DON QUIXOTE My lady... ALDONZA I am not your lady!... I am not any kind of a lady! I was spawned in a ditch By a mother who left me there, Naked and cold and too hungry to cry; I never blamed her. I'm sure she left hoping That I'd have the good sense to die! Then, of course, there's my father... I'm told that young ladies Can point to their fathers With maidenly pride; Mine was some regiment Here for an hour, I can't even tell you which side! So of course I became, As befitted my delicate birth, The most casual bride Of the murdering scum of the earth! DON QUIXOTE And still thou art my lady. ALDONZA And still he torments me! How should I be a lady? For a lady has modest and maidenly airs, And a virtue I somehow suspect that I lack; It's hard to remember these maidenly airs In a stable laid flat on your back! Won't you look at me, look at me, God, won't you look at me! Look at the kitchen slut reeking with sweat! Born on a dung heap to die on a dung heap, A strumpet men use and forget! If you feel that you see me Not quite at my virginal best, Cross my palm with a coin, And I'll willingly show you the rest! DON QUIXOTE Never deny thou art Dulcinea. ALDONZA Take the clouds from your eyes and see me as I really am! You have shown me the sky, But what good is the sky To a creature who'll never Do better than crawl? Of all the cruel bastards Who've badgered and battered me, You are the cruelest of all! Can't you see what your gentle Insanities do to me? Rob me of anger and give me despair! Blows and abuse I can take and give back again, Tenderness I cannot bear! So please torture me now With your "Sweet Dulcineas" no more! I am no one! I'm nothing! I'm only Aldonza the whore! source: www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/m/manoflamanchalyrics/aldonzalyrics.html
@trex1563 Жыл бұрын
The fact the incandescent Marin never won the TONY is a travesty..... One word, 'Mother'
@frostylunetta Жыл бұрын
Marin 😢 you are so forever missed
@tomtoland01 Жыл бұрын
Watching her was always a Master Class in how to interpret song and earnestly convey what the character was saying
@flannerymonaghan-morris4825 Жыл бұрын
Her comic timing is VERY good. I wish they revived this show with this cast for Broadway back in the 2000’s…
@JillyCookeMusic2 жыл бұрын
4:36
@jtab49942 жыл бұрын
Amazing voice. RIP
@jonstein13923 жыл бұрын
Wow, an unbelievably great performance. Ranks right up there with the best ever. A big loss for all of us.
@user-qh3hv3fv9w3 жыл бұрын
Literally a Masterpiece....
@derikshopinski56513 жыл бұрын
The quintessential version. Comedy, voice, acting. All above reproach. Marin was “it”
@redbrian36553 жыл бұрын
I had seen this with Mastrontonio and I had no idea that Marin took over. Her voice is way more powerful and confident IMO.
@willec71053 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to see Marin in her final Broadway appearance in The King and I at Lincoln Center. I love the raw, and even primal emotion, rage, pain, and despair she expresses in this performance. She has such an expressive face, even when she is all gowned and glammed, delivering one of her fine ballads. She also has a very versatile voice ranging from belting to the last row to operatic.
@LeoraGuillot3 жыл бұрын
Wow
@unwashedgrapes86053 жыл бұрын
:-) great cast
@allwinds37863 жыл бұрын
You have a very powerful, beautiful voice, thank you for this. WOW!
@lyricrogersofficial4 жыл бұрын
This version is the best version, in my opinion.
@sgtdroxie4 жыл бұрын
So sad to lose her...way too soon. Saw her in several Broadway shows and she never disappointed! She left us with an amazing body of work and thank God many of her performances are preserved on cd and in video clips. She will never be forgotten.
@richardmayora12894 жыл бұрын
Amen. I saw every show she was in, on and off Broadway, but I missed this one because her run was so brief. I recently found the program to a production of Where's Charley she was in in the early 80s. An incredible performer. What a loss to the theater world.
4 жыл бұрын
DON QUIXOTE My lady... ALDONZA I am not your lady!... I am not any kind of a lady! I was spawned in a ditch By a mother who left me there, Naked and cold and too hungry to cry; I never blamed her. I'm sure she left hoping That I'd have the good sense to die! Then, of course, there's my father... I'm told that young ladies Can point to their fathers With maidenly pride; Mine was some regiment Here for an hour, I can't even tell you which side! So of course I became, As befitted my delicate birth, The most casual bride Of the murdering scum of the earth! DON QUIXOTE And still thou art my lady. ALDONZA And still he torments me! How should I be a lady? For a lady has modest and maidenly airs, And a virtue I somehow suspect that I lack; It's hard to remember these maidenly airs In a stable laid flat on your back! Won't you look at me, look at me, God, won't you look at me! Look at the kitchen slut reeking with sweat! Born on a dung heap to die on a dung heap, A strumpet men use and forget! If you feel that you see me Not quite at my virginal best, Cross my palm with a coin, And I'll willingly show you the rest! DON QUIXOTE Never deny thou art Dulcinea. ALDONZA Take the clouds from your eyes and see me as I really am! You have shown me the sky, But what good is the sky To a creature who'll never Do better than crawl? Of all the cruel bastards Who've badgered and battered me, You are the cruelest of all! Can't you see what your gentle Insanities do to me? Rob me of anger and give me despair! Blows and abuse I can take and give back again, Tenderness I cannot bear! So please torture me now With your "Sweet Dulcineas" no more! I am no one! I'm nothing! I'm only Aldonza the whore! DON QUIXOTE Now and forever thou art my lady Dulcinea! (Aldonza screams in despair and collapses. As Don Quixote lies in bed dying, his mind "retreats to some secret place.")
