Rizzio to Mary Stuart.
I.
Serenade.
Lady, lady of my thought,1
See I kneel before
thee,2
Count my love and service naught,3
Still I must adore thee,4
Queen, my Queen, look down on me,5
Far, so far above me,6
Put this martyr’s crown on me,7
She can never love me.8
Mary, dear one, were it mine9
These bonds to sever,10
I would rather stay and pine11
Thy servant ever.12
II.
Chorus
With mandolin accompaniment.
Let our song be bright and gay,13
Care and grief have naught to say,14
All the world is fair as May15
For our Lady Queen to-day.16
Think no more of what has been,17
Sunlight dances on the green,18
Never Holyrood has seen19
Day more fit for such a Queen.20