The Women of Yueh

Song Cycle by Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975)

1. She is a southern girl
 (Sung text)

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She is a southern girl of Chang-kan Town;
Her face is prettier than star or moon, 
And white like frost her feet in sandals --
She does not wear the crow-head covers.

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Note for line 4 - crow-head covers : a type of shoe that upper-class women used to wear in the north of China.


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2. Many a girl
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Many a girl of the south is white and lucent --
Often she will steer her shallop and play. 
In her coquettish eyes 
Lurks the lure of the spring-time. 
She will pluck the flowers of the water
For amorous wayfarers.

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3. She is gathering lotus buds
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She is gathering lotus buds in the river of Yeh.
She spies a passer-by, and turns round, 
Singing her boat-song. 
She laughs, and hides away among the lilies;
And seeming shy, she will not show her face again.

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4. She, a Tung‑yang girl
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She, a Tung-yang girl, stands barefoot on the bank;
He, a boatman of Kui-chi, is in his boat. 
The moon has not yet set. 
They look at each other -- broken-hearted.

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5. The water in the Mirror Lake
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The water in the Mirror Lake
Is clear like the moon. 
The girl of Yeh-chi 
Has a face white as snow --
Her silvery image 
Trembles in the silvery ripple.

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