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Author: Alma Strettell

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The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants

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Across the mountains the mist hath drawn
C. Parry: The soldier's tent

And if the little flowers could see DUT ITA FRE HEB FIN SPA SWE ITA FRE
Dear, when I look into thine eyes (Dear, when I look into thine eyes) - F. Bridge, H. Hadley, W. Johnson DUT RUS ROM ITA FRE HEB FIN SPA SWE FRE
Dear, when I look into thine eyes DUT RUS ROM ITA FRE HEB FIN SPA SWE FRE
F. Bridge, H. Hadley, W. Johnson: Dear, when I look into thine eyes

Gipsy song (from The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants) - A. Bax [x]
Golden stars across the Heavens (Golden stars across the Heavens) - P. Sharman ITA [x]
Golden stars across the Heavens ITA [x]
P. Sharman: Golden stars across the Heavens

Misconception (from The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants) - A. Bax [x]
My girdle I hung on a tree top tall (My girdle I hung on a tree-top tall) (from The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants - Spinning Songs) - A. Bax
My girdle I hung on a tree-top tall (from The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants - Spinning Songs)
A. Bax: My girdle I hung on a tree top tall

Song of the dagger (The dagger at my belt it dances ) - C. Griffes
Spinning song (from The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants) - A. Bax [x]
The butterfly is in love with the rose (The butterfly is in love with the rose) - H. Hadley FRE [x]
The butterfly is in love with the rose FRE [x]
H. Hadley: The butterfly is in love with the rose

The dagger at my belt it dances
C. Griffes: Song of the dagger
A. Bax: The song of the dagger

The night is coming, let thy spindle be (from The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants - Luteplayer's Songs)
A. Bax: The well of tears

The soldier's tent (Across the mountains the mist hath drawn) - C. Parry
The song of the dagger (The dagger at my belt it dances ) - A. Bax
The well of tears (The night is coming, let thy spindle be) (from The bard of the Dimbovitza : Rovmanian folk-songs collected from the peasants - Luteplayer's Songs) - A. Bax
[No Title] (Yea, cast me from heights of the mountains to deeps of the ocean ) - E. Elgar
Yea, cast me from heights of the mountains to deeps of the ocean
E. Elgar: Yea, cast me from heights of the mountains to deeps of the ocean