Chinese Lyrics

Song Cycle by Arthur Oldham (1926 - 2003)

?. Fishing
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
A light spring breeze,
A tiny boat
A silken line,
A bobbing float,
A carpet of flow'rs,
A jar of wine,
For a moment in a lifetime
Liberty's mine!

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?. The Herd Boy's Song  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Splashing water,
Luscious grass,
Somebody's child is herding an ox,
Riding his ox by the riverside,
Browsing ox;
Happy youth!

Away at dawn my ox I ride
And back again at eventide:
My rush hat shelters me from rain
In silks and sables what's to gain?

When the sun on his golden horse rides high
Down to the river go ox and I
When the sinking sun makes shadows creep
He carries me home on his back asleep.

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