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Thread #149184 Message #3470164
Posted By: Joe Offer
22-Jan-13 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Unhappy Owl / Tecolote de Guadana
Subject: Lyr Add: The Unhappy Owl
THE UNHAPPY OWL
(Mexican folk song - English words by Vivian Cooper)
In a lonely tree in the moonlight,
Sits a poor unhappy owl.
Much too young to fly in the moonlight,
He can only sit and scowl.
Little owl, you are crying,
You are plaintively sighing.
Little owl, you'll be flying
When your wings grow big and strong.
Ti-cu-ri cu-i, cu-i, cu
Ti-cu-ri cu-i, cu-i, cu
Ti-cu-ri cu-i, cu-i, cu
Little owl, you must be patient
Till your wings lift you in flight.
Ti-cu-ri cu-i, cu-i, cu
Ti-cu-ri cu-i, cu-i, cu
Ti-cu-ri cu-i, cu-i, cu
Little owl, you must be patient
Till your wings lift you in flight.
from Music Around the World, Silver Burdett & Company, 1956, page 38 [the 6th grade volume in the Music for Living series]
Can anybody find the Mexican folk song this comes from?
-Joe-