I had riches all too great to count and a high ancestral name.
Song marble halls.
It is sung in the opera by the character arline who is in love with thaddeus a polish nobleman and political exile.
Acknowledgments to marble gianluca cafagna.
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I dreamt i dwelt in marble halls with vassals and serfs at my side and of all who assembled within those walls that i was the hope and the pride.
And one of the most familiar songs from that opera is the ballad i dreamt that i dwelt in marble halls.
But i also dreamt which pleased me most that you loved me still the same that you loved me you loved me still the same that you loved me.
I dreamt that i dwelt in marble halls with vassals and serfs at my side and of all who assembled within those walls that i was the hope and the pride i had riches to great to count could boast of a high ancestral name but i also dreamt which pleased me most that you loved me still the same that you loved me you loved me still the same that.
I dreamt i dwelt in marble halls or the gipsy girl s dream is a popular aria from the bohemian girl an 1843 opera by michael william balfe with lyrics by alfred bunn.
I dreamt i dwelt in marble halls with vassals and serfs at my side and of all who assembled within those walls that i was the hope and the pride.
What man cannot fall in love with such sweet and almost whisper like singing.
Balfe s most enduring work is the bohemian girl a favorite of audiences of the mid 19 th century.
I had riches all too great to count could boast.