ACT ONE
ACT ONE
Scene 1 - THE INQUISITION
Malleus Maleficarum
GONZAGA:
Malleaus Maleficarum. The Hammer of Witches.
Members of the Inquisition, the scourge of witchcraft is undermining our Holy Catholic Church.
It is written in the Malleus that all witchcraft comes from carnal lust, that in woman knows no bounds!
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"When a woman thinks alone, she thinks evil." "She will consort even with devils." "She will meet with them by night." "To dance with them at the Sabbat!" "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." A witch must perish by fire! That her immortal soul may be returned to God on High Maleficarum, the hammer which shall purge every vile desire Malleus Maleficarum! Salvation will come in the fire! |
DOMINICANS: Carnal lust! Carnal lust! Lust! The mark of beasts! Lust! Forbidden feasts! Lust! The weapon of Satan! All evil comes from the devil within! A-a-a... All evil comes from the devil within! A-a-a... Malleus Maleficarum, The Hammer of Witches shall purge every evil desire Malleus! Salvation will come in the fire! |
Dear brothers in Christ, the arts of the witch are dangerous even to the servants of God.
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She will practise her spells upon you. She will posess your soul. |
Sorcery! Enchantment! |
Woman desires the parts of a man, she will strike at his manhod whenever she can.
GONZAGA & DOMINICANS:
Brothers in Christ, beware of all women
Evil in heart and in mind and fundament!
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GONZAGA: She may even spirit away a man's private parts So beware, my brother, or you may look up some day and see your privates dangling from the nearest tree! Maleficarum, the hammer which shall purge every vile desire Malleus Maleficarum! Salvation will come in the fire! Brothers, we must act, now! Time is short. Our lost souls must be found again and brought to redemption. Inquisitors, hear my biddings: Find the witches, and save their souls for eterman life! Maleficarum, the hammer which shall purge every vile desire Malleus Maleficarum! Salvation will come in the fire! |
DOMINICANS: All evil comes from the devil within! A-a-a... All evil comes from the devil within! A-a-a... Malleus Maleficarum, The Hammer of Witches shall purge every evil desire Malleus! Salvation will come in the fire! Laudate Dominum. Burn the witches! Malleus Maleficarum, The Hammer of Witches shall purge every evil desire Malleus! Salvation will come in the fire! |
Scene 2 - THE FARNESE FAMILY
The Marriage Contract
GUILIA:
Now stop it, girls, immediately, do you hear me, that's enough!
Stop it! Maria, you're too old for this sort of stuff.
Now you two go and dress.
Maria you look a mess.
Just remember you're a bride, be dignified
don't act like a kitchenmaid.
MARIA:
I'm not married yet!
GUILIA:
Then it matters even more we all make sure
the goods are attractively displayed.
CLAUDIA:
Not a hope!
ISABELLA:
Not a chance!
GUILIA:
No more cheek from you! Nor you!
Reception at the Vatican, a blessing from the Pope.
MARIA:
It's awful! I hate it!
GUILIA:
It's more than any orphan girl could have ever dared to hope.
You should be very pleased your stepfather's found a match.
Come along, you're very lucky.
Anton Fugger, there's a really splendid catch.
He's handsome...
MARIA:
Is he?
GUILIA:
Well ... he's rich.
MAIDS:
He's so incredibly rich!
GUILIA:
Your future is secure,
you'll live a life of luxury.
MARIA:
What do I care?
GUILIA:
A sober Godley matron of the Fugger family.
GUILIA: She's coming! | PIER LUIGI: Are you dressed? Maria! He's already here! Why can't a German ever show up late? |
GUILIA:
Keep calm, Sir, we're not ready, you'll have to make him wait!
Oh my God! He's arrived, and he'll hate being delayed,
men like that, well they're always the same I'm afraid.
MARIA:
Who cares?
GUILIA:
They're accustomed to having their orders promptly obeyed.
| FUGGER: Are these the terms that we aggreed? Let my lawyer read. | PIER LUIGI: It's as we agreed. Let your lawyer read. |
FUGGER:
And you'll use your influence to win me
certain contracts from The Pope.
PIER LUIGI:
You may rest assured.
BOTH:
Then we're in accord.
FUGGER:
Though of course the dowry is quite modest
for a daughter of Farnese blood.
PIER LUIGI:
Maria is more than a daughter to me.
Virtuous and pure, but what charm and what beauty!
She'll take your breath away.
So well-educated, but modest, is she.
Quiet and demure and aware of her duty,
certain to love and obey.
