The student (a lament)
Letra: Neil Mc Caig
Música: Neil Mc Caig
Estilo:
País: Reino Unido
Revisión: Cancionero original
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He sat until the midnight hour
Gave place to morning dawn;
Then raised his eyes in mild surprise
And sighed, but still sat on.
His
head grew large, his body small,
Until I grieve to say
That student's head from books to read
Had
grown enormously.
But
large, still large, it became;
Such thing could never be;
With migthy blast his head at last
Exploded suddenly.
And
out came volumes large and small
A wondrous sigh to see!
And from that store of learned lore
They raised a library.
Ye
students all who read this tale,
Beware, I say, lest you,
By burning bright the midnight light,
May perish like that "stu".
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Nota: Con frecuencia la tradición oral
hace que la versión más popular de una letra difiera de
la creación original. Nuestro labor se centra en dar a conocer las
letras tal y como fueron escritas por sus
autores.
Este cancionero contiene únicamente obras que forman parte de la colección del Museo. Si desea
conocer a fondo el repertorio
estudiantil, le recomendamos el excepcional libro de Antonio Luís Morán
Saus y José Manuel García Lagos titulado: «Cancionero
de Estudiantes de la Tuna. El cantar estudiantil de la edad Media al
siglo XX».
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