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DANCE OF THE ROBE Lyrics
Aida (complete libretto)Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls & David Henry Hwang
DANCE OF THE ROBE
AIDA
It's knowing what they want of me that scares me
It's knowing having followed that I must lead
It's knowing that each person there compares me
To those in my past whom I now succeed
But how can whatever I do for them now
Be enough
Be enough
NUBIANS
Aida! Aida!
All we ask of you
Is a lifetime of service, wisdom, courage
To ask more would be selfish
But nothing less will do
Aida! Aida!
NEHEBKA
You robe should be golden, your robe should be perfect
Instead of this ragged concoction of thread
But may you be moved by its desperate beauty
To give us new life for we'd rather be dead
Than live in the squalor and shame of the slave
To the dance!
To the dance!
NUBIANS
Aida! Aida!
All we ask of you
All we ask is a lifetime of
Service, wisdom, courage
To ask more would be selfish
But nothing less will do
Aida! Aida!
NUBIANS
Aida! Aida!
Aida! Aida! Aida!
AIDA
I know expectations are wild and almost
Beyond my fulfillment but they won't hear
A word of a doubt or see signs of weakness
My nigh on impossible duty is clear
If I can rekindle my ancestors' dreams
It's enough
It's enough
AIDA
It's enough
NUBIANS
Aida!
NUBIANS
Aida! Aida!
Aida! Aida! Aida!
AIDA
It's enough
NUBIANS
Ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah
(When the song ends, the NUBIAN give AIDA her robe and she places it on her
head. She is escorted onto the back of another NUBIAN and is carried around
the camp. They exit.)
ACT ONE
Scene Nine
THE NILE'S EDGE
The great washing day. Under the music, a parade of WOMEN enters with baskets
of laundry on their heads. A ritualistic rhythm takes hold as the linens are
soaked, wrung and beaten to dry. AIDA enters and joins in the work. RADAMES
enters with a SOLDIER. As they talk, AIDA watches him covertly. RADAMES
dismisses the SOLDIER.
RADAMES
(To AIDA.)
You were watching me again. All week your eyes have been on me.
AIDA
What do you mean?
RADAMES
Do you think you're going to gain your freedom, just because you've gained
my attention? You are beautiful, but I am not so easily led.
AIDA
If I've looked in your direction, it was only to see if your chalice needed refilling.
RADAMES
I have no chalice now... and yet you're looking.
AIDA
(Getting up from the bank, picking up her basket and linens.)
Excuse me, Captain, but I have linen to wash.
RADAMES
(As AIDA walks away from him, he turns after her.)
I do not excuse you. Stop there.
AIDA
(She turns to look back at him.)
You wanted something from me?
RADAMES
Oh yes. I want to make your life easier, Aida. Tell me how. What can I do for you?
AIDA
Help my people.
RADAMES
I want to help you.
AIDA
I am my people. And I cannot continue to live in the comfort of the palace
while my countrymen are dying. You want my "affection" captain?
RADAMES
I can have your "affection" right here if I command it. I want to know if
you feel anything for me - aside from contempt.
AIDA
I don't know.
RADAMES
Then let's find out.
(RADAMES kisses AIDA, she drops her basket; they are stopped when MEREB enters.)
MEREB
(Shocked at the sight of seeing RADAMES and AIDA kissing.)
Aida, I just saw - Aida, Amneris requests your presence. The princess...
(To RADAMES.)
...your betrothed.
Aida Broadway Lyrics
Written in the Stars - (from Walt Disney Theatrical Productions' Aida)
Choral (SAB). (from Walt Disney Theatrical Productions' Aida). By Elton John and LeAnn Rimes. By Elton John and Tim Rice. Arranged by Mac Huff. Pop Choral Series. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.8201102).
Broadway bound, this stirring pop ballad is from Walt Disney Theatrical Productions' Aida, as recorded by composer Elton John and teen singing star LeAnn Rimes. Available: SATB, SAB, 2-Part, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 4:10.
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