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Tony Cuffe - The Weary Pund o’ Tow Лирицс транслатион то енглисх


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The Meagre Pound of Yarn


I gave my wife a stone1of raw flax fibre
As good as any that ever grew
And all that she has made (spun) out of that
Is one miserable puny pound of yarn2
 
The meagre pound, the meagre pound
The meagre pound of yarn
I think my wife will grow old and die
Before she spins her yarn
 
A bottle sat in a cupboard
Beyond by the fireplace
And indeed, she took another suck (from it)
To wet the dusty yarn
 
The meagre pound, the meagre pound
The meagre pound of yarn
I think my wife will grow old and die
Before she spins her yarn
 
I cried, “For shame, you miserable woman
Go spin your tuft of yarn!”
She took the rock and with a knock
Broke it over my head
 
The meagre pound, the meagre pound
The meagre pound of yarn
I think my wife will grow old and die
Before she spins her yarn
 
At last I sang with joy because her feet
Went skipping over the hill (i.e. she left me)
And before I wouldo marry another termagant
I would dangle in a noose3
 
The meagre pound, the meagre pound
The meagre pound of yarn
I think my wife will grow old and die
Before she spins her yarn
 
So come all you jolly bachelors
Who would like to be married
I hope you will be advised
Take this note from me
A single life is free from strife
From sorrow, grief and woe
And also, a wife will be the death of you
With the meagre pound of yarn
 
The meagre pound, the meagre pound
The meagre pound of yarn
I think my wife will grow old and die
Before she spins her yarn
 
The meagre pound, the meagre pound
The meagre pound of yarn
I think my wife will grow old and die
Before she spins her yarn
 
  • 1. the old Scottish measure: stane (stone in English) is equivalent to fourteen pounds
  • 2. I’m translating “tow” as “yarn” for here for convenience, but it is, in fact, a very specific kind of yarn: the short fibres of the flax plant which is extracted by hand from the raw plant and used to make linen. A large quantity of raw flax is required to yield a small quantity of tow. The narrator of this song is unhappy with the quantity of tow his wife has managed to produce from the 14 lbs of raw flax he gave her.
  • 3. the word “tow” also is used for the hangman’s rope




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