A Greek Slave
The Golden Isle
Song No. 18
Maia
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Maia:
- When they miss us we shall be
- Well afloat,
- Dancing gaily o'er the sea
- In a boat!
- While the breezes from above
- Carry whispers of our love,
- And are singularly free
- What they quote!
- What they quote!
- When an island comes in sight
- We will land,
- For we'll run the vessel right
- On the sand;
- Then we'll leave our fairy ship,
- And across the surf I'll skip,
- If my lover holds me tight
- By the hand
- O my own and my adored!
- To some island unexplored
- By the hand
- Let us fly across the blue and sunny sea!
- Population only two
- Shall I weary first of you,
- We shall see!
- We shall see!
- On that golden Grecian isle
- We shall stay,
- Making love in classic style
- Day by day!
- If my grammar should be weak
- When I worship him in Greek,
- Yet my heart knows all the while
- What to say!
- What to say!
- Then we'll build a house for two
- Nice and dry,
- For it won't be alwys blue
- In the sky;
- And we'll live in figs and grapes
- Served in many ways and shales!
- Oh, you don't know what we'll do —
- He and I!
- O my own and my adored!
- To some island unexplored
- He and I!
- Let us fly across the blue and sunny sea!
- Population only two
- Shall I weary first of you,
- We shall see!
- We shall see!
- Ah! (Cadenza ad lib)
(Exit)
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