"Subject: RE: Irish meanings
From: MartinRyan
Date: 19 May 09 - 11:59 AM

Click here for a pic of a punt gun used in a recent BBC TV documentary.

Regards "


Looks like the poor guy in the boat already got it in the back, probably from about four miles away if that's the sort of gun they use. :-)

I agree that this is a great thread, and I have a question about a song and I hope someone here can help me with the story behined it.

As I Roved Out is a beautiful ballad (not the 'Who are you, me pretty fair maid' one, the one that goes
"As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the meadows and flowers gay
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under yon willow tree......."


Can anyone help me with the origins of this song and the story behined it? I've read conflicting ideas about it.

BTW, Check out Seamie O'Dowd singing it on the album Crossroads by himself, Cathal Hayden and Mairtin O'Connor - it's wonderfull.