1:09:02
Who loved you, life and limb?
1:09:10
This curse for you I save,
O mother,
1:09:16
This curse for you I save,
1:09:19
That you'll not rest a-grave,
1:09:23
For you gave me to him.
1:10:23
Hum and whirl my spinning wheel,
1:10:26
The end of Advent
soon shall peal,
1:10:28
And closer,
closer Christmas Day.
1:10:35
All hail to Christmas Eve,
You holiday of myth,
1:10:39
What do you bring us all
To recollect you with?
1:10:42
To the master, Christmas bread,
Fodder to his cattle,
1:10:46
To the rooster, cloves of garlic
Peas to hens who prattle.
1:10:55
I am a youthful maid
With heart as yet untaken,