“Is she or is she not?” To the Bird he spied.

FERRYMAN [Song]

His thought was a lover parted from his side.

THE MOTHER [Song]

The same thought guides me, for I seek
My loving child. To all I speak,
Asking if any news there be
Of where my child lies hid from me.

FERRYMAN [Song]

For a lover to pine

THE MOTHER

For a child to seek