Harvest song from near Dupnica (formerly Stanke Dimitrov)
Harvest songs of this type are only a few verses long. They are sung by small groups of women at a time when they want to stand up straight and rest for a moment, or perhaps “let the wind blow on us to cool us off.”
Three stars shine earliest of all–one shines down below the village, one in the midst of the village, one above the village…
Longer versions of this song make it clear that each of the stars represents a village girl, who is symbolically revealing what kind of boy she hopes to marry.
credits
from Late Harvest,
released January 1, 2004
Martha Forsyth, Pat Iverson, and Kristin Lewis
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