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J​ū​rā g​ā​ju naudas g​ū​ti (Latvian Folk song)

by Priscilla Hernandez

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Jūrā gāju naudas gūti (I went to the sea seeking fortune) is a traditional Latvian song about people lost at sea as their ship wrecks in the storm. They go looking for money and fortune but "white is the money of the sea" like the frothy foam of the waves and at the end of the song it says the coins lay on a golden garden under the sea. It is a bitter sweet mysterious almost mermaid siren seafaring folk song featuring a ghost ship


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Jūrā gāju naudas gūti
Saujā nesu dvēselīti.
Balta bija jūras nauda
Dārga mana dvēselīte.

Vējā spīda dvēselīte
Karodziņa galiņā,
Kad nolūza karodziņis
Tad pazuda dvēselīte

Jūra krāca, jūra sņāca,
Kas guļ jūras dibenā?
Tur guļ zelti, sidrabiņi,
Dažs māmiņas auklējums

Dar Dieviņi zelta sētu
Līdz garai jūras malai,
Lai nevara Vēja Māte
Visu zemi zēģelēt


TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH
I went to the sea to earn money
I carried a soul in the palm of my hand hand.
White was the sea money
My dear my soul.

The soul shone in the wind
At the tip of the flag,
When the flag was broken,
Then the soul disappeared

The sea was crashing, the sea was snarling,
Who lies on the bottom of the sea?
There lie gold, silver coins
Some mother's babysitting

Make Gods a golden garden
along the edge of the sea
May not the Wind mother
lay waste of the whole land

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released August 28, 2022
Latvian Folk Traditional Song
This version arranged and performed by Priscilla Hernandez (voice, kokle, harp, low whistle, penny whistle)

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Priscilla Hernandez Navarre, Spain

Ethereal gothic singer-songwriter and fantasy illustrator from Spain.
DISCOGRAPHY: Ancient Shadows (2006)
The Underliving (2011)
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