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Thread #66178 Message #1097663
Posted By: GUEST,Martin Ryan
21-Jan-04 - 03:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ellen Brown
Subject: ADD: Ellen Brown
OK, here's a version found on the Net:
Ellen Brown
O as I went out one evening in haste to have some fun It was down by Dublin City I carelessly did stray I was meeting with my comrades in the outskirts of the town Ah but who did chance to come my way but lovely Ellen Brown?
--Ah sure I'm goin down to Donnybrook Fair--And so am I, said she At yonder bar there's a jauntin car and on it we'll go down There is no one could be happier, twas by her I sat down I was admirin all the beauty of lovely Ellen Brown
And sure when we reached to Donnybrook we pulled into a tent That's where we spent our evening enjoyin aliment There is no one could be happier, twas by her I sat down I was admirin all the beauty of lovely Ellen Brown
Arrah but when the dance was over a bed we did prepare And as what did follow after that the truth I will declare She took from me my watch and chain, likewise my fifty pound And she left me bare, jacknaked there as I lay on the ground
Arrah come on my handsome young men and a warnin take by me Don't you ever (?) a darkhaired girl, I hope you will agree She will finger all your money and she'll leave you bare in town And she'll leave you to curse Donnybrook like me with Ellen Brown
This looks fairly close to the song as I know it. "Aliment" is puzzling - my recollection is "enjoying the merriment".