FUGGER:
Very good, Signor Farnese. The marriage settlement's agreed! Where is she?
PIER LUIGI:
She's on her way, Herr Fugger, you'll see her very soon.
Your patience will be repaid.
What's a short delay? This will be your day!
Who could think of reckoning the seconds
when they see those laughing eyes?
She will be your wife, she'll be yours for life!
Even for the banker to the Vatican, my sweet Maria's quite a prize.
GUILIA: There, there, my pet, I'll stay with you. It's going to be alright. Oh no, they aren't, not quite. | MARIA: I feel so sad. Help me, please! My dancing days are done... |
PIER LUIGI:
Maria!
MARIA:
I'm coming!
GUILIA:
You'll get your chance to play.
GUILIA & MAIDS:
A sober Godly matron, nay a wealthy banker's bride,
can always find the odd diversion on the side.
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GUILIA: Come along, it's time | MARIA: Oh, Guilia. Stay with me, please. |
PIER LUIGI:
There you are at last, Maria. Let me introduce your husband, - this is my daughter.
FUGGER:
Singor Farnese, you underpraise her.
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MARIA: Papa, I'm going to confession. I don't mean to make a bad impression, but if I have to meet the Holy Father face to face, it's only right I do so in a state of grace! | PIER LUIGI: Maria, your husband's waiting! What will he think? Don't do this to me! |
Scene 3 - CONFESSION
Confession
DANIEL:
How are you Maria?
MARIA:
Will you hear my confession, Bishop Daniel?
DANIEL:
It's not convenient,
can't you ask your own confessor?
MARIA:
Can you refuse a penitent who asks your absolution for her sins?
Father hear my sins, for I've had thoughts of love,
My whole being spins with constant thoughts of love
His face is all I ever see, it's even now in front of me
I know it's wrong to feel this way so near my wedding day
Everything's arranged, my husband's here in Rome
The contracts are exchanged, I'll soon be leaving home
The Holy Father's waiting now to bless us as we make the vow
It's all tied up, I have no say, my father's signed my life away
DANIEL:
God will bring you peace my child,
he smiles on holy Matrimony
And who is your bethrothed?
MARIA:
I don't care,
the thought of marriage seems obscene
DANIEL:
Please say no more.
MARIA:
I'm in love with someone else, I've always been.
DANIEL:
Don't say that, it's not true!
MARIA:
As time's gone by that love's increased
but as you know that man's a priest
A priest I'm sure who loves me too...
Please what am I to do?
DANIEL:
Maria, I understand your feelings
But you have been betrothed
We cannot change the world
MARIA:
Daniel! It's you that I love.
DANIEL:
Maria, in the future you'll be happy, that I know.
You must put aside this passion.
Heaven has decreed it so.
Forget this man of God, and go!
MARIA:
Forget this man of God...
DANIEL:
I command you to say one hundred Hail Mary's and entreat the merciful Lord to give you strength in your hour of trial. Ego te absolvo ab omnibus censuris et peccatis in nomine Patris et Filii, et Spiritus Sacti. Amen.
MARIA:
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis, nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora, in hora mortis nostrae.
Scene 4 - AT THE VATICAN
The Blessing
PIER LUIGI:
Are all ready, are all here? Witness to our celebration.
See the might of Rome appear, feel the hum of expectation.
When The Pope has blessed these two, all my dreams and schemes come true.
FUGGER:
Now at last I've gained the prize, honoured by the Holy City
One more deal to finalize, and the bride is young and pretty
PIER LUIGI:
Maria, quick, arrange your dress! Curtsy to His Holiness!
GUESTS:
Blessed be the Holy Father, may he reign forever
Blessed be the one communion, may their union never fail
CLAUDIA & ISABELLA:
Heaven send us husbands, all this waiting makes us weary
Lord, between ourselves and you, chastity's extremely dreary
Oh, the longing deep inside, God, I want to be a bride!
THE POPE:
Amen.
GUESTS:
Blessed be the Holy Father, may he reign forever
Blessed be the one communion, may their union never fail
Blessed be the Holy Father. Blessed be the man and wife, crown their love forever
Bound together, bound for life, may their union never fail.
Si, Si
THE POPE:
Bella Maria, still so sweet.
My favourite banker's at your feet
FUGGER:
Holy Father, I'm overjoyed.
THE POPE:
It's getting heavier every year. Thank you, my dear.
Bishop Daniel! Come and talk to me! It seems we are overrun by Germans!
