Close to Daybreak
See also
Song
If I Die, Bury Me
If I die, bury me on a tall mountain
so I can hear the shepherd’s whistle
and the pipe’s sweet sound,
so I can hear the sh...
Song
The Maid Climbed up to the Summer Pasture
The maid climbed up to the summer pasture, my little bird,
to become a shepherdess, come, come I say!
to become a shepherde...
Song
A Partridge I Did Tame
A partridge I did tame, through April ‘til May came,
the tamer she became, the more she did complain.
All afire deep inside...
Song
If I Had an Orchard
If I had an orchard,
an orchard studded with bitter oranges.
Studded with bitter oranges,
bitter oranges all covered in bl...
Song
Little Lemon Tree
Hey little lemon tree, short little lemon tree
from Vissàni, heavy with fruit,
I didn’t see you last night and now I’m sick...
Song
Marandon
The Evil Mother-In-Law
Word came calling Marandon up to fight.
He forged horseshoes out of silver and nails out of gold
and shoed his horse in the...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Pontus)
Holy Week Lament
...
Do you not see that naked man, forlorn and sore afflicted,
who wears a garment steeped in blood,
a thorny crown upon h...
Song
Whoever Saw a Tree of Green
Whoever saw a tree of green,
with eyes of black and a blond sheen
and royal blue leaves to boot,
eyes black, eyebrows dark...
