Hello Barry, et al, Here's the text and info on "Claudy Banks"
Claudy Banks Collected by Jeff Davis from Fred Redden of Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, ca 1990.
In youth I craved adventure, to Australia I did stray Leaving friends and my dear mother for adventure far away She begged me not to leave her or to return some day To the bonny banks of Claudy, ten thousand miles away
Chorus: Oh blame me not for weeping, oh blame me not I say For I long to see my mother, ten thousand miles away
Last night as I lay sleeping, I had a dreadful dream I thought I saw my mother who was waiting there for me She said that she must leave me, she could no longer stay By the bonny banks of Claudy, ten thousand miles away
Today I got a letter, it came from sister dear Telling me of my dear mother and wishing I were there She said that they have laid her in a grave so cold and gray By the bonny banks of Claudy, ten thousand miles away
Jeff Warner Portsmouth, NH December, 2000 Line breaks added. --JoeClone
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