MARIA:
For tomorrow there's to be a wedding, and tomorrow is my wedding day
My father and my bridgefroom and the priest will come and carry me away
GUESTS:
Papa Caro, caso raro
My oh my, what a wonderful display!
MARIA:
Si, si! Proving I am worth more than man can pay?
PIER LUIGI:
Si, si.
MARIA:
So then why are you giving me away? Ah!
For tomorrow there's to be a wedding, and tomorrow is my wedding day
I'll try to love and honour but I can not guarantee that I'll obey
Husband dearest, closest, nearest
Do you sigh for a love that is for life?
FUGGER:
Ja, ja!
MARIA:
Say goodbye to the squabbling and strife?
FUGGER:
Ja, ja!
MARIA:
So then, why do you want me for a wife?
GUESTS:
Padre doleful, sad and soulful.
MARIA: (to Daniel)
You who swear you will never wed like this.
Don't you care for the pleasures you will miss?
Come, I dare you to offer me a kiss. Ah! Si?
For tomorrow there's to be a wedding,
let us sing and dance the night away
and pray the sun won't rise for tomorrow is my wedding day!
For tomorrow is my wedding day! For tomorrow is my wedding day!
Scandal
DANIEL:
This is more than I can bear. Do I tell her, do I dare?
Set apart from her forever.
Heaven knows it's now or never.
Save I love her just as much. I long for just one touch.
FUGGER:
What is this? What's going on?
DANIEL:
Quick! The lady is unwell!
GUILIA:
Maria! Angel!
What happened? There, there my pet...
PIER LUIGI:
What has happened now my precious?
GUILIA:
Maria! Angel!
Please get some water at once!
PIER LUIGI:
No, something stronger!
GUILIA:
Move aside now, let the poor girl have some air.
DANIEL:
Probably the heat, the great occasion.
I congratulate you, Fugger, on your choice.
FUGGER:
Admiring my bride, bishop Daniel?
DANIEL:
No! She was my pupil once.
FUGGER:
It seems, my Lord, you taught her much too well!
Farnese, you are a liar, and your daughter a common whore!
Forgive me Holy Father, I can stand this Roman decadence no more!
GUESTS:
Gracious, how unpleasant! Aren't you glad you're here!
Quite the biggest thrill of the year!
THE POPE:
What's going on?
GUESTS:
Manners of a peasant, that is very clear
Typically German, I fear!
MARIA:
Daniel!
PIER LUIGI:
Daniel? Daniel! Holy Mother of God! You two? Maria, you wicked girl!
GUILIA:
Signor, remember where you are! Do you really want to break her neck?
MARIA:
But Father, I've done nothing...
PIER LUIGI:
Slut, you've dishonoured me!
GUILIA:
Signor, control yourself, don't make a scene!
PIER LUIGI:
And after all I've done for you! Splendid husband, how do you think I feel?
A splendid dowry, a splendid deal! The perfect father, rescued you from nothing!
I took her in, I fed and clothed the wretched orphan!
Do you call this grateful? Can you be so hateful?
| MARIA: I'm not in love with Anton Fugger, he is not the man for me, I love the Bishop, don't you see? You want this marriage, not me! Why don't you marry him yourself? | GUESTS: She loves the Bishop. Ha! She loves the Bishop. The Bishop! |
PIER LUIGI:
That's quite enough, Maria, or be assured I'll send you to a convent
for prayer and meditation and there this wilful nonsense will be cured!
Oh God! You bear my name! Seducing a priest before the Holy Father!
MARIA:
Holy Father! Don't make me laugh! He has children!
His mistress!
And you're his bastard son!
| PIER LUIGI: You are not my daughter! Go back to the street! Hereby I renounce you! I never want us ever to meet! And after all I've done for you as well! I hope you go to hell! | MARIA: You hurt me! I hate you! Father I've done nothing! Go to... go to hell! |
| GUESTS: Che famiglia! Che famiglia! Oh my dear, but I very nearly died. One has heard of priests preparing the bride He's instructed her in far more beside. | THE POPE: Si, si. Si, si. Something even I never tried |
GUESTS:
How appalling! How enthralling!
Mamma mia, what on earth is one to say?
She has thrown her golden future away.
She will meet a sticky end one day.
MARIA:
My father is stronger than I thought.
DANIEL:
Maria! I had to say I'm sorry.
GUILIA:
You're far too late for that, my Lord
She'll never get married now!
DANIEL:
I'm sorry! No...
