17 Dec 02 - 05:26 AM (#848741) Subject: Lyr Req: Ireland's green shore From: GUEST,Jeremie Hello you all ! I am looking for lyrics of the song : "Ireland's green shore" sung by Tim O'Brien. No trace here : am I wrong ? Thanks a lot ! Jeremie |
17 Dec 02 - 06:02 AM (#848751) Subject: Lyr Add: IRELAND'S GREEN SHORE From: masato sakurai IRELAND'S GREEN SHORE From The Crossing (P.D., arr Tim O'Brien (Howdy Skies Music/Forerunner Music, Inc., ASCAP)) One evening for pleasure I rambled On the banks of some cold purling stream I set down on a bed of primroses And I gently fell into a dream I dreamt that I saw a fair female Her equal I never saw before And I sighed for the laws of our country As we stray there on Ireland's green shore Her cheeks were like two bloominÂ' roses Her teeth were like ivory so white Her eyes shone like two sparkling diamonds Or the stars on some cold frosty night She was dressed in the richist attire And green was the mantle she wore All bound down with the hemlocks and the roses As we stray there on Ireland's green shore Transgression of joy I awoken I found this was only a dream That pretty fair female had fled me I longed to be slumbering again May the heavens above be her guardian Though I know I'll never see her anymore May the goldliest sunbeam shine upon her As she lies sleeping on IrelandÂ's green shore One evening for pleasure I rambled On the banks of some cold purling stream I set down on a bed of primroses And I gently fell into a dream (From HERE) ~Masato |
17 Dec 02 - 07:17 AM (#848771) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tim O'Brien From: BanjoRay That's a superb song with a gorgeous melody. I first heard it by Maggie Hammons (where, I think, Tim O'brien got it) on the wonderful folkways double CD of the Hammons Family from West Virginia, recorded by Dwight Diller back in the seventies. It has wonderful songs, fiddle tunes, banjo tunes and family reminiscences from Maggie, Burl Sherman and Lee Hammons. Cheers Ray |
17 Dec 02 - 07:33 AM (#848783) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tim O'Brien From: nutty There's an original copy here in the Bodleain Library Erin's Green Shore Printer: Walker, G. (Durham) Date: between 1797 and 1834 Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham. Printer's Series: (6). Ballads on sheet: 2 Copies: Firth b.26(456) Harding B 11(1085) Johnson Ballads 1589 Johnson d.1773(p. 122v) Ballads: 1.Erin's green shore("One evening of late as I strayed ..") Subject: Ireland |
17 Dec 02 - 08:03 AM (#848794) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tim O'Brien From: masato sakurai "Erin's Green Shore" (2 songs) is in the DT. There's a previous thread on the song: Erin's Green Shore. ~Masato |
19 Dec 02 - 07:56 AM (#850260) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tim O'Brien From: GUEST Thanks a lot to all of you !!! Jeremie |