Fourth Mus. The fife.
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hispa. I like it; it has a cheerful, soul-stirring sound,that soars up to my lady's window like the song of a swallow.And you others? Other Mus. We are the singers, please your honor. Chispa. You are too many. Do you think we are going to singmass in the cathedral of Cordova? Four men can make but littleuse of one shoe, and I see not how you can all sing in one song.But follow me along the garden wall. That is the way my masterclimbs to the lady's window, it is by the Vicar's skirts that theDevil climbs into the belfry. Come, follow me, and make nonoise.[Exeunt. SCENE III. -- PRECIOSA'S chamber. She stands at the open window. Prec. How slowly through the lilac-scented airDescends the tranquil moon! Like thistle-downThe vapory clouds float in the peaceful sky;And sweetly from yon hollow vaults of shadeThe nightingales breathe out their souls in song.And hark! what songs of love, what soul-like sounds,Answer them from below!
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