MARIA & DANIEL:
I'm truly glad.
MARIA:
What a very strange occasion.
DANIEL:
Were they shocked? I was shocked myself.
MARIA:
What are we going to do?
DANIEL:
I can offer no resistance. You're my life, my whole existence.
From the hour we met, I knew I would fall in love with you.
You Are My Love
MARIA:
You are my love, now the words have been spoken
You are my love, I'm alive, I've awoken
You are the one I longed for, you're the dream come true
Don't let us count the cost of what is lost
there's nothing to fear not, y ou are here now, I can live and die with you
DANIEL:
You are my love and a new life has started.
You are my love and I swear we'll never be parted
All of my secret longings, all the dreams I knew
All that was once denied me is beside me
BOTH:
Reach out and hold me, and enfold me, prove it's really you
DANIEL:
Teach me, lead me, show you need me, now at last we're free
Now's the chance to start anew
I want to know you, want to show you how our love could be
I want to share the world with you
BOTH:
You are my love, you are all that I need now
You, only you are the life I must lead now
You are the star of evening and the morning dew
All that had once restrained us and enchained us suddenly shatters
all that matters from now on is you
Only you are my love, no regrets, no returning
You, only you, all our bridges are burning
Angels will smile upon us, angels always do
Come any wind or weather, we're together
Now I can dare it, I can bear it, I can swear that I love you
Scene 5 - THE ORGANIZATION
TRUE BELIEVERS
ALL:
True Believers, Catholic Christians, swear by the ross and blood to defend our Church
ANNA REGINA:
My dearest brother Daniel writes to tell me news of Rome.
Marvellous developments delay his coming home.
He's now a bishop, you'll be glad to learn
Establishing connections in the Vatican has taken several days
Now The Pope himself has sought him out for special praise
All shall be revealed on his return. All our hopes fulfilled
DOCTOR 1:
The fight for his enthronement as a Bishop took some effort
To achieve our secret aims we must be even more strong-willed
ALL:
One, Martin Luther shall be silenced or eliminated.
Two, every heresy be purged from Holy Mother Church.
Three, German moral strength see Rome's corruption liquidated.
These shall be our secret aims, all of these we vow
LAWYER:
We shall stop at nothing till our foes have been annihilated.
ALL:
The reformation must be terminated now!
FUGGER:
Let me in! Anna Regina!
ANNA REGINA:
Who disturbs us?
It's Fugger, Anton!
FUGGER:
There's news to tell. I have hurried home. I, the friend of emperors and kings, - the laughing stock of Rome!
Your brother's dishonoured my sweet Roman bride.
Broken his trust as her father confessor, and in the Papal Hall
He clung to her hand as she swooned and she sighed.
After the Pontiff consented to bless her. There, in the sight of all
And you should know he's now returning with that cheap Italian harlot
Countess, I mean to have my vengeance, your brother or no.
I will kill her! Italian slut! I'll kill your brother too!
ANNA REGINA:
Anton! Calm down!
FUGGER:
And if he doesn't merely bed her? If he then decides to wed her?
Brothers, have you thought what that could cost? Another Bishop lost!
LAWYER:
We had always hoped that he would one day be a cardinal
ARCHDEACON & DOCTOR 3:
We had always dreamed we'd see a German on the Papal throne.
ANNA REGINA:
My brother will do nothing to threaten his career.
If this woman comes to Heidelberg, she's finished. Is that clear?
ALL:
True believers, Catholic Christians,
swear by the cross and blood to defend our Church!
Scene 6 - DOWN THE RHINE
Yours
MARIA:
Daniel. Are you sleeping? I was all alone. I couldn't rest without you.
Na-na-na...my love, my own. Can't we stay here always?
I'm too in love to let you sleep, you're too inviting to resist
while there are eyelids to be kissed
The scent of you is new and dark and deep
And no one's here but you, my love, and I
between the water and the sky
I am yours, ah-ah, yours
Yours, ah-ah, yours
I am too in love to let you go, you're far too warm and strong
not while the pleasure lasts this long
So move like this and make the rhythm slow
I'll hold you here for evermore
Between the water and the shore
I am yours, ah-ah, yours
Yours, ah-ah, yours
DANIEL:
Don't think of the world out there, here's something they'll never share
BOTH:
Oh no, oh no, oh no
Between the past and what's to be
We'll float like this eternally
Yours, ah-ah, yours
Yours, ah-ah, yours
Scene 7 - THE STORM
The Herb Deal
GERTRUDE:
Chamomile, and comfrey. Here you are.
