Mount the air
July 14, 2016 8:53 AM   Subscribe

I'll mount the air on swallow's wings, to find my dearest dear. And if I lose my labour and cannot find him there, I quickly will become a fish to search the roaring sea; I love my love because I know my lover he loves me.
posted by dng (3 comments total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
African or European?
posted by wabbittwax at 9:35 AM on July 14, 2016 [2 favorites]


African or European?
Both, as it turns out. Per the last link:
"A Maid in Bedlam is a reworking of an early song in which a black, George Sighous, was in Bedlam for his mad love for an English girl. Taken from a single song sheet with music, c. 1740, called The Black's Lamentation."
posted by Nerd of the North at 11:02 AM on July 14, 2016 [2 favorites]


Thanks for this post. This is a beautiful song.
posted by Sangermaine at 1:11 PM on July 14, 2016 [1 favorite]


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