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MEDIEVAL NORMAN SONG: 5 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: I FOUND AT DAYBREAK YESTER MORN
Last Line: "OHA! OHE! OHESA, HESA, HE!"
I found at daybreak yester morn,
Close by the nest where she was born,
A tender turtle dove:
Oha! ohé! ohesa, hesa, hé!

She fluttered, but she could not fly;
I heard, but would not heed her cry:
She had not learned to love:
Oha! ohé! ohesa, hesa, hé

Now she is quiet on my brcast,
And from her new and living nest
She doth not seek to rove:
Oha! ohé! ohesa, hesa, hé!



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