Here's valerian and eyebright too
There, that should do
It's not right. So stormy on a summer night
What's more, there's some strange people
wandering round the town
Not safe for me to go outside a night like this.
ANNA REGINA:
Everybody knows old Gertrude
GERTRUDE:
I'm afraid you're right
God bless you, Ma'am
Scene 8 - THE SPIRE
The Spire
ANNA REGINA:
Oh my God, the church spire!
TOWNSPEOPLE:
Help! Help! Fire!
What is it? What's happened? Fire!
Fire! Fire! Get sand and water! Oh my God, no!
My God, what's happened? The wall, the wall's fallen!
Oh my God, look at that! Lord have mercy on us!
The spire, it struck the church spire!
What have we done to deserve this?
The spire, it struck the church spire!
ANNA REGINA:
Lord protect us.
TOWNSPEOPLE:
What have we done to deserve this?
BURGERMEISTER:
What's the noise? It woke me from my sleep.
TOWNSPEOPLE:
It struck the church spire!
ANNA REGINA:
It's an omen.
TOWNSPEOPLE:
What have we done to deserve this?
TOWNSWOMAN:
Look Burgermeister! It hit the Holy Cross!
TOWNSPEOPLE:
It struck the church spire!
ANNA REGINA & BURGERMEISTER:
Lord protect us.
TOWNSPEOPLE:
What have we done to deserve this?
DANIEL:
In God's name, what's going on?
BURGERMEISTER:
My lord, you see the damage!
What kind of sign is this?
It's an omen! Something is amiss
DANIEL:
What a dreadful sight!
TOWNSPEOPLE:
It struck the church spire! It struck the church spire!
DANIEL:
My friends, stay calm everyone
at dawn we'll see what can be done
ANNA REGINA:
Daniel, my dearest brother! Thank God at last you're home.
You're tired, come in and rest.
DANIEL:
Anna, you must meet Maria Vittoria.
She is to be our guest.
ANNA REGINA:
I welcome you to this house.
DANIEL:
Maria welcome home.
Scene 9 - BROTHER AND SISTER
Bad Omens
ANNA REGINA:
Simple fare, after the "delights of Rome"
I was not prepared to see you back among us quite so soon
Daniel, I was sorry to hear about the troubles you have had, about the scandal...
You have been more than a brother to me
You've been my friend, my support and my teacher, faithful and loyal and true
We've ordered our lives by God's Holy decree
fighting the lies of that Protestant preacher, I've shared it all with you
About the girl, she's not to stay here.
I know her story - yes, Fugger told me
People will talk, they already speak of omens
You must order her back home
Or if you can't, why then, let me tell her myself
DANIEL:
I can not treat Maria that way
I've said she's staying and she'll stay
Anna Regina, I'm in love!
ANNA REGINA:
You are a bishop of the Church, Daniel!
DANIEL:
This is my house, this is my home
and there is nothing more to say!
ANNA REGINA:
Nothing to say?!
Well then heed at least my warning
DANIEL:
Keep your peace, Anna Regina
I am weary, let me be along, good night
Daniel's Prayer
DANIEL:
I'm waking from the spell, oh Lord, the recklessness has gone
I see it all too well, oh Lord, I cannot carry on
The vision can't endure but what endures is the ordeal
Dear God, how can I cure this raging pain I feel?
Dear God, till now I did not know the kiss that leads to kiss
the touch that yields to touch and oh, the heart that beats like this
But all her tender beauty, all her sweetness and her love
is nothing to my duty to the world above
Oh God who shows compassion, oh Christ who was a man
oh why did you so fashion me, why ask me to do what no man can?
You say I must not take a wife, or else be doomed to hell
Oh Lord, to you I vowed my life, but let me live as well!
CHORUS:
De profundis, de profundis, clamavi ad te Domine
DANIEL:
De profundis, de profundis, out of the deep I call to thee, oh Lord
The real world intrudes again and Lord I have transgressed
My sin has caused remorse and pain, for weeks I've not confessed
This dreadful desecration, did you send it as a sign?
