The holy priest shall masses chant."
"I'm not an imp from hell's domain;
The holy cross I do not fear;
I'm not a soul that waits in pain,
For a redeeming mass to hear.
"But Dom Aleixio's ghost am I
To save you from a deadly strife;
There seven men in ambush lie,
With naked swords to take your life."
"Indeed! then by the living God,