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VILLANCICO, by                    
First Line: "three dark maids, I loved them when"
Last Line: "axa, fatima, marien"
Subject(s): Courtship;man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


THREE dark maids,—I loved them when
In Jaën,—
Axa, Fatima, Marien.

Three dark maids who went together
Picking olives in clear weather,
My, but they were in fine feather
In Jaën,—
Axa, Fatima, Marien!—

There the harvests they collected,
Turning home with hearts dejected,
Haggard where the sun reflected
In Jaën,—
Axa, Fatima, Marien.

Three dark Moors so lovely, they—
Three dark Moors so lovely, they
Plucked the apples on the day
Near Jaën,—
Axa, Fatima, Marien.





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