MIRETTE. | Ha! ha! | ||
| No, said she, no! Go, coward, go! |
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| Take the kiss, you feel the blade! | |||
| Till the trusty Steel is rusty, |
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| None shall wrong the gipsy maid! | |||
| No, said she, no! Go, coward, go! |
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| Take the kiss, you feel the blade! None shall wrong a gipsy maid! |
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| She is not afraid, The gipsy maid! |
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| ZINGARI. | No, said she, no! Go, coward, go! |
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| Take the kiss, you feel the blade! | |||
| Till the trusty Steel is rusty, |
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| None shall wrong the gipsy maid! | |||
| No, said she, no! Go, coward, go! |
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| Take the kiss, you feel the blade! | |||
| Till the trusty Steel is rusty, |
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| None shall wrong the gipsy maid! | |||
Page modified 27 July 2019