Riders gallop through the Elvira gate
The Constant Princess“Riders gallop through the Elvira gate” is a traditional song cited in the book’s note on its songs. The note identifies it among three traditional songs associated with Granada, preserving the phrase as a trace of the songs drawn into the book’s cultural and historical background.
Identification and Source
The note groups “Riders gallop through the Elvira gate…” with “Alas, Alhama!” and “There was crying in Granada…” and says that Francesca Claremount quoted these traditional songs in Catherine of Aragon. The cited phrase evokes a gate and galloping riders, but the note supplies no further lyrics or account of the song’s original circumstances.
Place in the Book
The song is part of a cluster of song references rather than a separately narrated episode. Its identification alongside songs associated with Granada connects it to the book’s attention to the region’s past, while the note does not specify when or how the song appears in the narrative.
