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Thread #5070 Message #28658
Posted By: AndreasW
19-May-98 - 03:09 AM
Thread Name: Origins:A-Rovin/Maid from Amsterdam/Amsterdam Maid
Subject: Lyr help req: Maid from Amsterdam
Hi, fellow mudcateers,
I need help with the lyrics of a song called "The Maid from Amsterdam". I am looking for one line which I can't understand from listening to the recording. (English is "only" my second language) The recording is by a group called "Kings Galliard", on the CD called "Rocky Road to Dublin" There are two versions of this song in the database under the title of "A-Rovin" but both didn't help me as they are only similar. I am looking for the exact word(s) in the recording mentioned above. I marked the place where I don't know the word(s) with 3 question marks. Should I have made some errors elsewhere please give me a hint, too. Now the text as I hear/understand it:
The Maid from Amsterdam (aka A-Rovin')
In Amsterdam there lived a maid, mark well what I do say, In Amsterdam there lived a maid, and she was Mistress of her trade,
Chorus [after each verse] I go no more a-roving with you, fair maid. A-roving, a-roving, since roving's been my ru-i-in I go no more a-roving with you, fair maid.
I kissed her once, I kissed her twice, mark well what I do say, I kissed her once, I kissed her twice, said she your men you're all so nice
I put my hand upon her knee, mark well what I do say, I put my hand upon her knee, said she you men are fancy-free,
I put my arms around her waist, mark well what I do say, I put my arms around her waist, said she don't man, you're ???