transcribed by Michael Bednarek
[e-mail] <http://mbednarek.com/>

No. 6 Balcony Scene

Music: Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

West Side Story

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&----

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(He starts to
climb down.)

Buenas noches.

(He starts to back up.)

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