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Thread #18421 Message #182187
Posted By: GUEST,Uwe Schmidt
21-Feb-00 - 12:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Squire and the Lady (from Wild Geese)
Subject: Squire and the Lady
Who knows the correct words of the folksong "The Squire and the Lady" from the folk band "Wild Geese"? The name of that old LP (I think 20 years old) is "The Quays of Galway Town". The words I understood:
Squire says ... delight But would you like to spend the night
Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.
I'll tie a string all around me finger And I'll drop it out through my bedroom window And you will come and pull the string And I'll come down and let you in
Title ti rie dely, title ti rie fal di day.
But Jacky was in the bar just listening Me ... Jack I'll think I'll ... And Jack came and pulled the string She came down and let him in.
Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.
Squires came to pull the string There was no one there to let him in
Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.
Early next morning she did awaken 'Twas then she found she was mistaken For there was Jacky to ... ... all nice covered and dark