[30] Cf. footnote 2, p. 16. [↑]
[31] Cf. note on the Polish-Gypsy story of ‘The Brigands and the Miller’s Daughter,’ No 47, p. 171. [↑]
CHAPTER IV
TRANSYLVANIAN-GYPSY STORIES
No. 37.—The Creation of the Violin
In a hut on a mountain, in a fair forest, lived a girl with her four brothers, her father, and her mother. The sister loved a handsome rich huntsman, who often ranged the forest, but who would never speak to the pretty girl. Mara wept day and night, because the handsome man never came near her. She often spoke to him, but he never answered, and went on his way. She sang the song:
‘Dear man from a far country,
Slip your hand into mine;