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Thread #114320 Message #2445656
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
20-Sep-08 - 12:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Maid of Listowel
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Maid of Listowel
My original link led to all three prints, incidentally; but not everyone seems to have looked. Never mind.
Here is the tune.
X:1 T:The Maid of Listowel S:John Murphy (67) in Marylebone Workhouse, 17 October 1908. Z:Cecil J Sharp B:Journal of the Folk-Song Society, V (18) 1914, 45-7. N:Originally noted in one flat with all Bs marked as naturals. L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 M:3/4 K:DDorian A2 | D2 A2 A2 | A2 G2 F2 | E2 D2 E2 | G2 E2 F2 | w:One morn in Oc-to-ber for sweet re-cre-a-tion I F2 G2 A2 | A2 B2 c2 | A2 G2 E2 | D4 E2 | F2 G2 A2 | w:met a fair maid and she bleach-ing her clothes. I stood in a- A2 G2 E2 | E2 D2 E2 | G2 E2 F2 | F2 G2 A2 | A2 B2 c2 | w:maze-ment to gaze on this fair one. I asked if she pleased, would she A2 G2 E2 | D4 G2 | A2 B2 c2 | d2 c2 d2 | e2 c2 B2 | w:come to Lis-towel? She smi-ling-ly said with the mild-est be- c2 A2 G2 | A2 B2 c2 | d2 e2 f2 | e2 c2 B2 | w:ha-viour, De-sist and don't tease me but leave me a- c4 G2 | A2 B2 c2 | d2 c2 d2 | e2 d2 B2 | w:lone. My par-ents might blame me and you might de- c2 A2 G G | A2 A2 B2 | c2 B2 c2 | A2 G2 E2 | D4 |] w:ceive me For you seem as a schem-er that's straight from Lis-towel.