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As I Was Going to St Ives

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As I Was Going to St Ives zo ur rimadell saoznek hag un divinadell war un dro. Er Roud Folk Song Index eo niverennet 19772.

Koshañ doare anavezet eo hini un dornskrid eus 1730 (met meneg zo eus "nine" (nav) gwreg ha n'eo ket eus "seven" (seizh). Eus 1825 eo an doare nevez.

Meur a lec'h zo anvet St Ives, marteze eo eus hini Kernev-Veur ez eus kaoz amañ : Porth Ia eo an anv kerneveurek.

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?[1]
As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives.
Said he, "I think it's much more fun
Than getting stuck with only one."
  • Lakaet e brezhoneg:
Pa oan o vont da Blouared
oan degouezhet gant un den en devoa seizh pried
Kalz plijusoc'h, emezañ,
evit chom gant unan hepken da vevañ.
  1. I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 376–7.