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A brown girl dead

Language: English

With two white roses on her breasts,
White candles at head and feet,
Dark Madonna of the grave she rests;
Lord Death has found her sweet.

Her mother pawned her wedding ring
To lay her out in white;
She'd be so proud she'd dance and sing
to see herself tonight.


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Set in German, a translation of Maurice Wright GER

Date added to the website: 2009-10-13.

Totes braunes Mädel

Language: German

Schwarzbraunes Mädel hat sterben gemusst
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Date added to the website: 2009-10-13.