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JA SAM SIROTA (CROATIAN)

(learned in 1953 from John Filcich at kolo classes)

Ja sam sirota, neman nikoga,
    (I am an orphan, I have no one)
\\Oce neman, majke neman, ja sam sirota\\
    (No father, no mother, I am an orphan)

Sirotice ti, nemoj plaketi,
    (You poor girl, don't weep and cry)
\\Ja cu tebe poljubiti, pa ces cutati\\
    (I shall kiss you, then you will not cry)

Ja sam sirota, al' sam bogota
    (I am an orphan, but I am rich)
\\Jer je ljubim jednog momka crno oka dva\\
    (For I have the love of a boy with two dark eyes.)

(from miriam berg's folk dance song collection)