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THE HARVEST SONG
ACT I
The grains are white,   O Tuyallay,So sweet for food,   O Tuyallay.The fruit is sweet,   O Tuyallay,The leaves are green   O Tuyallay;But the trap is set,   O Tuyallay.The lime is there,   O Tuyallay.We'll cut thy claws,   O Tuyallay,To seize thee quick,   O Tuyallay.Ask Piscaca,[1]  O Tuyallay,Nailed on a branch,   O Tuyallay.Where is her heart,  O Tuyallay?Where her plumes,   O Tuyallay?She is cut up,   O Tuyallay,For stealing grain,   O Tuyallay.See the fate,   O Tuyallay,Of robber birds,   O Tuyallay.
  1. ↑ The piscaca is a much larger bird than the tuya. These piscacas (coccoborus torridus) are nailed to trees as a warning to other birds. They are black, with white breasts.
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