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Thread #19653 Message #2984275
Posted By: GUEST
10-Sep-10 - 08:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Maid of Coolmore
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Maid of Coolmore
from sweat londonderry to the fair london town there's no other nicer harbour anywhere to be found where the children each evening is a-playing round the shore and the joybells are ringing for the maid of coolmore
the first time that i met her she passed me by the next time that i met her she bade me goodbye but the last time that i met her she grieved my heart so for she sailed down loch foyle and away from coolmore
if i had the power the storm to rise i would blow the wind higher for to darken the sky i would blow the wind again to make the salt sea roar on the day that my love set sail away from coolmore
to the land of americay my love i set for for the day i land that i know no one knows me for if i should not find her i'll return no more but like a pilgrim i will wonder for the maid of coolmore
this song has haunted me for 26 years, as has most of the things that the bothy band did,,,, but that is what life is really all about the first verse is not right but we're getting there, a few wee drams and we'll crack it. love to you all and fuck polliticians nick