I.044Reel 9, side BKaratau, 197410 min 11 s
The White Rider at the ford
Mamyt Seyit uulu, ırchy, unaccompanied; recorded by Aigul Choro kyzy
The listening copy of this reel is in the reading room. Online listening opens volume by volume as the families agree.
English working translation by the archive. The Iradi text is in the reading-room catalogue.
1Nobody saw where he came from, he was on the far bank,2the river was brown with the snow coming down,3he raised his hand and the sheep went over dry.
3 The singer said this part was ‘for old people, not for the radio’.