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Thread #46073 Message #2444777
Posted By: GUEST,Graham
19-Sep-08 - 03:41 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: willow tree
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree
From http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/WE_WEK.htm
WEEPING WILLOW TREE, THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. A,A,ABABABAB. The melody was collected from the village of Headington, Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds, along with these words:
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Oh, once they said my lips were red and now they're scarlet pale,
Oh, I was a silly girl to believe this flattering tale.
He vowed he'd never deceive me; I like a silly believed he,
The moon and the stars they shone so bright,
Over the willow tree.
(Quarry Men, c. 1950)
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Oh, once they said my cheeks were red, but now they are drawn and pale,
When I like a silly girl believed his flattering tale.
He said he's never deceive me, and I like a silly believed he,
When the moon and the stars so brightly shone
Over the willow tree
(Journal, English Folk Dance & Song Society)
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Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 190.