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Early one morning, just as the sun was rising, I heard a maid sing in the valley below. "Oh, don't deceive me, oh, never leave me, How could you use a poor maiden so?" ... Remember the vows that you gave to your Mary, Remember the bow'r where you vowed to be true. "Oh, don't deceive me, oh, never leave me. How could you use a poor maiden so!" "O gay is the garland and are the roses I've culled from the garden to bind on thy brow. O don't deceive me, O do not leave me! How could you use a poor maiden so? ... Thus sung the poor maiden, her sorrow bewailing, Thus sung the poor maid in the valley below; "O don't deceive me! O do not leave me! How could you use a poor maiden so?"
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,2,4 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998), "Early one morning", 1956, published 1958, stanzas 1,3,2,4 [ chorus a cappella ], from Four Songs from the British Isles, no. 1
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Un matí a primera hora ", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Un matin tôt", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 145
Un matí a primera hora quan sortia el sol, vaig sentir cantar una noia a baix a la vall. “Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?” ... Recorda les promeses que vas fer a la teva Maria, recorda la glorieta on vas prometre de ser-me fidel. “Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?” “Oh, bonica és la garlanda, fresques les roses, que he collit del jardí per lligar-la al teu front. Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?” ... Així cantava la pobra noia, lamentant la seva pena, així cantava la pobra noia a baix a la vall; “Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?”
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,2,4 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 139
