An Original Collection of Songs sung at the Theatres Royal, Public Concerts &c. &c. By W. T. Moncrieff |
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| L'AMORE INFELICITA!
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 | An Original Collection of Songs |  |
L'AMORE INFELICITA!
A MOCK ITALIAN CANTATA.
RECITATIVE.
Felicita! my tender heart's first love!—Primo amor (Cupido!) del cor mio—
Chanced on a gentle river's banks to rove—
Sento oh Dio! Sul margine d'un rio!
Entranced we met, ah me! in sweet duetto,
His heart fidele, with love was amoroso—
While mine, oh, dolce! lulled by Zephyretto,
Andante time was all affettuoso.
CANZONETTE.
Then canzonetta,
In piazetta
And gondoletta,
Flowed from his tongue!
In piazetta
And gondoletta,
Flowed from his tongue!
While Contadini,
And Signiorini,
And great Rossini
Enraptured hung,
As thus he sung.
And Signiorini,
And great Rossini
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As thus he sung.
ARIA.
Oh, Pescator del' onda,How sweet with you to wander,
Allegretto through the grove.
Biondina in gondoletta,
Sure nothing can be better—
Cara sposa! Oh, my love!
RECITATIVE.
In pantomime my hand his heart then blesses,While melo-dramatically he his flame expresses.
[Pantomime.]
BOLERO.
Then, fastly as we can go,We dance the blithe fandango—
While sounds the gay guitar,
Con spirito—comme ca!
Castanet Dance.]
ADAGIO.
Till, ah! a sad terzetto,A rival comes pomposo,
To breathe the sospiretto,
And move me penseroso—
My love no more in petto,
I then grow furioso,
Kickini—mal—upsetto,
I make him solo go so
BRAVURA
Barbare! non troppo presto!Lasciar me sol fa—
Why blight our joy thus, questa
Hence, infelicita!
| An Original Collection of Songs | |