Three Maidens A-Milking Did Go
Neuz
Three Maidens A-Milking Did Go (Teir flac'h a oa at da c'horo) zo ur ganaouenn-bobl saoznek, niverenn 291 er Roll kanaouennoù-pobl saoznek Roud Folk Song Index.
Komzoù
[kemmañ | kemmañ ar vammenn]Ur ganaouenn gozh eo ha n'eus ket gwirioù warni[1]:
- Three maidens a-milking did go,
- Three maidens a milking did go;
- The wind it blew high, and the wind it blew low,
- And it blew these three maidens to and fro
- They met with a man by the way
- And one of them to him did say
- Kind sir have you the will, and kind sir have you the skill
- For to catch little birds off the tree?
- O yes I will show you some skills
- And very good skills they be too
- If you'll come along with me to yonder shady tree
- I will catch you a small bird or two.
- To the merry greenwood they all went
- To the merry greenwood they all went
- For the birds they did whistle on every green thistle
- For they very well knew their intent.
- I laid my love under a bush
- I laid my love under a tree
- And he beat at the bush and the bird it did fly in
- A little above my love's knee.
- Then her sparkling eyes turned around
- As if she had been in a swound
- And she said, upon my word I have caught a little bird
- Picking upon its own ground.
- Pretty maidens be ruled by me
- Pretty maidens be ruled by me
- Never catch a small bird upon a green ground
- But catch them upon the green tree.