- SANCHO:
- A little gossip, a little chat.
A little idle talk of this and that.
I'll tell him all the troubles I have had
and since he doesn't hear, at least, he won't feel bad.
- When I first got home, my wife, Teresa, beat me,
but the blows fell very lightly on my back.
She kept missing every other stroke
and crying from the heart
that while I was gone, she'd gone and lost the mat.
- spoken
Of course, I hit her back, your Grace, but she's a lot harder than I am, and you know what they say: "Whether the stone hits the pitcher, or the pitcher hits the stone, it's going to be bad for the pitcher," so I've got bruises from here to....
- sung
A little gossip, a little chat.
A little idle talk of this and that.
If no one listens, then it's just as well,
at least I won't get caught in any lies I tell.
- Oh, I haven't fought a windmill in a fortnight,
and the humble joys get duller every day.
Why, when I'm asleep a dragon,
with his fiery tongue a-waggin'
whispers, "Sancho, won't you please come out and play?"
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