ALDONZA
Why does he do the things he does?
Why does he do these things?
Why does he march
Through that dream that he's in,
Covered with glory and rusty old tin?

golden_helmet_of_mambrino

DON QUIXOTE
Hand over that golden helmet!

BARBER
But this is a shaving basin!

DON QUIXOTE
Shaving basin! Know thou not what this really is?


a_little_gossip

SANCHO
Your Reverence, could I talk to him?

PADRE
I'm afraid he won't hear you.

SANCHO
(moving toward the bed)
Then, I won't say much.

barber’s_song


man_of_la_mancha_(i,_don_quixote)


finale_ultimo

ALDONZA
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,

PADRE
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go...

i’m_only_thinking_of_him


the_impossible_dream_(reprise)


finale

DON QUIXOTE
(courteously, but without recognition.)
Now then. What is it you want?

ALDONZA
Don't you know me?

DON QUIXOTE
Should I?


the_missive

SANCHO
(reciting Don Quixote's words)
"Most lovely sov'reign and highborn lady..."

ALDONZA
Ho.

SANCHO
"The heart of this,
Thy vassal

dulcinea

DON QUIXOTE
(enters the inn)
Sweet lady... fair virgin...

(Don Quixote averts his eyes worshipfully)
I dare not gaze full upon thy countenance
Lest I be

the_dubbing

INNKEEPER
Don Quixote de La Mancha,
Having proved yourself this day
In glorious and terrible combat,
And by my authority as lord of this castle...
I hereby dub

the_psalm

PADRE
De profundis clamo ad te,
Domine, Domine,
Audi vocem meam!
Fiant aures tuae intendae
Ad vocem obsecrationis meae.
Si delictorum memoriam serva veri

man_of_la_mancha_(reprise)


i_really_like_him

SANCHO
I like him, I really like him.
Tear out my fingernails one by one, I like him!
I don't have a very good reason,
Since I've been with him,
Cuckoo-nuts hav