Lyrics drawn by Frank DiGiacomo from The Cradle Song, a play by G. Martinez Sierra, translated by John Garrett Underhill, in collaboration with May Heywood Broun, published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., copyright 1922, 1929 and 1931.

In Act Two, Teresa, the abandoned child of Act One, is now 18, lively and happy. She has won the heart of Antonio, a young architect who wishes to marry her and emigrate to America. He has proven himself to the convent doctor, an important ally, who has given his permission. With considerable trepidation, he has come to the closed convent of the nuns who raised Teresa, to ask their permission to marry her.

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LYRICS
Antonio:
When I first met her, my heart whispered to me that I had met a saint.
She was a miracle.
When I first dared to speak to her, my fear and trembling almost made me mute,
and when I told her that I loved her, told her I loved her, my heart stopped, and
it told me, told me, to fall to my knees, and now that I have come here to beg
my happiness of you, I don’t know what I can promise you in token of my
gratitude, but I can give thanks, I can give you thanks, for the great honor which
you do me.