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I took off my hat and I did salute her, I did salute her courageously. It was my fault, that I'll not deny. But when fortune calls few men can shun it. According to Planxty, who got this song from the singing of Paddy Tunney, it dates back to the days of the famine, when any bit of land at all was enough to make a man leave his love for another, who had more than her sweet air. I went to the house on the top of the hill. Quite modestly she answered me, I'll be seventeen come Sunday. And she sang A-litta-doo-de-litta-doo-da-litta-doo-da-dee. As she sat by yon willow tree. I recall him saying that he first heard the song being sung by a woman in Fermanagh. She was the well beat daughter. She took me horse by the bridle and bit and led him to the stable. Lisa O'Neill sang As I Roved Out in 2019 on Topic's 80th year anthology, Vision & Revision.

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And will you come to me mammy's house. When broken shells make Christmas bells. Oh I live up there, in the house on the hill, and I live there with me mammy. When misfortune falls, sure the man may shun it. She opened the door and let me in and devil the one did hear us. Type the characters from the picture above: Input is case-insensitive. From England, Ireland, from Americay and Spain. She also recorded it in 1992 during the sessions for her Cooking Vinyl album Angel Tiger. This one became well known to Grainger aficionados through his 1912 chorus arrangement. What age are you me nice sweet girl. Yes I went up to the house on the hill when the moon was shining clearly. Or in some low valley where no one would hear us, I would entice you to be my own". 1973:] Although this one has the same title as the previous one [As I Roved Out II], the resemblance ends there - it is a completely different song. Cecil Sharp alone collected 22 versions [... (Palmer, Country 139).

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In the May mornin' right early. No, I won't marry you, said the soldier lad, No, I won′t marry you, me darlin'; For I have got a wife at home, How could I disown her? Arthur Knevett sang As I Roved Out on his 2016 CD Simply Traditional. I fell a-courting and some fair one, she appeared to me like the queen of May. Writer(s): Loreena Mckennitt Lyrics powered by. "No, I can't marry you" said the soldier lad. "I can't marry you my bonny wee lass. ISLA CAMERON, STEPHEN SEDLEY. "If I'd married the lassie that had the land, my love, It's that I'll rue till the day I die.

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Many songs are called As I Roved Out as it is a common opening line – the musical equivalent of the storyteller's "Once upon a time". Who are you, me honey? And her ear-rings tipped her shoulder. He noted: When I first heard this song, sung by Bridgid Tunney of Castlecaldwell, Co. Fermanagh, I found the effect breathtaking. Where do you live my honey? And who are you, me pretty fair maid, and who are you, me honey?

The plank, previously almost sawn through, snaps and the knight gets a ducking. To view the meadows and flowers gay, Whom should I spy but my own true lover. What age are you my honey? Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind. They noted: A beautiful but somewhat mysterious Irish song, in which the wronged woman complains that her lover has married "the lassie that had the land", a regrettable but pragmatic decision he has probably made out of dire economic necessity—not an unknown condition in Irish history. The thoughts of my love are in my mind. And there we lay till the break of day and devil the one could hear us.

When a pretty Irish girl I spied. Golden yellow was her hair. But you can sail away into where you came from, for I'll wait on Reilly forevermore". Where do you live, my bonnie wee lass, where do you live my honey? He noted in the project's blog: From Planxty. With me too-ry-ay Fol de diddle day. "I'll be seventeen come Sunday".