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05 May 04 - 06:28 PM (#1178885) Subject: Lyr Req: The Stranger From: Pogo hello I'm new here I posted once before as a guest asking about the origins of Follow me up to Carlow. Anyways this is an old song my grandmother said her father would sing to her but she doesn't remember much of it. I don't know the title and she can't remember it either so I just call it " The Stranger " She can only remember a few fragment verses which are as follows: May I sleep in your barn tonight mister? It is cold laying out on the ground For the old North Wind it is whistling And I have no place to lie down I'll tell you my story kindly mister For it runs through my heart like a storm Three years ago last summer I won't forget that sad day A stranger came out from the city And he said that he wanted to stay My wife and stranger, they have left and have taken my son And Lord up in Heaven knows what that stranger has done Does anyone know the complete song or anything else about it? Thanks :) |
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05 May 04 - 06:56 PM (#1178903) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stranger From: Cattail Hi Pogo A (very) quick search on google, (typed the first line in inverted commas) gave lots of entries. The first one I looked at gave me this address. http://www.smsu.edu/folksong/maxhunter/0667/ With full lyrics. Hope it helps Cheers Cattail ! |
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05 May 04 - 07:12 PM (#1178922) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stranger From: Cattail Sorry Pogo, I forgot to welcome you to the madhouse, You've been here before so you know what it's like. but welcome again, enjoy. Cheers Cattail ! |
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05 May 04 - 10:34 PM (#1179059) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stranger From: Pogo Thank you I very much appreciate it! :) I've always been very fond of celtic and folk music and I'm learning more than I ever thought possible about both from hanging around here. Do you know if this song has made it to any CDs yet? |
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05 May 04 - 11:09 PM (#1179074) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stranger From: Malcolm Douglas All you have to do is run a search here for (for instance) sleep in your barn. It's been discussed a number of times before. The onsite search engine isn't very hard to find: see the top of every page. |
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05 May 04 - 11:37 PM (#1179083) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stranger From: Q (Frank Staplin) Thread 20079 and the others listed there: Sleep in Your Barn |