Mother and Son Did Fight
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I would I were a bird to fly high up above the hill-tops,
and so survey what lies below in distant foreign countries
that I...
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In Constantinople I Heard the News
I was in the City and heard my fairest was to wed,
that she had exchanged vows with another.
Mounting my horse, I set off h...
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A Maid Bidding Farewell
A maid was seeing her husband off to foreign parts
holding a candle out for him to see,
tankards of wine for him to drink.
...
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It’s Eastertime
Easter Dance
It’s Eastertime, my lithe and lissome one, my lithe and lissome one,
the greatest of all feasts,
you fair-haired ones, you ...
Song
Little Birds of the East
English translation is not available. French translation follows:
Oiselets du levant
et rossignols du couchant,
rassemblez...
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One Easter Day, One Sunday
The Sinner
One Easter Day, one Sunday,
on a holy day, my little bird,
a mother was adorning her son
one Saturday from dawn to dusk,
...
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With Child A-Mowing
The Maid and the Partridge
A girl was mowing in a field of wheat
mowing with a child in her belly,
and as she baled she birthed
a golden eagle down o...
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Zonaradiko - Here Upon the Grassy Meadow
Young men who’ve let their hair grow long and dress in black all over
bring messages for one whom I did once love very dearl...