Riqueza's Dream
http://www.madrigirls.org.uk/audio/2011/10cantem.mp3
(Sing the verses as written; the chorus is sung to 'la'.)
Riqueza's Dream
A highborn lady I was born and raised
In Bastion's halls where I spent my days
As I lay dreaming in the dead of night
The sky was split by a comet's flight
And I dreamed I travelled to a far country
Will you rise up my sisters, will you come with me?
I dreamed I walked along the road outside
And I left that city where I'll no more abide
I dreamed I walked into the mountains high
Where I reached to heaven and I touched the sky
And I dreamed I travelled to a far country
Will you rise up my sisters, will you come with me?
I dreamed I travelled to the barren plain
Where the winds blew dry and I prayed for rain
I dreamed I'd come at last to find the shore
And there I'd settle and I'd go no more
For I dreamed I travelled to a far country
Will you rise up my sisters, will you come with me?
I dreamed a nation was my legacy
For a freeborn people shall my children be
It may be a simple dream and nothing more
Still I'll set my course to that distant shore
For I dreamed I travelled to a far country
Will you rise up my sisters, will you come with me?