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From: "David C COLLYER"
Subject: [lace-chat] A Breath of Fresh Air in a Troubled World -
Absolutely Beautiful!
She is nine years old and I guarantee tears in your eyes
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Incredible voice for one so young but also a totally inappropriate choice
of song for a nine year old. A fair number of folk think that this piece
of music is about the vocalist's 'Beloved Father' but it is actually about
her pleading to her father for permission to marry the man she loves. I
used to sing this myself when much younger but in English. I don't think
its her father that she wishes to marry! (see translation below). Perhaps
Ave Maria would have been a better choice and I'm sure her rendition would
have been equally as beautiful.
Oh my beloved father,
I love him, yes I love him,
I'll go to Porta Rosa to buy our wedding ring!
Oh yes I really love him,
And if you still say no,
I'll go to Ponte Vecchio,
And throw myself below.
If I am not to marry him Alas,
I can but die.
Father be kind I pray, Father be kind I pray.
Catherine Barley
UK
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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