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VIOLET ON THE MOUNTAIN<br />
The slate on the hearth, the baking-stone,<br />
I have unbaked cheesebread,<br />
Above and below it are bread-crusts<br />
Gnawing-gnawing,<br />
Zit’q’!<br />
Ochopintra<br />
Ochopintra, happy one,<br />
Ochopintra, comely one,<br />
Grant a favor unto us —<br />
From your herd a beast to hunt.<br />
Gonja came to the door<br />
Gonja came to the door,<br />
He rolled his eyes around.<br />
Melting snow, grain through a sieve,<br />
God will give us rain.<br />
He will make the fields produce<br />
Maize to make our corn-bread.<br />
The mandolin and the girl<br />
The girl and the mandolin,<br />
Dalalale, mandolin.<br />
The girl went to the city,<br />
She brought back some grapes.<br />
She fed no grapes to me,<br />
She took them to the church.<br />
The church gave me no blessing,<br />
They dug me a grave.<br />
I did not fit in it,<br />
They shaved down my sides,<br />
Then they took the shavings,<br />
Strewed them over me.<br />
The girl and the mandolin,<br />
Dalalale, mandolin.<br />
This boy dances well,<br />
He stands upon his toes,<br />
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