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Posted By: Pamber
15-Mar-21 - 01:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Fiddler's Green (John Conolly)
Subject: RE: Origins: Fiddler's Green
So I now understand the context of the second version and have been transcribing it but my hearing is not what it was and there are some words I cannot discern. (Marked with question marks below) Are there any people with two ears that can help an old “unilug”
Fiddlers Green
John Conolly
As I roved by the dockside one evening so rare
To view the still waters and take the salt air
I heard an old fisherman singing this song,
Oh take me away boys, me time is not long
Chorus
Dress me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin a trip mates
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green
Far over the foam lies the land of the ????
The crossing, the voyage the turn of the wheel
Where fabled Valhalla once called to all men
And friends long forsaken may meet once again
Where all journeys end at the rim of the world
The banners of Avalon now are unfurled
And where is the boatman to bear me away
With the fast falling sun at the close of the day
Warm westerly winds my old fair weather friends
Come whisper your welcome to dreams without end
Old songs and old stories ring out and ring true
In ???? ??????? land where all things are made new
Oh I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me
Just give me a breeze and a good rollin’ sea
And I'll play me auld squeezebox as we sail along
With the wind in the riggin to sing me this song
Chorus
Dress me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin a trip mates
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin a trip mates
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green