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ROMANIAN SONG (Blood And Gold) (Andy Irvine & Jane Cassidy ) On rides a captain and 300 soldier lads Out of the morning mist and thro' the silent snow Whistling gaily rides the captain at their head Behind him soldier boys sadly weeping go O lads of mine weep no more You are gone to kill and die For when you took my gold and swore to follow me You sold away your lives and your liberty No more you'll till the soil, no more you'll work the land No more to the dance you'll go and take girls by the hand O mother weep for your son He is gone to kill and die You'll weep, you'll die by the keen edge of the sword You'll all go in the fire there'll be no hiding place O mother hear the drumbeat in the village square O mother that drums for me to go for a soldier there Mothers sisters wives, weep for us Marked as Cain we lie alone -------------------------------------------------------------------- sung by Lucienne Purcell on Andy Irvine's "Rainy Sundays...Windy dreams" (1989 (?)) and by the Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior & June Tabor) on "No More To The Dance" (1988) Andy notes:"This one started as a Romanian song collected by Bela Bartok in the early part of this century. A friend of mine, Jane Cassidy from Kilkeel, Co. Down and myself re-wrote it a few times and put it to a Bulgarian dance-song tune (When a dance is danced to singing, the singers themselves also dance). This song is in Paidushka rhythm 5/16." copyright Heupferd Music @war @soldier @parting filename[ ROMSNG MJ |
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