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Thread #24928   Message #3407184
Posted By: Joe Offer
19-Sep-12 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Adieu Madras (recorded by Leon Bibb)
Subject: ADD: Adieu Madras (Will Holt)
I can see why you wanted this particular version, Leeneia. It's a beautiful song, and Leon Bibb sings it beautifully.

ADIEU, MADRAS
(English version by Will Holt)

Adieu, Madras; Madras, adieu -
I can no longer stay with you.
Farewell pleasure, farewell pain;
I'll never see my love again;
For love was bright when it was new,
Adieu, Madras; adieu, adieu.

Madras was just a port of call,
Some seaport town in old Bengal;
And I was only passing through,
When love appeared, what could I do?
And love was right when it was new,
And now adieu, Madras, adieu.

Adieu, Madras; Madras, adieu.
Farewell, old town, I'm leaving you;
And who'd recall that in a year
That I was ever standing here;
For I'll be gone to some far shore,
And no Madras, no more, no more.
Love burned bright when it was new,
Adieu, Madras; adieu, adieu;
Adieu, Madras; adieu, adieu.

from The Best of 'Hootenanny' DVD.

Will Holt (born in Portland Maine in 1929) wrote a number of familiar songs: "Sinner Man", "Raspberries, Strawberries", "Daddy, Roll 'Em", "The Pergola", "Till the Birds Sing in the Morning", "Watching the World Go By", "Adieu, Madras", "Days of the Waltz", "Luv" and "Marieke".