El Capitan, Act I: “Lo, the awful man approaches”
[INSURGENTS]
Lo, the awful man approaches
In rebellion's art to coach us
On his hand a falchion flashes
How his angry teeth he gnashes
So, bending low we greet the hero
Caesar rolled in one with Nero
[DON MEDIGUA as "El Capitan"]
Your praise my heart so touches
For words I almost fail
[Aside.]
If I had them in my clutches
I'd land them all in jail
[Aloud.]
Pardon, I pray this flutter
But for your cause I'd die
[Aside.]
Every word I utter
Is a double-barreled lie
[INSURGENTS]
Bending low we greet the hero
Caesar rolled in one with Nero
We hail you brave El Capitan
We pray you rid us of our ban
[DON MEDIGUA]
You see in me, my friends
A man of consummate bravery
My inmost nature tends
To free the world from all slavery
This thought then cherish
Though you perish
Crush out Spanish knavery
To arms, to arms for liberty
[INSURGENTS]
To arms, to arms for liberty
[DON MEDIGUA]
Behold El Capitan
Gaze on his misanthropic stare
Notice his penetrating glare
Come match him if you can
He is the champion beyond compare
[INSURGENTS]
Behold El Capitan
[DON MEDIGUA]
Gaze on his misanthropic stare
Notice his penetrating glare
[INSURGENTS]
Come match him if you can
[DON MEDIGUA]
He is the champion beyond
[DON MEDIGUA & INSURGENTS]
Compare
[DON MEDIGUA]
This campaign leave to me
And have no further anxiety
I'll rid this land, you'll see
Of Don Medigua's society
And when I meet him
I shall greet him
Without much propriety
To arms, to arms for liberty
[INSURGENTS]
To arms, to arms for liberty
[DON MEDIGUA]
Behold El Capitan!
Gaze on his misanthropic stare
Notice his penetrating glare
Come match him if you can
He is the champion beyond compare
[INSURGENTS]
Behold El Capitan
[DON MEDIGUA]
Gaze on his misanthropic stare
Notice his penetrating glare
[INSURGENTS]
Come match him if you can
[DON MEDIGUA]
He is the champion beyond
[DON MEDIGUA & INSURGENTS]
Compare