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Thread #9892   Message #65530
Posted By: alison
24-Mar-99 - 01:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rimini (Kipling) 'I left Rome Laylargay's
Subject: I left Rome for Laylargay's sake
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Help finding an unusal set of lyrics From: Michael at jshewkc@cyclops.pei.edu Date: 24-Mar-99 - 12:06 AM

For those who don't know, I have a huge pile of folksongs all around my computer, so most of my friends think that if they need to find a song, just ask ol' Michael. He'll know the lyrics. Well, one of my "pals" sent me a fragmentary lyric that I cannot, in any way shape or form, locate the original to! You folks oughta be able to help. Here's what he sent me:

I left rome for Laylargay's sake
By the legions road to Reamoney
She swore her heart was mine to take
With my sword and my sheild to Reamoney
'Till the eagles flew from Reamoney
I've tramped Brittan And I've tramped Gaul
And the Pontic shores Where the snow flakes fall
As white as the neck of Laylargay
As cold as the heart of Laylargay
Now i've lost Brittan and I've lost Gaul

Any ideas?

Michael (the confused guy in the corner)