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Laundress Romance

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Romance da lavandeira

Era unha noite de lúa,
era unha noite crara,
eu pasaba polo río,de volta da muiñada!

Topei unha lavandeira
que lavaba ó par da i-agua
ela lavaba no río,
e unha cántiga cantaba!

Moza que ves do muiño,
moza que vas pola estrada:
axúdame a retorcere
miña sábana lavada!

Santa María te axude,
e San Lourenzo de valla!
Desaparece a lavandeira
como fumeira eapallada.

Onnde as sábanas tendera
poza de sangue deixara!
Era unha noite de lúa,
era unha noite crara!

Laundress Romance

It was a moonlit night,
it was a clear night,
I was passing by the river, coming back from the mill!

I met a laundress
washing by the water's edge
she washed in the river,
and sang a song!

Girl you see from the mill,
girl walking down the road:
help me wring out
my washed sheet!

May Saint Mary help you,
and Saint Lawrence protect you!
The laundress disappears
like scattered smoke.

Where she had hung the sheets
a pool of blood was left!
It was a moonlit night,
it was a clear night!

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