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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 ???

[repeat first verse]

Thanks for any help,
Andreas