Irme quero, la mi madre

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc1039/7
Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 296, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak.

This song of mourning is known as:  Romansa la choza del deseperado - A Romanse of the Hut of the Desperate One.

Text:
Irme quero, la mi madre,    por estos campos m'iré,
ay, vay, me iré.
Y por medio del camino    una casa me fraguaré,
ay, vay, me fraguaré
Y todo el que pase y torna    mi piedra él la meldará ,
ay vay, la meldará
Todos mis amigos y amigas    de preto 'nteras se vistirán,
ay, vay, se vistirán.

Translation:
I want to go, mother, through these fields. 
ai vay, I want to go 
In the middle of my way I will build a house. 
ai vay, I will build
Everyone who passes my way will read my stone. 
ay vai, they will read
All my friends will mourn me, dressed in black.
ai vay dressed in black