A Little Seedling
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Dili Dili
Dili, dili, dili, dili the lamp shone
as the maid embroidered her kerchief.
The rat went and nicked the wick
from the lamp...
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A Maid Was Singing
The Wife Scorned
A maid was singing in a high-walled palace.
The wind swept her voice out to sea
and every ship that heard it reefed its sai...
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A Prince Is to Be Wed
Evil In-Laws
A prince is to be wed
to a dark-eyed bride whose folk sought refuge here.
His bride-to-be’s from uprooted stock,
little re...
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Arta’s bridge
A team of forty stonemasons and sixty prentice workers
were putting up a bridge across the river close by Arta.
The whole d...
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I see some ships approaching port
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
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If I Had an Bitter Orange
If I had an bitter orange, moré,
I’d throw it at the window opposite.
Sweet Rhodo1, I’d send that vase a-crashing.
I’d sma...
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It is the feast of Lazarus
It is the feast of Lazarus, the feast of Palms is nigh.
– Where were you, Lazarus, where did you hide yourself?
– Why, I wa...
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On Saint George's Eve
On Saint George’s eve, as Saint George’s day was ending,
a princess was rigging a solid gold frigate
with sails of pure sil...
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Sweet basil of the Holy Cross
Sweet basil of the Holy Cross
and royal flower of Christ,
I strolled around your garden
and round your flower-beds.
I pic...
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Zaphiris
Zaphiris, you’re a tubby lad, you’re short and roly-poly,
the door locks are all rusted up and weeds have choked the doorway...