Christopher Columbus Suite

Song Cycle by William Walton (1902 - 1983)

1. Fiesta
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Chorus:
 Granada has fallen! Granada has fallen!
 The triumph of Spain has atoned for her loss.
 Granada has fallen; the sign of the Crescent
 Has bowed in the end to the sign of the Cross.
 Granada has fallen. Our Queen Isabella
 Has entered Granada with pennons and drums.
 The Old Age was iron; the New Age is golden;
 The Gold Age is coming - oh see where it comes!
 Granada has fallen. The long days of torment
 And bloodshed are over; the battle is done
 And we are the victors. Granada has fallen
 And Spain's resurrection today has begun.

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2. Beatriz's song
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
When will he return?
Only to depart.
Harrowed by the omen
Of his restless heart;
Bondsman of the voice,
Rival to the Sun,
Viceroy of the sunset
Till his task be done.
Though he is my love
He is not for me;
What he loves lies over
Loveless miles of sea.
Haunted by the West,
Eating out his heart
When will he return?
Only to depart.

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3. Gloria
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Solo tenor:
 Glory, glory to God.
 Joy in the land of Spain.
 They sailed away to the West, 
 Now they are here again.

Chorus:
 Glory, glory to God.
 Joy in the land of Spain.

Solo:
 They sailed away to the West, 
 Now they are here again.

 They tracked the sun to his lair,
 They found the Golden Main.

Chorus:
 They sailed away to the West, 
 Now they are here again.

Solo:
 The world that we have found
 Shall ne'er be lost again.
 The voyage that we made -
 We made it not in vain.

Chorus:
 The world that we have found
 Shall ne'er be lost again.

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