Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)

Subject: Lyr Req: patrick galvin's lowlands of holland
From: Roberto
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 03:45 AM

Please, help with the fourth stanza! Thank you. R

The Lowlands of Holland
Patrick Galvin, Irish Street Songs, Riverside RLP 12-613.

Last night I was a-married, and on my marriage bed
Up comes a bold sea captain and stood at my bed-head:
Saying - Arise, arise, you married man, and come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland, to fight your enemy

She held her true love in her arms, still thinking he might stay
But the Captain gave another shout, and he was forced away -
O it's many a blithe young married man this night must go with me
To the lowlands of Holland, for to fight the enemy

O Holland is a wondrous place, and in it grows much green
It's a wild inhabitation for my true love to be in
There the sugar cane grows plentiful and the fruit on every tree
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me

But Ireland is a better place, a land of ...
And all around my .. is the thunder of the ...
... would wish my true true love in Ireland for to be
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me

No shoes nor stockings I put on nor comb went my hair
And neither coal nor candle-light shone in my chamber there
Nor will I marry with any young man until the day I die
Since the lowlands of Holland are between my love and me

Subject: Lyr Add: LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND
From:
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 04:59 AM

On the night that I was married, and upon my marriage bed,
There came a bold sea captain, and he stood at my bed head
Saying, "Arise, arise, young wedded man, and come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland for to fight the enemy."

Now Holland is a lovely land and upon it grows fine grain.
It is a place of residence for a soldier to remain,
Where the sugar cane is plentiful and the tea grows on each tree,
Since these four winds and the stormy sea took my true love from me.

Says the mother to her daughter, "Now stop your sad lament,
For there's men enough in Galway for to make your heart content."
If there's men enough in Galway, there's not one there for me,
Since these four winds and the stormy seas stole my true love from me.

I will wear no chains around my neck, no combs all in my hair.
I will wear no stays around my waist to enhance my beauty fair.
And never will I marry, not until the day I die,
Since these four winds and the stormy seas part my true love and I.

Another version to add to your dilemma.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: patrick galvin's lowlands of holland
From: Roberto
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 05:41 AM

Thank you, joy4, but what I wanted was not another version, but to complete the text of Galvin's recording of the song. R

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Gal
From: Wolfgang
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 05:14 AM

Just to refresh:

I don't have the recording but I have looked at the twelve versions of this song I have and none of them has the 'Ireland' verse. Sorry.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)
From: Roberto
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 11:30 AM

Dick Cameron, Irish folksinger, sang a very similar text on a Folkways lp, but without the verse about Ireland. Maybe Patrick Galvin made it himself. I could send an mp3 of Galvin's recording, if someone is willing to transcribe this verse. R

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)
From: MartinRyan
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 11:57 AM

Patrick Galvin is indeed a poet - so the verse may well be one of his own.

Regards

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)
From: DannyC
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 01:01 PM

I enjoy an unaccompanied version of this song from a tape of a regular session in Forkhill, Co. Armagh (1970s). I believe the singer's name is Campbell (not sure however). Campbell's version was the starting point for my own efforts with the song. Campbell's version is very similar to the version(s) posted here. Maybe I'll meet the man one day to thank him.

I am told that the Forkhill session gathered on certain Tuesdays for years. They collectively issued a tape comprised of a selection of favored tunes by the players and interspersed with skillfully delivered songs and stories from individual participants. I am happy they made the effort as IMHO it's beautiful.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)
From: DannyC
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 01:07 PM

for the heck of it, I got the 4th verse as:

"I will wear no shoes along my feet, no comb will rend my hair,
I will wear no handkerchief round my neck, for to shade my beauty fair,
and never will I marry, until the day i die,
for high, high winds, and stormy seas have parted me love and me."
(NOTE: last me pronounced somewhere between "me" and "mie")

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)
From: MartinRyan
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 03:30 PM

That would probably be John Campbell, a fine singer and storyteller.

Regards

p.s. In the Scottish and North of England versions, of course, the "die" would rhyme with "me" rather than vice versa!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)
From: DannyC
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 04:12 PM

Thank you Martin...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Gal
From: Roberto
Date: 09 Oct 05 - 08:35 AM

MANY THANKS TO JIM McLEAN, WHO CORRECTED AND COMPLETED THE TRANSCRIPTION.

The Lowlands of Holland
Patrick Galvin, Irish Street Songs, Riverside RLP 12-613.

Last night I was a-married, and on my marriage bed
Up comes a bold sea captain and stood at my bed-head:
Saying - Arise, arise, you married man, and come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland, to fight your enemy

She held her true love in her arms, still thinking he might stay
But the Captain gave another shout, and he was forced away -
O it's many a blithe young married man this night must go with me
To the lowlands of Holland, for to fight the enemy

O Holland is a wondrous place, and in it grows much green
It's a wild inhabitation for my true love to be in
There the sugar cane grows plentiful and the fruit on every tree
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me

But Ireland is a better place, a land of springy turf
And all around McGilligan is the thunder of the surf
And I would wish my true true love in Ireland for to be
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me

No shoes nor stockings I put on nor comb went in my hair
And neither coal nor candle-light shone in my chamber there
Nor will I marry with any young man until the day I die
Since the lowlands of Holland are between my love and me

Subject: Lyr Add: LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND (from Patrick Galvin)
From: Roberto
Date: 09 Oct 05 - 02:34 PM

In the previous post, there was a mistake, my fault.

MANY THANKS TO JIM McLEAN, WHO CORRECTED AND COMPLETED THE TRANSCRIPTION.

The Lowlands of Holland
Patrick Galvin, Irish Street Songs, Riverside RLP 12-613.

Last night I was a-married, and on my marriage bed
Up comes a bold sea captain and stood at my bed-head:
Saying - Arise, arise, you married man, and come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland, to fight your enemy

She held her true love in her arms, still thinking he might stay
But the Captain gave another shout, and he was forced away -
O it's many a blithe young married man this night must go with me
To the lowlands of Holland, for to fight the enemy

O Holland is a wondrous place, and in it grows much green
It's a wild inhabitation for my true love to be in
There the sugar cane grows plentiful and the fruit on every tree
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me

But Ireland is a better place, a land of springy turf
And all around McGilligan is the thunder of the surf
And I would wish my true true love in Ireland for to be
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me

No shoes nor stockings I put on nor comb went in my hair
And neither coal nor candle-light shone in my chamber there
Nor will I wed with any young man until the day I die
Since the lowlands of Holland are between my love and me

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lowlands of Holland (from Patrick Galvin)
From: Jim McLean
Date: 09 Oct 05 - 04:13 PM

The melody that Patrick Galvin sings to his version of the Lowlands of Holland is the same as that of Eppie Morrie. I haven't researched the connection as it just came to me a minute ago.