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Thread #61176   Message #3870375
Posted By: Abdul The Bul Bul
07-Aug-17 - 02:21 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Thank You Ma'am Says Dan
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thank You Ma'am Says Dan
I've learned this from the Delia Murphy cassette (after allthose years), with a mod to the end line I got from here. I'm about ready to stand up and 'do it' but have a word I don't know is correct.

Here's what I have -

"What brought you into my room, to my room, to my room?
What brought you into my room?" says the mistress unto Dan,
"I came here to court your daughter ma'am,
I thought it no great harm ma'am,"
"Ah, Dan, me dear, you're welcome here,"
"Oh thank you ma'am," says Dan.

"How come you to know my daughter, my daughter, my daughter?
How came you to know my daughter?" says the mistress unto Dan.
"Goin' to the well for water, ma'am,
To raise the can I taught her, ma'am."
"Oh, Dan my dear, you're a handy man."
"Oh thank you ma'am," says Dan.

She's a funny girl, your daughter, your daughter, your daughter,
She's a funny girl your daughter but I like her well says Dan
She's a girl that's fit for any man
And she's a graw for you dear Dan.
Oh Dan my dear, your welcome here,
Oh thank you maam says Dan.

"Oh then, you can have my daughter, my daughter, my daughter,
I'll let you take my daughter," says the mistress unto Dan.
"But if you take my daughter, Dan,
Of course you'll take me also, Dan.
Oh, Dan, my dear, you're welcome here,"
BE GOD! thank you, ma'am," says Dan.

This couple they got married, got married, got married.
This couple they got married, Miss Elizabeth and Dan,
And now he keeps her mother and her father and her brother, O.
'Oh Dan, 'tis you're the lucky man.'

"Ah, go along to hell to says Dan.

So, in the 3rd verse (that I see doesn't feature above)"She's agraw for you dear Dan"

Agraw? Any explanations/suggestions. That's what it sounds as though Delia sings.

Nice to see John Barden starting this thread although I never heard him sing this one.

Al