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The Eternal Song



CHANNAH (sewing while she speaks to David, who is gazing at her with glowing eyes) Beyond the seventh forest, behind the seventh hill, in a stone cave, in a glass casket, lay a Princess in slumber bewitched! PESEH (soothing the baby, she sings sadly) Sleep my little bird, Close each little eye, Sleep my precious babe. The Angels above, Will watch my love, So sleep, sleep safe.

(Rocking and singing grow fainter.) The Angels above, Will watch my love...


The curtain falls slowly...

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