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Thread #6679   Message #39637
Posted By: Alice
27-Sep-98 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: I've Got A Song To Sing
Subject: ADD: A YOUNG MAID STOOD IN HER FATHER'S GARDEN^^
Or could a thrid be something you create on the Mudcat to ask a question about a song? Sorry, Terr, for teasing you.

Could the third song be a version of "A Young Maid Stood in Her Father's Garden"?

A YOUNG MAID STOOD IN HER FATHER'S GARDEN

A young maid stood in her father's garden
A stranger came and gazed upon her
And said, "Fair lady, will you marry me?"
"It's seven years since I had a sweetheart,
And seven more since I did him see,
And seven more I'll wait upon him,
And if he's alive he'll come home to me."

"Seven years it is since you've had a sweetheart,
And seven more since you did him see,
And seven more you will wait upon him,
And perhaps that young man you ne'er will see."
" If he is sick, I wish him better,
If he is dead, I wish him rest,
But if he's alive I will wait for him,
For he's the young man I love the best."

He put a hand into his pocket,
His sinewy hands they were slim and small,
And up between them he pulled a gold ring,
And when she saw it she down did fall.
He took her up and gave her sweet kisses,
And he embraced her so tenderly,
Saying, "I am your true and loving sailor,
That came from sea for to wed with thee."

alice in montana^^