1883.] Hugh Fraser —Folklore from Eastern Gorakhpur. 
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No. VIII. 
farci T I 
The two following are birhas sung only by Abirs and Dhobis. 
(6 + 4 + 4 + 2,4-1+4 + 4 + 3=27 instants.) 
SW i ( WRT ) H I 
ST ( ^ ) II II \ ft 
^TcT ( eft ) v?*TcT ifa mrqj fq^sf I 
iff ^nfllT ^RT J[f% II II ^ II 
Ktfem i fsrerc srtfcOTT I 
€ m %UT II II ^ H 
i 4f*r fasprerc i 
si 
f% *Tfft 5 JI*!t %TC II II 8 II 
Translation VIII. 
All the rest my father married round the village site. 
But me he has married far away. 
With walking and walking my feet begin to ache. 
And the dust loads my petticoat each day. 
The day has arrived when the bride must leave her home. 
The people of the town wept sore. 
Sorely wept her lover as he seized the “ doli” # pole. 
For his mate is going to leave him ever more. 
* A kind of litter.—G. A. G. 
