Close to Daybreak
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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 Cretan Ship
- A Cretan ship, nor large nor small,
just two and forty cubits long,
brought me to strange and unknown lands.
- O alien, ...
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...
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Little White Bird A-Sitting
There sits my little white bird, my fair white bird,
sitting on a green branch.
A white bird sitting on a green branch
gro...
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May Is Come
May is come and bids me reap but for his sake
I shall not go and darken in the sun.
May, dear May with the flowers
and s...
Song
O April, April, Cool and Fresh
O April, April cool and fresh, dear George, a worthy scholar,
May month so finely decked with flowers, dear George, so finel...
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Ploughed Garden of Mine
Orchard, my orchard, orchard ploughed
all pruned and daisy-strewed.
You’ve flower beds all around,
and marjoram in the gro...
Song
River, Dear River of Mine
River, dear river of mine,
river, my river, when you fill.
River, my river, when you fill
and crash, and crash and swell.
...
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Somewhere in the Aegean Sea
Somewhere in the Aegean Sea, oh, my heart, my heart,
so distant, so far away, my heart is fit to burst.
A vessel richly fit...
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The Ship Is My House
The ship is my house, the sea my courtyard
and the waves of the north wind, are my comfort.
A little stranger is dying at t...