El Capitan, Act II: “Fall in! Attention!”
[SCARAMBA, spoken]
Fall in! Attention! Count fours—
[SOLDIERS, spoken]
One, two, three, four
[SCARAMBA]
Your chest thrown out in a marked degree
Your arms extend to form a "V"
Then bend your body but not your knee
To be a perfect soldier
[SOLDIERS]
Your chest thrown out in a marked degree
Your arms extend to form a "V"
Then bend your body but not your knee
To be a perfect soldier
[DRUMMER BOYS]
A sailor's life may be romantic
When rolling over the broad Atlantic
A soldier's life a fraud gigantic
If that is what he must do
[SOLDIERS & DRUMMER BOYS]
A sailor's life may be romantic
When rolling over the broad Atlantic
A soldier's life a fraud gigantic
If that is what he must do
[SCARAMBA]
Extend your left foot wеll in the air
Upon your right, your body you bear
Then forward stеp with the utmost care
To be a perfect soldier
[SOLDIERS]
Extend your left foot well in the air
Upon your right, your body you bear
Then forward step with the utmost care
To be a perfect soldier
[DRUMMER BOYS]
A sailor's life may be romantic
When rolling over the broad Atlantic
A soldier's life a fraud gigantic
If that is what he must do
[SOLDIERS & DRUMMER BOYS]
A sailor's life may be romantic
When rolling over the broad Atlantic
A soldier's life a fraud gigantic
If that is what he must do
[VERRADA, spoken]
Scaramba, still watching over your prisoner?
[SCARAMBA, spoken]
No, that's the job of El Capitan, "The Bloodthirsty."
[VERRADA, spoken]
But I thought you were an admirer of his.
[SCARAMBA, spoken]
I was, but I hate him now. Estrelda is fascinated by him and... Bah! Verrada, I was too sure of her. Keep your Isabel out of this Capitan's sight, for he has hypnotized every woman in Tampoza. The history of his hundred battles overwhelms them.
[VERRADA, spoken]
It's El Capitan. He must be coming!
[SCARAMBA, spoken]
Then I'm going. Listen, every one of those cheers costs him ten sous. Besides, if we meet, I might—
[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
To arms, to arms for liberty
[MEN, spoken]
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
[MEN]
Behold El Capitan!
[DON MEDIGUA]
Gaze on his misanthropic stare
Notice his penetrating glare
[MEN]
Come, match him if you can
[DON MEDIGUA]
He is the champion beyond
[DON MEDIGUA & MEN]
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