@BouncingBecca4 жыл бұрын
This show is just something else 😍
@sharonmontella94044 жыл бұрын
She's incredible. So sad to lose her and this incredible talent. My heart goes out to her family friends and colleagues
@johne60814 жыл бұрын
Thank you for using the original lyrics, instead of the G-rated ones.
@flatfingertuning7273 жыл бұрын
Listening to various videos including the movie, I notice the movie uses "a virtue a blind man can see that I lack" as opposed to "a virtue I somehow suspect that I lack", but I didn't notice any other lyric differences among the versions I've listened to.
@johne60813 жыл бұрын
@@flatfingertuning727 "I am only Aldonza, the whore" versus "I'm no one, I'm nothing at all."
@sclark027864 жыл бұрын
Can someone explain the choice of costume colors? Red for all but Diana?
@chrisvergara9894 жыл бұрын
It's hard to tell in the video but everyone's red in their costumes are varying shades, including Diana; hers is just darker, more of a deep maroon.
@pip12783 жыл бұрын
I think it's up to everyone's interpretation but here is mine : they are all in red because they all saw Gabe at some point, all recognized that he existed. At the beginning of the show Diana is the only one wearing red because she is te only one seeing him. Gabe represents a lot of things in that show (death, mental illness, ...) so I believe that they all experienced one of the things he represents so they are all wearing red as a link. And Diana'a shirt is red too, just much darker than the others :)
@brianimoto46344 жыл бұрын
I cant quit watching this.
@karamiaxel4 жыл бұрын
Wow. I saw the play this year with Danielle de Niese who was great, but this is just wow.
@tjshelton56324 жыл бұрын
RIP Marin Mazzie!
@chersteencolby63444 жыл бұрын
You can watch the whole production at Lincoln Center at the library of theater on film and tape. She was brilliant and so was he. This song always gets me.
@josesolismusic5 жыл бұрын
I have to say that the song seems very much influenced by Jacques Brel. Specifically the song Madeleine.
@pex_the_unalivedrunk67855 жыл бұрын
Leaves me in tears everytime i watch/listen to this...because it reminds me of a girl I knew. She didn't deserve her fate and she was always a "lady" to me. :'(
@ernlwjr25 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@leahlo51335 жыл бұрын
Can someone explain the ending! I’m curious I love this show I’ve never seen it but I need to know 😉
@soubrette875 жыл бұрын
And Peggy Diane leaves and the daughter and dad survive
@Caroux845 жыл бұрын
No matter the role, Marin was a force. There is no one like her.
@damienburke2885 жыл бұрын
Kahn what's up Doc?
@damienburke2885 жыл бұрын
Look
@damienburke2885 жыл бұрын
Love the first actress that started in that show do you know?
@damienburke2885 жыл бұрын
She should have won Tony for passion
@KHobbies_cina5 жыл бұрын
WOW that safe at 5:10
@Manhiper5 жыл бұрын
Unique
@damienburke2885 жыл бұрын
See Who was first in this show you who I mean
@damienburke2885 жыл бұрын
Ok why was she fired
@isapaley93405 жыл бұрын
Marin will forever be in my heart. Gone but never forgotten, she was such a beautiful and talented soul. I thought of her especially this Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. She is in a better place filled with other gorgeous souls like her's.
@chocolatesouljah5 жыл бұрын
Isa Paley this comment was so beautiful. Touching. Meaningful. Painful. Joyful. Marin lives in my heart as well.
@gregoirdefaoite5 жыл бұрын
Exposing the shadow of the quixotic knight. Powerful.
@amyfowler50475 жыл бұрын
Oh marin💛💛💛💛🌻🌻😔
@michaelroth2375 жыл бұрын
Heartbroken. Loved her.
@BrianRIngram5 жыл бұрын
Rip Marin Mazzie, such a loss.
@BearLite5 жыл бұрын
Such a loss! I didn't hear of her passing, how incredibly sad.
@SethChristenfeld5 жыл бұрын
2:00 "Some ghosts are never gone/But we go on/We still go on..." This is what broke me after this long day. Vale, Marin Mazzie.