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Thread #655 Message #1717020
Posted By: Joe Offer
13-Apr-06 - 01:22 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Ho Young Rider (Yugoslavian round)
Subject: ADD: The Apple-Cheeked Rider
Rider is in Janet Tobitt's The Ditty Bag (1946), which is one of the standard hymnals for Girl Scouts in the U.S. -Joe Offer-
The Apple-Cheeked Rider (Slovak folk song, English by Fjeril Hess)
Ho! young rider, Apple-cheeked one, Whither riding? On your steed so black and prancing, Whither riding? What matters where I ride, Slovak mountains are my pride, Dusha moya. What matters where I ride, Slovak mountains are my pride, Dusha moya.