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lIíc~ ¡¡e crack 1 ng lije aher buslies
Wherc ~vu went tu lun-e me
O Mt~’» bu>’, ci me go
Mv liaij~iles and ank¡e(s are ti nk¡i ng
Ant! ah the trades wil¡ licar us. (Archer, (¡oF, 50>
que nos recuerda lafaby song gaélica procedente de South Uist (en la que también se apela al
ami go>:
Mv ove, let mc hoine to mv mother,
My love, Iet me home to my mothes-,
My love, let me home to my mother,
¡ liad come to seek Ihe mi¡k-cattle.
It was last night that 1 heard
That my ¡ove had been sus-rounded;
Though you met me at the edge of the cattlefo¡d,
My ¡oVe, lot me home as you fornid me.
Though you ~vereto give me catile and sheep,
Though you were to give me horses on halters,
Though you ~~‘es-e to give me servants besides,
Lave, eL me home as you found me. (Shaw, FS&FSU, 55)
De Papua Nueva Guinea, en lengua manambú, tenemos la siguiente cancioncilla cuyos dos
pnmeros versos de cada estrofa nos traen ala memoria las jarchas y estribi líos mencionados:
1—le>, don - t pu 1 ¡
At m>’ breasts so h’ard!
MyYuakwarawindjembanembcreldersister
Is corning.
Ifshesees us
She ~villtelí us ofí.
líshe sees us
She w’ili telí us oíl.