Porke Yorach
Elysian Fields
Why Do You Cry
Why are you crying, white girl?
Why are you crying, white flower?
I cry for you, my knight
Because you leave and abandon me
You leave me, girl and young lady
A girl and so very young
I have three little kids
They cry and ask for bread
If they ask for their father
What answer can I give?
He reached into his chest
To give a hundred doubloons
You wait for her at seven
If not, at eight you’ll marry
I’ll take your young lover
Make him look just like you
Time passed, divine time
He was derailed, that’s what he got
She’s sitting by the window
That looks out to the sea
She saw a small ship coming
Sailing across the sea
That’s how I saw the captain
To tell me the truth
If you saw my young lover
My young lover, the handsome one
I already saw your young lover
Your young lover, the handsome one
I’ve thrown in those fields
The land had little sea
And the sky was covered
He had three handfuls
Through one, the air comes in
Through the other, the sun shines
And through the smallest one
The moon comes in and out
