Lyr Req: Squire and the Lady (from Wild Geese)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Squire and the Lady (from Wild Geese)
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 15 Nov 24 - 01:28 PM

^ Decameron - maybe > seventh day; eighth story.
Same device, much more complicated story though ;)
www.gutenberg.org/files/23700/23700-h/23700-h.htm#THE_EIGHTH_STORY7
> "A man waxeth jealous of his wife, who bindeth a piece of packthread to her great toe"

Subject: RE: Squire and the Lady
From: Gulliver
Date: 20 Apr 08 - 06:38 PM

I read that story somewhere--was it in the Decameron?

Subject: RE: Squire and the Lady
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 29 May 07 - 12:19 PM

Done quite recently by The Devil's Interval as Blow Me Jack.

Subject: RE: Squire and the Lady
From: Folkiedave
Date: 29 May 07 - 12:09 PM

I think a version was on the other side of a Dubliners single record too.........

Subject: RE: Squire and the Lady
From: GUEST,Tony Small
Date: 29 May 07 - 12:06 PM

Greetings..
I'll be posting my version (as on the Wild Geese album) on MySpace shortly..
I'm starting up a song blog, why not come and have a look?
join?
invite your friends?
Tony Small.

Subject: RE: Squire and teh Lady
From: GUEST,Bruce O.
Date: 21 Feb 00 - 04:32 PM

The tale is a rather old one. In John Manningham's diary entry of Mar 13, 1602, it was Richard Burbage that made the assignation with the lady, which another actor and sometimes playwright overheard. When Richard Burgage arrived he found the lady already well occupied by William Shakespeare.

Subject: RE: Squire and teh Lady
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 21 Feb 00 - 02:13 PM

This is a much-collected song, commonly known as Domeama or Jack the Jolly Tar. There's a version -Dumiama- on the Database, here. The version from the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs was posted here recently, too; a forum-search for "Jack the Jolly Tar" will find it.

Malcolm

Subject: Squire and the Lady
From: GUEST,Uwe Schmidt
Date: 21 Feb 00 - 12:50 PM

Who knows the correct words of the folksong "The Squire and the Lady" from the folk band "Wild Geese"? The name of that old LP (I think 20 years old) is "The Quays of Galway Town". The words I understood:

Squire says ... delight
But would you like to spend the night

Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.

I'll tie a string all around me finger
And I'll drop it out through my bedroom window
And you will come and pull the string
And I'll come down and let you in

Title ti rie dely, title ti rie fal di day.

But Jacky was in the bar just listening
Me ... Jack I'll think I'll ...
And Jack came and pulled the string
She came down and let him in.

Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.

Squires came to pull the string
There was no one there to let him in

Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.

Early next morning she did awaken
'Twas then she found she was mistaken
For there was Jacky to ...
... all nice covered and dark

Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.

Oh ... is a woman all ...
The devil ... to you

Title ti ry dely, title ti ry fal di day.

Thanks
Uwe

Subject: The Squire and the Lady
From: GUEST,Uwe Schmidt
Date: 20 Feb 00 - 01:14 PM

Who knows the words of the song "The Squire and the Lady" ? The song is from Wild Geese and the name of the LP is "The Quays of Galway Town". I don't understand all the words and I coulnd't find it in any songbook. Uwe Schmidt [e-mail]