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The Balfa Brothers, vocal with string band - The Waltz of No Return (Valse sans retour) (Belton Richards)

from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 3: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow by Field Recorders' Collective

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C’était tout dessus un grand samedi après midi
Quand mon j’ai parti pour.....
J’arrivais 'tite fille au bord de la maison
T' avais un autre à ton coté comment je vas faire?

Quand mon j’arrivais auprès de ma maison
Elle avait un autre à son coté comment je vas faire?
Observe donc les......
Mon je vas aller mourir avec des regrets.

It was on a Saturday afternoon
When I left for....
I arrived, little girl, by the side of the house.
You had another by your side, what am I gonna do?

When I got near to my house
She had another by her side, what am I gonna do?
Let’s see....

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 3: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson, Cambridge, MA, 11/13/72. Previously unissued.

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