Ca Ira: Opera in Three Acts: "Adieu My Good and Tender Sister..."

Adieu my good and tender sister
I am condemned to die
My only regret is to abandon my children
My children, my God, how it tears me to leave them
My love for them was always first and last
My God, I miss my children so
Madame Antoine, if we could only turn back the clock
TO that garden in Vienna
Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine,
Mother is calling, darkness is falling
Monsieur, I know thee not
The oak tree without and the peach tree within
Your mother was calling
The darkness was falling
MY little cock robin pray kneel here beside me
The dance is about to begin
Courage Madame, in this great rebirth
Like wind-fallen fruit we return to the earth
I saw but a priest
I am but a man
Madame, please take my hand
Monsieur, please take my hand