I know I risk damnation for this love of mine
Oh Father, I must serve you, obeying all your laws
And working to deserve you, performing my duties in your cause
Forgetting this obsession which now tears me like a knife
Oh Lord, to you and you alone, I dedicate my life
I give my life
Scene 10 - MIDSUMMER DAY
Spin the Wheel
FLOWERGIRLS:
Come midsummer sun and light the flame of St. John's fire
come when day is done and bind me to my heart's desire
Sing me in a circle who my love shall be
tell me if the one I love is he who loves me
Come midsummer sun and light the flame of St. John's fire
come when day is done and bind me to my heart's desire
Sing me in a circle who my love shall be
tell me if the one I love is he who loves me
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FLOWERGIRLS: Come midsummer sun and light the flame of St. John's fire come when day is done and bind me to my heart's desire Sing me in a circle who my love shall be tell me if the one I love is he who loves me
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TOWNSMEN: Rise in the morning, work every day Not until night falls coming away Brief is the summer, short is the span Life is soon over, sing while you can
TOWNSMEN & WOMEN: |
Bad Omens II
ANNA REGINA:
Maria, my dear, you seem unhappy
Don't be so cautious, I brea no malice
Please, I'm sincere, Daniel's after all my brother
I would like to think that you're my friend
that we can talk as sisters, you can I
Don't be upset, of course you love him
The whole world loves him, it's very easy
And yet he loves God above all others
If it comes to conflict, in the end his choice is clear
No matter what you may try
MARIA:
You're very sweet to show concern
and when your brother does return
I'll tell him how you've been so kind
He'll be delighted to learn you know so much about his mind
ANNA REGINA:
Maria keep calm, we don't need Italian tantrums
If you say you love him, you must want the best for him
no matter what that may cost
Let's be quite clear, you're playing with fire
This could destroy him, destroy you with him
You shouldn't be here, look what happened to the spire!
You arrived with omens, fearful omens
please go back to Rome or all is lost!
Spectral Evidence
TOWNSPEOPLE:
What's happening? The witchfinders! Who brought down our spire?
Was it a witch? It's the blind beggars! Lord save us!
Is there a witch among us? Find 'em, we'll pay you. It's the blind five!
Who do they want? A witch, where? Yes, who did it?
THE BLIND:
We may be blind, but we have vision, we have special senses
We feel it here somewhere, an evil presence, there's evil in the air
We're blind, we can see no light, our day is dark as night
but we give you spectral evidence
We're blind, we can see no light, and yet we have second sight
and we give you spectral evidence
We feel her now, her evil power, you are all in danger
She's not like all the rest
she's an outsider, a woman who's possessed
We're blind, we can see no light, our day is dark as night
but we give you spectral evidence
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THE BLIND: We're blind, we can see no light and yet we have second sight and we give you spectral evidence and we give you spectral evidence | TOWNSPEOPLE: We know she's here now, you have to find her! We know she's here now, you have to find her! We know she's here now, you have to find her! Spectral evidence! |
The Ducking
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TOWNSPEOPLE: It's Gertrude! Is she a witch then? Take her to the justices! Yeah, hand her over! The stool! The ducking stool! | GERTRUDE: No! No! Please No! No, it's not me! I'm not a witch! I'm not a witch! |
FLOWERGIRLS
If she floats then she's a witch, if she isn't she will sink
First you catch the dirty bitch, then you drop her in the drink
GERTRUDE
Please believe me!
FLOWERGIRLS & TOWNSPEOPLE:
If she floats then she's a witch, if she isn't she will sink
First you catch the dirty bitch, then you drop her in the drink
GERTRUDE
No!
TOWNSPEOPLE
Duck her! Duck her!
GERTRUDE
Help me Lady, you know me, tell them it's not true!
TOWNSPEOPLE
Duck her!
MARIA:
Why don't you stop them?
TOWNSPEOPLE
Duck her!
GERTRUDE:
I'm just a healer!
Tell them! Listen, listen to the Countess!
TOWNSPEOPLE
Duck her!
ANNA REGINA:
She is lying. I do not know her. She is nothing to do with me.
FLOWERGIRLS:
If she floats then she's a witch
if she isn't she will sink
GERTRUDE:
No! No!
FLOWERGIRLS:
If she floats then she's a witch
if she isn't she will sink
|
TOWNSPEOPLE: Duck her! Duck her! |
MARIA: Stop it! Stop it please! For God's sake stop it please! |
TOWNSPEOPLE:
Who's that? Yes, who are you? Stay away, you! Stay away?
TOWNSWOMEN:
What do you know? Who are you?
TOWNSMEN:
Keep away or you'll get a soaking too!
| FLOWERGIRLS: If she floats then she's a witch if she isn't she will sink If she floats then she's a witch if she isn't she will sink TOWNSMAN: Ready? One! Two! Three! |
MARIA: Stop it please! For God's sake stop it please! | TOWNSPEOPLE: Duck her! Duck her! Duck her! Duck her! |
DANIEL:
Stop this! Stop this immediately!
