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Text
The pretty maid milkin’ her cow
English source:
Folksong
It was early one fine summer's mornin'
When the birds sat and sung odden each bough，
I heard a young damsel thus singin'，
Thedden as she sat milkin' her cow.
She sang with a voice so melodious，
Which made me scarce able to go，
For my heart it was smother'd with sorrow，
By the pretty maid milkin' her cow.
When the birds sat and sung odden each bough，
I heard a young damsel thus singin'，
Thedden as she sat milkin' her cow.
She sang with a voice so melodious，
Which made me scarce able to go，
For my heart it was smother'd with sorrow，
By the pretty maid milkin' her cow.
Composer
Percy Grainger
Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 on and became a citizen in 1918. Read more here.
