Ballad. In the Islanders
Poor Orra tink of Yanko dear,
Do he be gone forever,
For he no dead, he still live here,
And he from here go never.
Like on a sand me mark him face,
De wave come roll him over,
De mark him go, but still the place
'Tis easy to discover.
II.
I see fore now de tree de flower,
He droop like Orra, surely,
And den by'm bye there come a shower,
He hold him head up purely:
And so some time me tink me die,
My heart so sick he grieve me,
But in a lily time me cry
Good deal, and dat relieve me.
Do he be gone forever,
For he no dead, he still live here,
And he from here go never.
Like on a sand me mark him face,
De wave come roll him over,
De mark him go, but still the place
'Tis easy to discover.
II.
I see fore now de tree de flower,
He droop like Orra, surely,
And den by'm bye there come a shower,
He hold him head up purely:
And so some time me tink me die,
My heart so sick he grieve me,
But in a lily time me cry
Good deal, and dat relieve me.
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