Get her out of there at once! By whose authority is this?
There's been no crime, there will be no judgement
If this woman is suspected as a witch then bring the case before the court
Now release her or I swear you'll see
by God, there'll be some prosecutions brought
FLOWERGIRLS:
If she floats then she's a witch
if she isn't she will sink
DANIEL:
Now let us all return to our duties
FLOWERGIRLS:
First you catch the dirty bitch
then you drop her in the drink
MARIA:
Daniel? Daniel!
DANIEL:
Not now, Maria. I have a marriage to perform. But we must speak later.
GERTRUDE:
Thank you, my Lord. Thank you, Lady.
TOWNSPEOPLE:
Blessed be the man and wife, crown their love forever
Bound together, bound for life, may their union never fail
Scene 11 - MARIA'S CURSE
Maria's Curse
DANIEL:
Maria you've a right to be enraged with me
Things are not exactly as they ought to be
I miss you more than words can say
I ache for you when I'm away
But yes, I know I've done you wrong
it's gone on far too long
Maria, it is true, I know I made a vow
Deceived myself and you, all that I realize now
But I've made a higher promise still
to serve my God and do his will
I am a priest, this is my life
and I can never take a wife
MARIA:
Luther is a priest as well
He found a way to love both God and woman
so we could marry if you love me enough
| DANIEL: You're asking me to be what I can never be I've sworn that I will never join the enemy | MARIA: You know there is a way! You know there is! |
DANIEL:
The trust is that we have to part
I pray it will not break your heart
You know I'll always long for you
My heart is breaking too
Maria, you must forget this
Remember our love as a thing of the past, as a memory. Forgive me!
There's no way our love can survive
There's no way to keep it alive
MARIA:
You brought me here, you promised me your love would last eternally
A curse on you, you lied, you lied! Far better you had died!
If This Should Fail
ANNA REGINA:
I couldn't help but hear her, what dreadful things to say
Thank God she's now on her way
It's good to know that the danger's gone
and you can I can follow a quiet course once more
Your heart may be in pain, but you will carry on
You'll be strong, of that I'm sure
And life will soon return to what it was before
Please don't forget, someone cares for you
although she can not always allow her love to show
Someone who will stay until your days are through
one who's love you well from long ago
More than that girl ever could, it's good to know
We'll be together, you'll stay with me
just like it used to be. Daniel?
DANIEL:
I'm going to find Maria. You've made my mind clear
I have to find Maria, and bring her back here
Don't tell me just how strong I've been
you can not see how wrong I've been
I can not let her go, I can not leave her now, believe me!
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ANNA REGINA: She's only a girl! She can not love you as I love you You're all that I have! How can you tell me I am wrong? |
DANIEL: But she's the girl who holds my heart she held it from the very start I'll love her for my whole life long Please understand, she's all that I have Don't try and tell me that I'm wrong! |
DANIEL:
Anna! I'll always love you too
but you must not dissuade me!
ANNE REGINA:
Well then, so be it, you're free to go
DANIEL:
You understand?
ANNA REGINA:
I can not hold you against your will
Won't you have some food to eat before you leave?
I brought it over, made just for you. A glass of win at least?
A toast of friendship, for old times sake
Daniel, I'm truly sorry, it's all gone wrong
Lord preserve me if this should fail!
If this should fail...
Scene 12 - IN THE FOREST
Midsummer Night
GERTRUDE:
Spirits in the forest? Well, you may be right. Especially tonight, Midsummer Night.
They say that they dance on the Blocksberg tonight
all demons and monsters with wings taking flight
The Devil is summoned to come and join the witches play
to seize on a pretty maiden and then, who knows?
That's what they say
MARIA:
What tales people tell!
It's just as well you found me tonight
GERTRUDE:
You'd not have made home
not to Rome, Madam, not quite
MARIA:
I had completely lost my way
GERTRUDE:
Ah well, now I've paid you back
after all you helped to save my life today
I'm honoured that you could stay
MARIA:
Please Mother Mary help me sleep tonight
and keep me safe until the morning light
Keep all the evil fantasies at bay, drive them all away
shelter me from harm, watch over me I pray
Please Mother Mary help me sleep tonight
and keep me safe until the morning light
Daniel, I miss you...
Please Mother Mary help me sleep tonight
and keep me safe until the morning light
Please Mother Mary help me sleep tonight
and keep me safe until ...
