THE DOVE
Russian folk songs with English Translations p 12 #7
Clo-ver knows a-mid the corn, The rea-per soon may bind her,
But the dove, his mate that seeks, can ne-ver, never find her
But the dove, his mate that seeks, can ne-ver, never find her*
Flies from morning light till noonday, cannot see nor hear her,
Flies from noon till evening falls, yet never comes a-near her.
None who pass can give him tidings, Sadly heads are shaking
None has seen her, lonely dove, Thy heart is well-nigh breaking,
*second line repeats as third each verse.