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ACT 1

A mountainside, rocky terrain with pines.  Offstage, the shepherds are singing as they approach.

Other versions begin with the shepherds camped for the night with their flocks, or with a segment on the search for lodging by José and María (2).

CANTO DE PASTORES (SONG OF THE SHEPHERDS)
Ya se van los pastores

Corrales version (1), Gallegos tune no. 1, with musical score
[Click to play MIDI (joeweb); download PDF]

Shepherds singing off-stage, volume increasing as they approach.

1. Ya se van los pastores, *a' *Extramadura; a' Extremadura
Ya se queda la sierra, triste y oscura; triste y oscura

2. Ya se van los pastores, ya se van marchando (repeat)
Más de cuatro zagalas, quedan llorando (repeat)

3. Lucerito que alumbras a los pastores: a los pastores
Dale Luz a la prenda de mis amores: de mis amores.

4. Ya se van los pastores de la majada (repeat)
Ya se queda la sierra triste y callada. (repeat)

*a la Estremadura.  This old Spanish song is found only in the Corrales version.   In Las canciones del pueblo español, Juan del Aguila, the verse beginning “Lucerito” is absent.
Audio—Youtube; recommended is Orfeón Moratalaz.

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