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Thread #77411 Message #2802935
Posted By: Susan of DT
04-Jan-10 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Annachie Gordon (Child #239)
Subject: Lyr Add: HANNAH LE GORDON (from Bodleian)
Here is the Bodleian version:
HANNAH LE GORDON
Hannah Le Gordon is bonnie and braw He would tempt any woman that ever he saw He would tempt any woman, as well as he is done me And tis all for my Hannah Le Gordon I'll die
In came her father into the room Oh, Jenny, you're trying the tricks of a loun Your liking a man that cares naething for thee Yet it is all for my Hannah Le Gordon I'll die
Before I take salting [Soltan] with his guineas so red With Hannah Le Gordon, I would beg my bread How his houses are let and his lands they lay lea Yet it is all for my Hannah Le Gordon I'll die
Home came her true love, home came he home Her true love came home from the sea Her parents kept him long at the gate What aileth my Jenny she comes no out yet
Down came the Chambermaid wringing her hands All for your staying so long on the sands Your Jenny is married and now she is dead, And it's all for staying so long on the flood
Chambermaid, chambermaid, who was so rude As marry my Jenny and me on the flood As marry my Jenny and me at sea And it's all for the sake of my Jenny I'll die.
Chambermaid, chambermaid, you'll by and by Show me to the chamber where my Jenny does lye He has kissed her cold cheek and then her cold chin And he's died in the room where his true Jenny lay in
Child #239 @ballad @love @death From the Bodleian Library versions of the song recorded by Cindy Mangsen, Joe Rae and Nic Jones filename[ ANGORDN2 play.exe ANGORDON SOF 2009 ||
I'll look for the booklet that goes with Joe Rae's CD and post (and enter into the DT) Joe's version when I find it.