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          WT2029

           
          
Riddle song (I will give my love an apple)

           A setting for SSA of one of the oldest known English riddles 
          by Cumbrian composer Douglas Cook. 
          
 SSA 
            performance time approx 1m 40s












    

	  

	    
Arranger's note

                
This song is based on one of the oldest known English language 
                  riddles. It appears in many forms. I have added the middle verse 
                  to spell out the sense of puzzlement!

        		
      

    


        





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 Words 




           Riddle song 
          
 I will give my love an apple without any core, 

            I wll give my love a house without any door, 

            I will give my love a palace wherein she may be, 

            And she may unlock it without a key. 
          
How can you have an apple without any core? 

            How can you have a house without any door? 

            And where is the palace wherein I may be, 

            And how may I unlock it without any key?

          
My head is the apple without any core, 

            My mind is the house without any door, 

            My heart is the palace wherein you may be, 

            And you may unlock it without any key.

          


            traditional English

          

          












Price


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