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06 Sep 10 - 11:40 AM (#2980957) Subject: Lyr Req: Mance Lipscomb's Lord Thomas #73 From: Roberto I'd like to get the text of Lord Thomas (Child #73) as sung by MANCE LIPSCOMB (in Mance Lipscomb: Texas Songster, Vol. 2 - You Got to Reap What Sow). Thanks. R |
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07 Sep 10 - 12:25 AM (#2981324) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mance Lipscomb's Lord Thomas #73 From: 12-stringer Now Thomas he wore some mighty fine clothes And the waiter did dress in green, well the waiter did dress in green And every city that they passed through They taken him, taken him to be some queen [!] Now Thomas he walked along the road He did not walk so fur, he did not walk so fur He turned back and say to the lady's mother I want, I want to marry your girl. The lady like him (?) for she said too My daughter is too young, my daughter is too young To be misleading, to be misleading [can't understand the next line] Oh let her be young, oh let her be old I've come to ask you for one kind favor Please, please choose me for your son. |
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07 Sep 10 - 03:26 AM (#2981373) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mance Lipscomb's Lord Thomas #73 From: Roberto Thanks a lot. The only two words I can get more are: "I say": To be misleading, to be misleading / I say (...?). |