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Julia Water is wide: song history request (38) Lyr Add: THE IRISH BOY (from Phyllis Martin) 27 Jan 01


THE IRISH BOY
Tune: The Water is Wide
Learned from Phyllis Martin, Dalbeattie Scotland
She learned it from her mother who is in her 80's
Phyllis sings with the group "Stravaig" Her e-mail is phyllismartin56@hotmail.com

Chorus:
Oh what a foolish young girl was I
To fall in love with an Irish boy
An Irish boy he well may be
But he spoke braid Scots when he courted me

1)
There sits a bird in yonder tree
Some say he's blind and canna see
Oh how I wish that bird was me
Since my true love has left me

2)
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I was a maid again
A maid again I never will be
Till an apple grows on an orange tree

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 16-Jul-02.


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