. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . David: Forgive me, Master, and pardon the slip!peeps out, and just as Beckmesser begins to sing Sachs breaks out into a jolly folk-song. Sachs: Tooral looral!Tiddy fol de rol!Oho! Tralala! Oho! When mother Eve from ParadiseWas by the Almighty driven,Her naked feet so small and nice,By stones were sorely riven! Beckmesser is greatly annoyed and says Sachs must be drunk. After a long altercation withthe cobbler, Beckmesser finally
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . David: Forgive me, Master, and pardon the slip!peeps out, and just as Beckmesser begins to sing Sachs breaks out into a jolly folk-song. Sachs: Tooral looral!Tiddy fol de rol!Oho! Tralala! Oho! When mother Eve from ParadiseWas by the Almighty driven,Her naked feet so small and nice,By stones were sorely riven! Beckmesser is greatly annoyed and says Sachs must be drunk. After a long altercation withthe cobbler, Beckmesser finally starts his song, but as Sachs continues to hammer on his shoe ateach mistake or wrong accent, Beckmesser gets badly mixed, and delivers himself of this doggerel: 310. Eva Bestows the Wreath of Victory VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—THE MASTERSINGERS Beckmesser: I see the dawning daylight, With great pleasure I do; For now my heart takes a right Courage both fresh and new. I do not think of dying, Rather of trying A young maiden to win. Oh, wherefore doth the weather Then to-day so excel? I to all say together Tis because a damselBy her loved father,At his wish rather,To be wed doth go in. The bold man who Would come and view,May see the maiden there so true,On whom my hopes I firmly glue,Therefore is the sky so bright blue, As I said to begin. The neighbors now begin to put their heads out thewindows and inquire who is bawling there so late. Mag-dalena opens Evas window and signals to Beckmesser to goaway; but David, thinking she is waving her hand at themarker, becomes jealous and attacks Beckmesser. The noisebrings everyone into the street, and the curtain falls on some-thing resembling a riot. Act III opens in Sachs workshop. Walter, who had spent
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