from The Man Of La Mancha Music by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe Darion, Copyright 1965 by Andrew Scott, Inc. and Helena Music Corp. The Wolfslair Orchestra and Chorus Arranged and conducted by Dean Shepherd, Musical Director Robert Israel at the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ ***
Hear me now Oh thou bleak and unbearable world Thou art base and debauched as can be And a knight with his banners all bravely unfurled Now hurls down his gauntlet to thee
I am I, Don Quixote The Lord of La Mancha My destiny calls and I go And the wild winds of fortune Will carry me onward Oh whithersoever they blow Whithersoever they blow Onward to glory I go
Hear me, heathens and wizards and serpents of sin All your dastardly doings are past For a holy endeavor is now to begin And virtue shall triumph at last
I am I, Don Quixote The Lord of la Mancha My destiny calls and I go And the wild winds of fortune Will carry me onward Oh whithersoever they blow Whithersoever they blow Onward to glory I go