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THE MUSIC OF BOHEMIA
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SLOVAK LOVE SONG

ENGLISH VERSION BY A. J. LATHAM

\new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \time 4/8 \tempo "Slowly" \key c \minor \partial 4. \relative c'' { << \new Voice = "singer" { \autoBeamOff \stemUp r8 f4^~ | f8 f f f | ees d\> c4\!\fermata | bes4 bes8 bes | aes8 g f4\fermata | f8 g aes g | f4 ees4\fermata | ees'8 f ees d | c2->\fermata \bar "||" } \new Voice = "accompUpper" { \stemDown s8 aes4 _~ | aes2 _~ | aes | f | f8 e8 f4 d8 ees8 f ees | d4 bes4 | <c' g>8 <c a> \stemUp b4 \stemDown | aes_( g) } \new Voice = "accompLower" { \stemDown s4. | s2 | s | s | s | s | s | s4 g8_( f) | <f d>4_( ees) } >> } } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "singer" { \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic \set stanza = #"1. " Ah, sink from the sky, dear sun! Dark -- en the hill and plain, Let no one be -- hold me, Cov -- er all my pain! } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "singer" { \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic \set stanza = #"2. " Ah, sharp is the hurt I feel, Torn is my soul with love: Sweet -- heart, you a -- lone know, lit -- tle sil -- ver dove! } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "singer" { \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic \set stanza = #"3. " Gone, gone from the sky the sun, Dark -- en -- ing hill and plain, Just for this one brief night: End -- less will_be my pain! } \new Staff { \clef bass \time 4/8 \key ees \major \relative f { r8^\f <f f' c>4 ~ q2 ~ q | <bes d>2^\p | c8 <bes c,>8 <aes f,>4 << { bes2( | a4) g | c g | c, ~ c } \\ { bes'4^\< d,8^( ees8) | bes4^\> ees4^\f | c'8^\< f,8\! g8 g,8 | c4( c,) } >> } } >>


Polka, which is of Czech origin, seems to be of peculiar interest. "The Polka was invented about the year 1830, by a country lass in Bohemia, who was in service with a citizen in

    'What was the matter?' inquired my friend; 'did he drink or would he not work?' 'Oh, no,' said the old woman, 'but nothing will make him sing. It's a great misfortune.'" Scotus Viator (Seton Watson): Racial Problems in Hungary.

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