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Thread #42474   Message #617286
Posted By: Clinton Hammond
27-Dec-01 - 06:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Trooper and the Maid... In English??
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Trooper and the Maid... In English??
Compired to the one posted above, they've compressed her leading his horse, leading him and feeding him...

In the obd version there are verses after he's lain down side her...

The trumpet sounds (?) furrow dales
Saying man and horse make ready
The drums are beat at (?) hill
Lads leave your mums and daddys...

The pipes'd play at (?)
Lads, leave the (?)
The trooper to the fair maid said
Bonny lassie, I'mun leave you...

An' when will you come back again
Ha' ofen will we marry
when frosts it's sna' as warm as snaw
Oh it's then I will na tarry

And they end it with something like...

Cheese and bread for cows and dames (?) (danes???),
Corn and hay for horses
Ol cups of tea is for our wives
And lads for bonnie lasses

They also don't have a 2nd chorus t all...