Glowing with love, on fire for fame,\\
A Troubadour that hated sorrow,\\
Beneath his Lady's window came,\\
And thus he sung his last good morrow:\\
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"My arm it is my country's right,\\
My heart is in my true love's bow'r,\\
Gaily for love and fame to fight\\
Befits the gallant Troubadour."\\
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And while he march'd with helm on head\\
And harp in hand, the descant rung,\\
As faithful to his fav'rite maid\\
The minstrel burden still he sung:\\
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"My arm it is my country's right,\\
My heart is in my Lady's bow'r,\\
Resolv'd for love and fame to fight,\\
I come, a gallant Troubadour."\\
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Alas! upon the battle field\\
He fell beneath the foeman's glaive,\\
But still reclining on his shield\\
Expiring sung the exulting stave:\\
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"My life it is my country's right,\\
My heart is in my Lady's bow'r,\\
For love and fame to fall in fight\\
Becomes the gallant Troubadour.\\
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My life it is my country's right,\\
My heart is in my Lady's bow'r,\\
For love and fame to fall in fight\\
Becomes the gallant Troubadour.\\
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Words by Sir Walter Scott Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan