From the Spanish - Ancient Spanish Ballads - I. Rio Verde, Rio Verde

I. Rio Verde, Rio Verde

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Rio Verde, Rio Verde!
Many a corpse is bathed in thee,
Both of Moors and eke of Christians,
Slain with swords most cruelly.

And thy pure and crystal waters
Dappled are with crimson gore;
For between the Moors and Christians
Long has been the fight and sore.

Dukes and Counts fell bleeding near thee,
Lords of high renown were slain,
Perished many a brave hidalgo
Of the noblemen of Spain.

Content of I. Rio Verde, Rio Verde [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Translations]

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