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Thread #84570 Message #1561226
Posted By: Roberto
11-Sep-05 - 03:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Streets of Derry (Triona Ni Dhomhnaill)
Subject: Lyr Add: STREETS OF DERRY (Triona Ni Dhomhnaill)
I miss one or two words in the 7th stanza. Please, help me complete this text. Thank you. R
Streets of Derry Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill with The Bothy Band, Out of the Wind into the Sun, Green Linnet GLCD 3013, 1985, originally released 1977.
My love is one of the fairest young men That ever was in this country But how to win him, I do not know it For he is sentenced for to die
As he walked out the streets of Derry He walked so proud and so manfully He was far more like a commanding officer Than a man to die on the gallow's tree
The first time he went to climb the ladder His blooming face began to pale And this he said - Is there no assistance? Is there no release in the Derry jail?
He took another step up the ladder His beloved father was standing by - Come here, come near, my beloved father And speak one word to me before I die
The next time he went to climb the ladder His beloved sister was standing by - Come here, come near, my beloved sister And speak one word to me before I die
I wonder what become of my true love Or what has sent her so long from me? Or does she think it a great dishonour For to see me die on a gallow's tree?
He looked around and he saw her coming And she was dressed up in woolens fine And then he stepped, and she draws nearer Was swifter than the ...(?) wynd (?)
Come down, come down off that weary gallow For I've got your pardon from the king And I'll let them see we'll be united And I'll crown my Johnny with a laurel leaf