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Song of the girl ravished away by the fairies in South Uist
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Traditional
My love, my love, let me home to my mother;
my love, my love, let me home, let me home;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me;
I came to call the cattle home.
I heard last night that my love was surrounded;
I climbed the hill by the light of the moon;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me:
I came to call the cattle home.
Though you gave me horses on halters,
though you gave me cattle and sheep,
though you gave me servants and footmen,
I came to call the cattle home.
My love, my love, let me home to my mother;
my love, my love, let me home, let me home;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me:
I came to call the cattle home.
my love, my love, let me home, let me home;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me;
I came to call the cattle home.
I heard last night that my love was surrounded;
I climbed the hill by the light of the moon;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me:
I came to call the cattle home.
Though you gave me horses on halters,
though you gave me cattle and sheep,
though you gave me servants and footmen,
I came to call the cattle home.
My love, my love, let me home to my mother;
my love, my love, let me home, let me home;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me:
I came to call the cattle home.
Composer
Judith Weir
Judith Weir was born into a Scottish family in 1954, but grew up near London. She was an oboe player, performing with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and studied composition with John Tavener during her schooldays. She went on to…
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