Requiem For Evita

Latin Chorus: Requiem aeternum, Dona EvitaRequiem aeternum, Dona EvitaRequiem aeternumRequiem EvitaEvita, Evita, Evita, Evita Requiem aeternum, Dona EvitaRequiem aeternum, Dona EvitaRequiem EvitaRequiem EvitaEvita, Evita, Evita, Evita


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On This Night Of A Thousand Stars

Che: Now Eva Peron had every disadvantageYou need if you’re gonna succeedNo money no cash no father no bright lightsThere was nowhere she’d been at the age of 15As this Tango singer found outAugustin MagaldiWho has the distinction of being the firstMan to be of use to Eva Duarte Magaldi: […]


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I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You

Eva: Colonel Peron Peron: Eva Duarte Eva & Peron: I’ve heard so much about you Eva: I’m amazed for I’m only an actressNothing to shout about only a girl on the airTogetherPeron: I’m amazed for I’m only a soldierOne of the thousands defending the country he loves Eva: But when […]


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Charity Concert/The Art Of Possible

Magaldi: On this nightOn this nightOn this night of a thousand starsLet me take you to Heaven’s doorWhere the music of love’s guitarsPlays forevermore Eva: Magaldi Magaldi: Eva Duarte Eva: Your act hasn’t changed much Magaldi: Neither has yours Peron: I stand here as a servant of the peopleAs we […]


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Hello And Goodbye

Eva: Hello and goodbye I’ve just unemployed youYou can go back to schoolYou’ve had a good run I’m sure he enjoyed youDon’t act sad or surprised let’s be friends civilized Come on little one don’t sit there like a dummyThe day you knew would arrive is hereYou’ll surviveSo move Funny […]


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Another Suitcase In Another Hall

Eva: I don’t expect my love affairs to last for longNever fool myself that my dreams will come trueBeing used to trouble I anticipate itBut all the same I hate itWouldn’t you So what happens now (another suitcase in another hall)So what happens now (take your picture off another wall)Where […]


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Buenos Aires

What’s new Buenos Aires?I’m new–I want to say I’m just a little stuck on youYou’ll be on me too! I get out here Buenos AiresStand back–you ought to know what’cha gonna get in meJust a little touch of star quality!Fill me up with your heat, with your noise, with yourdirt, […]


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Peron’s Latest Flame

Che: At the watering holesOf the well to doI detect a resistance to English: Precisely Che: Our heroine’s style English: We’re glad you noticed Che: The shooting sticksOf the upper class English: Give her an inch Che: Aren’t supporting a single assThat would rise for the girl English: She’ll take […]


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Oh What A Circus

Che: Oh what a circusOh what a showArgentina has gone to townOver the death of an actress called Eva PeronWe’ve all gone crazy mourning all day and mourning all nightFalling over ourselves to get all of the misery right Oh what an exit that’s how to goWhen they’re ringing your […]


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A Cinema In Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952

(Spanish dialogue)(film stops)(booing and jeering) Announcer: It is my sad duty to inform you that Eva Peron,spiritual leader of the nation, entered mortalityat 8:25 this evening.


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Eva And Magaldi/Eva Beware Of The City

Eva: To think that a man as famous as you areCould love a poor little nothing like meI wanna be a part of B.A. Buenos AiresBig Apple Chorus: She wants to be a part of B.A. Buenos AiresBig Apple Che: Just listen to thatThey’re on to you MagaldiI’d get out […]


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Goodnight And Thank You

Che: Goodnight and thank you HuevoShe’s in every magazineBeen photographed seenShe is knownWe don’t like to rush but your case has been packedIf we’ve missed anythingYou could give her a ringBut she won’t always answer the phone Eva: Oh but it’s sad when a love affair diesBut we have pretended […]


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A New Argentina

Peron: Dice are rolling the knives are outWould be presidents are all aroundI don’t say they mean harm but they’d each give an armTo see us six feet underground Eva: It doesn’t matter what those morons sayOur nation’s leaders are a feeble crewThere’s only 20 of them anywayWhat is 20 […]


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