Scene 13 - BLOCKSBERG
Eternally
FIRST SPIRIT:
I sew your shadow with my hair, I bind your shadow unto me
By day or night you shall remain
before the Triple Goddess three
I bind your shadow unto me, Maiden, Mother, Hecate
Dawn and noon and night black sea
free you are, but bound to me
and you are mine eternally
SPIRITS:
I sew your shadow with my hair, I bind your shadow unto me
By day or night you shall remain
before the Triple Goddess three
I bind your shadow unto me, Maiden, Mother, Hecate
Dawn and noon and night black sea
free you are, but bound to me
and you are mine eternally
I sew your shadow with my hair, I bind your shadow unto me
By day or night you shall remain
before the Triple Goddess three
I bind your shadow unto me, Maiden, Mother, Hecate
Dawn and noon and night black sea
free you are, but bound to me
and you are mine eternally
Nightmare
I sew your shadow with my hair, I bind your shadow unto me
By day or night you shall remain
before the Triple Goddess three
I bind your shadow unto me, Maiden, Mother, Hecate
...sew your shadow with my he-he-he...
Maiden, Mother, Hecate
...sew your shadow with my he-he-he...
Maiden, Mother, Hecate
VOICES:
Duck her! Duck her! Duck her!
Black Mass
DEMONS:
In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti
In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti
"ANNA REGINA":
Laudate Dominum
DEMONS:
In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti
"ANNA REGINA" & DEMONS:
Blessed is the Triple Mother, blessed is the Triple Mother
Queen of Dark and Queen of Day
Queen of Dark and Queen of Day
Queen of Dark and Queen of Day
The Witches
"ANNA REGINA":
Dance the circle dance of dreaming, lonely by the crystal sea
Spin the web of mist and moonlight, come, beloved and follow me
"ANNA REGINA" & WITCHES:
Chant the chant of souls entwining round and through the sacred fire
Drink from wells of mist and moonshine, lover, come to love's desire
DEMONS:
In nomine Patris et Filii ...
"ANNA REGINA" & WITCHES:
Dream the dreams of solmn passion through the star encrusted night
DEMONS:
In nomine Spiritus Sancti ...
"ANNA REGINA" & WITCHES:
Weave the web of mist and moonfire, loved one, know all love's delight
Hear the tides, the heaving waters sombre on the crystal sand
Hear the chant of longing, waiting, come, fulfill at love's demand
DEMONS:
In nomine Patris et Filii ...
"ANNA REGINA" & WITCHES:
Seek and love my waiting body, waiting nightly by the sea
DEMONS:
In nomine Patris et Filii ...
"ANNA REGINA" & WITCHES:
Tread the path of mist and moonlight. Lover, come beloved to me
DEMONS:
et Spirits Santi
"ANNA REGINA" & WITCHES:
Dance the circle dance of dreaming, lonely by the crystal sea
Spin the web of mist and moonlight, come, beloved and follow me
Queen of Dark
"ANNA REGINA" & WITCHES:
Rise, oh child, and new beginning, show your light to all the world
Blessed is the Triple Mother, Queen of Dark and Queen of Day
Light above the land and ocean, be the veil of darkness furled
Blessed is the Triple Mother, Queen of Dark and Queen of Day
Rise, oh child, and new beginning, show your light to all the world
Dream the dreams of solemn passion through the star encrusted night
Weave the web of mist and moonfire, loved one, know all love's delight
Hear the tides, the heaving waters sombre on the crystal sand
Hear the chant of longing, waiting, come, fulfill at love's demand
Seek and love my waiting body, waiting nightly by the sea
Tread the path of mist and moonlight. Lover, come beloved ...
The Invocation
Witches
Thrice about the altar go, once for Virgin, pure as snow
once for full moon's soft, sweet breath, once for dark moon, old as death
Thrice about the altar spin, that the rite shall well begin. Ha!
Be to me the fire of moon, be to me the fire of night
be to me the fire of joy, turning darkness into light
By the moon, the one in three, consecrated, blessed be
By the moon, the one in three, consecrated, blessed be
ALL:
Hail the Devil! Praise the Devil! Laudate Dominum
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Satan, our Lord! Amen, Amen
WITCHES:
Amen, Amen
ALL
Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
Hail the Devil! Praise the Devil! Laudate Dominum
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Satan, our Lord! Amen
Hail the Devil! Praise the Devil! Laudate Dominum
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Satan, our Hallelujah! Laudate Dominum