Monica's Waltz ("The Medium" - Menotti)

MONICA'S WALTZ

Bravo! And after the theatre, supper and dance. Music! Umpapa, umpapa,

Up in the sky, someone is playing a trombone and a guitar.

Red is your tie, and in your velvetine coat, you hide a star.

Monica, Monica, dance the waltz; Monica, Monica, dance the waltz.

Follow me, moon and sun; keep time with me; one, two, three, one.

If you're not shy, pin up my hair with your star, and buckle my shoe.

And when you fly, please hold on tight to my waist; I'm flying with you. Oh,

Monica, Monica, dance the waltz; Monica, Monica, dance the waltz.

Follow me, moon and sun,

Follow me, follow, follow me, follow me, follow, follow me.

What is the matter, Toby? What is it you want to tell me?

Kneel down before me, and now, tell me...

Monica, Monica, can't you see, that my heart is bleeding, bleeding for you?

I loved you, Monica, all my life, with all my breath, with all my blood.

You haunt the mirror of my sleep; you are my night.

You are my light, and the jailer of my day.

How dare you, scoundrel, talk to me like that! Don't you know who I am?

I'm the Queen of Aroundel! I shall have you put in chains!

You are my princess, you are my queen, and I'm only Toby, one of your slaves,

And still I love you and always loved you with all my breath, with all my blood.

I love your laughter; I love your hair; I love your deep and nocturnal eyes.

I love your soft hands, so white and winged; I love the slender branch of your throat.

Toby, don't speak to me like that! You make my head swim.

Monica, Monica, fold me in your satin gown.

Monica, Monica, give me your mouth;

Monica, Monica, fall in my arms.

Why, Toby! You're not crying, are you?

Toby, I want you to know that you have the most beautiful voice in the world!

Soprano: Pamela Andrews

Pianist: Alan Hicks

Filmed and recorded in Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, by the Australian National University, November 2010, on behalf of Pamela Andrews.

Edited for YouTube by JRR4FILM Productions.

© JRR4FILM Productions 2011