Ego Sum Pauper

DESCRIPTION: Latin round. "Ego sum pauper, nihil habeo, cor meum dabo."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (GirlScout-PocketSongbook)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage hardtimes nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 446, "Ego Sum Pauper" (notes only)
ChansonsDeNotreChalet, p. 33, "Ego Sum Pauper" (1 text, 1 tune)
GirlScout-PocketSongbook, p. 47, "Ego Sum Pauper" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [23 words]: The Latin means, "I am poor/deprived. Nothing have I. (The) heart of me I give," i.e. "I am a pauper. I have nothing. I give my heart." - RBW
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File: ACSF446E

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