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Folk Song (Aftermath of battle)

by Valerie

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FOLK SONG

I once knew a meadow, sweet blossoms in spring.
I once knew a dawn that made my heart sing.
I once knew a boy, a right bonny lad.
He´s sleeping, he´s resting his pallid head.
His blood drenched the meadow, he´s lying dead!

Where the dark earth sighs with sorrow,
where the lost souls know no tomorrow,
I am walking upon the battlefield,
where the cracked lawns brittle bones yield.

Never-ending are our troubles,
no defending, our sadness doubles!
Empty ruins scream in anguish loud,
ravens scramble, assemble in a crowd.

I am just a woman, age-old misery.
And why they were fighting, means nothing to me.
And why this aggression, is foreign to me.
I am just a woman, age-old misery.

Where the grey sky stretches out in silence,
where the waters taste bitter of red violence,
where the prey was caught and struck and felled,
where the ground of fear and dying smelled,

we are witness and we must endure
men´s madness for which there is no cure,
to dominate, possess, their hearts unpure.
Victors laugh and swagger so self-sure!

The night wind, she sings your soul to bed
beneath this old tree your ashes I spread.
Come, open your wings, good night, bonny lad,
you´re safe now, my angel, the moss is your bed.
Hear the leaves above your head, sleep well, sweet lad.

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released August 29, 2022

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Valerie Munich, Germany

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Mit Ana Tsotoria:

-09.08.24: Blindenheim Neuhausen, klassische Musik

-Do, 25.07.24, 18 Uhr: Kirche des Klinikums Rechts der Isar, Klassik

-So, 21.01.24: Nostalgische Filmmusik im Blindenheim Neuhausen

Konzerte 2023 mit Ana Tsotsoria bzw. Prof. Sibylle Höhnk am Klavier u.a. Mohrvilla Freimann, Kultur im Trafo, Kultur 2411, Guardini 90, Kirche Klinikum r.d.Isar... ... more

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