Aldonza-Joan Diener Richard Kiley

[ti:Aldonza] [ar:Joan Diener Richard Kiley] [al:Man Of La Mancha (1965 Original Broadway Cast)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Aldonza - Joan Diener Richard Kiley [00:01.17]My lady [00:02.02]I am not your lady [00:04.07] [00:04.61]I am not any kind of a lady [00:07.50] [00:09.72]I was spawned in a ditch [00:13.00]By a mother who left me there [00:16.49]Naked and cold and too hungry to cry [00:22.00]I never blamed her [00:24.11]I'm sure she left hoping [00:27.00] [00:27.52]That I'd have the good sense to die [00:31.90] [00:32.68]Then of course there's my father [00:35.69]I'm told that young ladies [00:37.87]Can point to their fathers [00:40.75]With maidenly pride; [00:43.46] [00:43.97]Mine was some regiment [00:46.71]Here for an hour [00:49.21]I can't even tell you which side [00:53.51] [00:54.32]So of course I became [00:56.85]As befitted my delicate birth [01:01.99] [01:02.69]The most casual bride [01:05.37]Of the murdering scum of the earth [01:09.55]And still thou art my lady [01:10.97]And still he torments me [01:13.67]How should I be a lady [01:16.09]For a lady has modest and maidenly airs [01:21.35]And a virtue I somehow suspect that I lack; [01:26.22] [01:26.78]It's hard to remember these maidenly airs [01:32.15]In a stable laid flat on your back [01:35.73] [01:37.44]Won't you look at me look at me [01:40.56]God won't you look at me [01:43.12] [01:43.63]Look at the kitchen slat reeking with sweat [01:47.83] [01:48.34]Born on a dung heap to die on a dung heap [01:53.93]A strumpet men use and forget [01:57.46] [01:58.86]If you feel that you see me [02:01.46]Not quite at my virginal best [02:06.64]Cross my palm with a coin [02:09.77]And I'll willingly show you the rest [02:13.72]Never deny thou art Dulcinea [02:15.58] [02:16.09]Take the clouds from your eyes [02:17.68]And see me as I really am [02:19.76] [02:20.37]You have shown me the sky [02:22.67]But what good is the sky [02:25.79]To a creature who'll never [02:28.40]Do better than crawl [02:31.42]Of all the cruel bastards [02:33.71]Who've badgered and battered me [02:37.17]You are the cruelest of all [02:40.95] [02:41.67]Can't you see what your gentle [02:44.53]Insanities do to me [02:47.97]Rob me of anger and give me despair Blows and abuse [02:54.60]I can take and give back again [02:58.71]Tenderness I cannot bear [03:02.13] [03:03.07]So please torture me now [03:05.70]With your "Sweet Dulcineas" no more [03:10.76]I'm only Aldonza [03:14.29]I know I'm nothing [03:16.48] [03:20.85]Now and forever thou art my lady Dulcinea