15.08.2017
Oh alas my girl
I got up early in the morning yesterdayand I cut some common yarrow1 to tell my story
in hope that I'd see the my heart's2 desire
Oh alas I saw her with her back turned to me.
Oh oh my girl I long for you3
Oh oh my girl I long for you
My Lili,my Lili, I long for you
I can't see the pass through lamenting tearfully.
If I were to have my strength and my energy
while sitting on the pass with my dog on leash
I would fight strongly and bravely
before I would let my darling be belong to any man under the sun.
I am suffering from sadness and a heavy fever
since I hear that you went drinking with Brian.
I wouldn't give my company to any woman at all
since you deserted me and while I'm still alive.
Oh there's no skylark and no white seagull
on top of the castle where I was with my love
that isn't lamenting by night and by day
since they heard that my girl would take another's hand.
If you would come home with your servant and your horse
I would open the door to you and let you inside,
I would make your bed and I myself would lie with you
and the night would not seem long to us though it were a month long.
Oh oh my girl I long for you
Oh oh my girl I long for you
My Lili,my Lili, I long for you
I can't see the pass through lamenting tearfully.
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