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Lyr Add: The Young Woman from Ireland (J. Arden)
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE YOUNG WOMAN FROM IRELAND (J Arden) From: Gulliver Date: 08 Mar 07 - 10:57 AM THE YOUNG WOMAN FROM IRELAND Words: John Arden Music: Jolyon Jackson I was walking out Upon this rainy day A half-blind gay young woman Came agreeably in my way She travelled out of Ireland Into England to live To blink for a young Englishman And her affection to give 'Oh I have had sorrows I have had grief So many men's sorrows As the dew falls on the leaf So many said they loved me With words at my ears Like needles of sharp ivory They scraped me with their beards So many said they loved me And I blinked at them again But all that they did for me The wind does for the rain' We were in Trafalgar Square Where the rain was blowm to hail Lord Nelson's eye was filled with feathers From every pigeon's tail 'I can half-see you, you young Englishman And naked shall you stand Between my white bosom With your hand in my hand If you want I can then clothe you In red and in white Your eyes in my bedroom Shall be all I need for light' Her eyes being weak and watery She took liberty to use mine She said, 'Where I could see three tall chimneys Now I can see nine' The eyes she borrowed from me She returned to me once more And I see a whole great waterscape I never saw before So I am rowing out today On this rainy windy lake That throws my boat so up and down I am sure my oars will break. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Young Woman from Ireland (J. Arden) From: GUEST,alice Date: 09 Mar 07 - 10:48 AM Is that John Arden, the playwright, from Yorkshire but now residing in Galway? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Young Woman from Ireland (J. Arden) From: Gulliver Date: 09 Mar 07 - 02:08 PM Yes, I believe that's the one. It's a poem set to music. |
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