. Children's ballads from history and folklore . To Novgorod fair I am going, my dear;Cut plenty of peat, keep the fire burning clear;Theres plenty of sweeping and dusting to-day,But see that you keep from the chimney away. The hut Dwina swept and made everything neat;She washed up the hearthstones and cut up the peat;But the fire wouldnt burn, and the smoke filled the hut,So her broom-stick she took to clear out the soot. She met on the meadow the poor lowing cow : I wish, pretty maiden, you i:o!</d mi\k me now Indeed I will gladly, the little maid filled the big bucket, and then
. Children's ballads from history and folklore . To Novgorod fair I am going, my dear;Cut plenty of peat, keep the fire burning clear;Theres plenty of sweeping and dusting to-day,But see that you keep from the chimney away. The hut Dwina swept and made everything neat;She washed up the hearthstones and cut up the peat;But the fire wouldnt burn, and the smoke filled the hut,So her broom-stick she took to clear out the soot. She met on the meadow the poor lowing cow : I wish, pretty maiden, you i:o!</d mi\k me now Indeed I will gladly, the little maid filled the big bucket, and then onwardshe sped. When lo I from the chimney there came tumbling downA black sheepskin sack with King Olegs gold crown !Said Dwina, This crown to the King ought to go !My way I can find to the castle, I know! She came to the brook, where the old water-millHuskily said, Please, to start my big w^ I will gladly, the little maid turned the big wheel, and then onwardshe sped. She came to the gate that still wearily hung: Please la
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