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"Fare Thee Well" (also known as "The Turtle Dove" or "10,000 Miles") is an 18th-century English folk ballad, listed as number 422 in the Roud Folk Song Index.In the song, a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey, and the lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers.
Turtle doves: Colly birds Gold rings Geese a-laying Swans a-swimming [forgotten by the singer] Lambs a-bleating: Ladies dancing: Lords a-leading: Bells a-ringing: Henderson, 1879 [21] My true love sent to me Partridge upon a pear tree Turtle doves French hens Curley birds Gold rings Geese laying: Swans swimming: Maids milking: Drummers drumming ...
She leaves a suicide note, which prescribes that she be buried with a turtle dove placed upon her breast, to show the world she died for love. This narrative use of the turtle dove is derived from Old World symbolism; it is analogous to the folksong interment motif of a rose, briar, or lily growing out of the neighboring graves of deceased lovers.
"Dink's Song" (sometimes known as "Fare Thee Well") is an American folk song played by many folk revival musicians such as Pete Seeger, Fred Neil, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Dave Van Ronk, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and Cisco Houston as well as more recent musicians like Jeff Buckley. The song tells the story of a woman deserted by her lover when she ...
Turtle doves are also featured in the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas", as the gift "my true love gave to me" on the second and subsequent days of Christmas. [24] Turtle doves appear in the title and lyrics of the spiritual "Turtledove Done Drooped His Wings" from the Georgia Sea Islands. [25] [26]
The turtle is also a reminder that we should take care of our planet, just like our bodies and minds. When we see a turtle, it can remind us to be more patient and present at the moment.
The turtle-dove's necklace, an 11th-century Arabic book by Ibn Hazm (also called The Ring of the Dove) " The Turtle Dove ", an 18th-century English folk ballad (also called "Fare Thee Well") Turtledove General Delivery ( Postlagernd Turteltaube ), a 1952 West German comedy film
Dove Cameron Marion Curtis/StarPix for Apple/Shutterstock “Before I really, really became a musician in real life — and I wasn’t just writing songs in my studio — I was very like, ‘I don ...