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Thread #9589   Message #107660
Posted By: Frank Hamilton
23-Aug-99 - 09:07 AM
Thread Name: Origins: riddle song (I Gave My Love a Cherry)
Subject: RE: riddle song
One of my favorite variants of this song is the yiddish "Tumbalalaika" in which the young man asks of the maiden he wants to marry,

"What can grow without rain? What can burn for years? What can break and cry without tears?"

Answer: A stone, love, and a heart.

Frank Hamilton