The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6419 Message #37308
Posted By: harpgirl
07-Sep-98 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Johnny Lovely Johnny / High Walls of Derry
Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny
Ah Barry, Now I have:
[The high walls of Derry look dismal and gray] [And so does lovely Johnny, he is now going away] [He is going to Bonny courtland some sweet girl for to see] [Oh Johnny lovely Johnny do you mind me....] [When you came to my window to steal me away] [You'd promised you'd marry me...] [Oh Johnny lovely Johnny what about of your mind] [Oh Annie lovely Annie it was all but addressed] [For I never intended to make you my ...] [I never intended to make you my wife] [Oh Annie lovely annie] [All the days of my life] [The first time I met you tis well I go.....] [Twas in my father's garden in the county Tyrone] [With my white aprom round us to shield up our way] [Oh Johnny lovely Johnny what about of your .....] [A bunch of blue ribbons I'll tie up and wear] [And a wreath of forget me nots] [I will twine in my hair] [And if ever he returns again I will greet him with [joy] [And I will kiss the lips of my own Johnny boy]
You see I haven't quite got the verses right, Barry. harpgirl