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Twelve Moravian Songs

Song Cycle by Karel Husa (b. 1921)

1. Sunrise
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
There is the sun climbing the skies
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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2. Who is that?
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Who is that all alone walking along the dam?
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3. The deserter
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I deserted from the army
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4. Between two mountains
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Language: English 
Down between two mountains in the lovely valley
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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5. When I sing
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
High up in the mountains my song echoes clearly
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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6. What is wrong?
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
O Jan, what is wrong? You have plowing to do!
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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7. Song for dancing
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
If the farmer did not have such a pretty daughter
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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8. Echo in the mountains
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Ah, mountains so green all bathed in gold morning light
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9. The snowball
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Why, dear snowball, do you lie there in the river?
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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10. Aspen leaves
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
When the leaves fade on the aspen tree one fall day
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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11. Lost love
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Love was once alive and glowing
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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12. Homeland, Goodbye
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
When the Slovak set off to roam one fine day
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  • by Ruth Martin , copyright ©

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