Foreign Gypsy Songs

OY die-la, oy mama-la oy! Cherie podey mangue penouri.

Russian Gypsy Song.

THE ROMANY SONGSTRESS FROM THE RUSSIAN GYPSY

HER temples they are aching, As if wine she had been taking; Her tears are ever springing, Abandoned is her singing! She can neither eat nor nest With love she’s so distress’d; At length she’s heard to say: “Oh here I cannot stay, Go saddle me my steed, To my lord I must proceed; In his palace plenteously Both eat and drink shall I; The servants far and wide, Bidding guests shall run and ride. And when within the hall the multitude I see, I’ll raise my voice anew, and sing in Romany.”