Subject: ADD Version: Lowlands of Holland (Annie Power)
From:
Joe Offer
Date: 17 Oct 19 - 02:36 PM
Anne Power alerted me to her 1978 recording of "Lowlands of Holland." It's on her album titled Douce Amere, which she recorded with John Molineux.
The song is very close to what was requested in the first message of the thread. Here's my attempt at a transcription.
LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND
(as recorded by Annie Power, 1978)
On the night that I was married
And lay in marriage bed
Up came a bold sea captain
And stood at my bed head
Saying, "Rise, arise, you wedded man,
And come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland
For to face your enemy."
Oh, Holland is a lovely land
And in it grows fine grain
It is a place of residence
For soldiers to remain
Where the sugar cane is plentiful
And the tea grows on each tree.
I never had but the one sweetheart
He's far abroad from me
Said the mother to her daughter
"Leave off your sad lament.
There's men enough in Galloway
To be your heart's content."
There's men enough in Galloway,
But alas there's none for me,
Since the high winds and stormy seas
Have parted my love and me."
For the stormy winds began to blow,
And the seas did loudly roar;
The captain and his gallant ship
Was never seen no more.
I will wear no stays around my waist,
Nor combs all in my hair,
No handkerchief about my neck
To hide my beauty fair;
And neither will I marry, love,
Until the day I die,
Since the high winds and stormy seas
Have parted my love and I.
For the stormy wind began to blow,
And the seas did loudly roar;
The captain and his gallant ship
Was never seen no more.
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