1. |
A Maid Gone to Comber
04:00
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Well a maid gone to Comber her market to learn
To sell for her mammy three hanks of fine yarn
She met with a young man along the highway
And that was to cause her dally and stray
Chorus:
Sit down beside me I mean you no harm
Sit down beside me this new tune to lean
Here are three guineas your mammy to pay
So lay down your yarn till the next market day
They sat down together the grass it was green
The day was the fairest that ever they'd seen
The look in your eyes would lead angels astray
So lay down your yarn till the next market day
Chorus
Well the maid she went home and the words that he said
The song that he sang her still rang in her head
She said I'll go find him by land or by sea
Till he learns me that tune called the next market day
Chorus
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Saucy Sailor
02:31
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Come me own one
Come me fair one
Come now unto me
Could you fancy a poor sailor lad
Who has just come from the sea?
You are ragged love
And you're dirty love
And your clothes smell much of tar
So be gone now you saucy sailor lad
So be gone you jack tar
If I am ragged love
And I'm dirty love
And me clothes smell much of tar
I have silver in my pocket love
And gold in great store
And then when she
Heard him say so
On bended knee she fell
I will marry my dear Henry
For I love a sailor lad so well
Do you think that I
I am foolish love
Do you think that I am daft
For to wed with a poor country girl
Where no fortune's to be had
I will cross the briny ocean
I will whistle and sing
And since you have refused the offer Love
Some other girl will wear the ring
She was sad for just a moment
Then she turned to him and said
There's no finer ring in all the world but I'll
Find a much better bed
For I am frolicsome
And I am easy
Good tempered and free
And I don't give a single penny boys
What the world thinks of me
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Childgrove
03:18
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4. |
Do You Love An Apple
04:20
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Do you love an apple? Do you love a pear?
Do you love a laddie with curly brown hair?
Chorus (after each verse):
But still I love him, I can't deny him
I'll be with him wherever he goes
Before I got married I wore a black shawl
But now that I'm married I wear bugger all
He stood at the corner, a fag in his mouth
Two hands in his pockets, he whistled me out
He works at the pier for nine bob a week
Come Saturday night, he comes rolling home drunk
Before I got married I'd sport and I'd play
But now, the cradle, it gets in me way
Do you love an apple? Do you love a pear?
Do you love a laddie with bonnie brown hair?
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5. |
Riddles Wisely Expounded
05:19
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There were three sisters in the north
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
And they lived in their mother’s house
And you’ll beguile a lady soon
There came a man one evening late
Lay the bend…
And he came knocking at the gate
And you’ll beguile…
The eldest sister let him in
And locked the door with a silver pin
The second sister made his bed
And laid soft pillows ‘neath his head
The youngest sister, fair and bright
She lay beside him all through the night
And in the morning, come the day
She said, “Young man, will you marry me?”
And he said, “Yes, I’ll marry thee
If you can answer this to me”
“What is greener than the grass?
And what is smoother than the glass?”
“What is louder than a horn?
And what is sharper than a thorn?”
“What is deeper than the sea?
And what is longer than the way?”
“Envy’s greener than the grass
Flattery’s smoother than the glass”
“Rumor’s louder than a horn
Slander’s sharper than a thorn”
“Regret is deeper than the sea
But love is longer than the way”
The eldest sister rang the bell
She rang it from the highest hill
The second sister made the gown
She sewed it of the silk so fine
The youngest sister, true and wise
They’ve made of her a lovely bride
And now fair maids, I bid adieu
These parting words I’ll leave with you
May you always constant prove
Unto the one that you do love
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6. |
Cantiga 166
02:47
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I wish I were on yonder hill
'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill
Till every tear would turn a mill
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn.
Shule, shule, shule aroon
Shule go sukar agus, shule go kewn,
Shule go durrus oggus aylig lume,
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn.
I'll sell my rock, I'll sell my reel,
I'll sell my only spinning wheel,
To buy my love a sword of steel
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn.
I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red,
And 'round the world I'll beg my bread,
Until my parents shall wish me dead,
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn.
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