YOU AND I

YOU AND I

Out of my way now:Black are my hands and damp is my clothing.Only a miner am I, to-day noble thou;Thou’rt from a palace, a hut is my dwelling.Frigid’s the cap I wear, with a visor on,Orphans’ lamenting prayers do not follow me;Eaten up fields for them have hares of thine.Heartless and soulless thou’rt, lightning smite thee!I am from Bezkyd, thralldom and sorrow’s son.I slave in foundery, I slave in thy mine,Gall seethes in my veins, but still I slave,I catch thy logs on the foaming river’s wave.Black am I, poor am I, sweat pours from my brow,Children in Bezkyd weep not on my account now.Widows oppressed I not, nor did I seize their share,And so a beggar am I, a noble thou to-day.Did you arrive in the mountains? Then take care.Frigid’s my cap. Get thee out of my way.

Out of my way now:Black are my hands and damp is my clothing.Only a miner am I, to-day noble thou;Thou’rt from a palace, a hut is my dwelling.Frigid’s the cap I wear, with a visor on,Orphans’ lamenting prayers do not follow me;Eaten up fields for them have hares of thine.Heartless and soulless thou’rt, lightning smite thee!I am from Bezkyd, thralldom and sorrow’s son.I slave in foundery, I slave in thy mine,Gall seethes in my veins, but still I slave,I catch thy logs on the foaming river’s wave.Black am I, poor am I, sweat pours from my brow,Children in Bezkyd weep not on my account now.Widows oppressed I not, nor did I seize their share,And so a beggar am I, a noble thou to-day.Did you arrive in the mountains? Then take care.Frigid’s my cap. Get thee out of my way.

Out of my way now:

Black are my hands and damp is my clothing.

Only a miner am I, to-day noble thou;

Thou’rt from a palace, a hut is my dwelling.

Frigid’s the cap I wear, with a visor on,

Orphans’ lamenting prayers do not follow me;

Eaten up fields for them have hares of thine.

Heartless and soulless thou’rt, lightning smite thee!

I am from Bezkyd, thralldom and sorrow’s son.

I slave in foundery, I slave in thy mine,

Gall seethes in my veins, but still I slave,

I catch thy logs on the foaming river’s wave.

Black am I, poor am I, sweat pours from my brow,

Children in Bezkyd weep not on my account now.

Widows oppressed I not, nor did I seize their share,

And so a beggar am I, a noble thou to-day.

Did you arrive in the mountains? Then take care.

Frigid’s my cap. Get thee out of my way.


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