Lyr Add: (To) Pad the Road (With Me)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: (To) Pad the Road (With Me)
From: GUEST,Rory
Date: 26 May 21 - 03:04 AM

Reinhard
Thankyou for picking up on the differences in the OSSIAN version.
This would have been the same youtube version that had the Malinky lyrics and I assumed were also the OSSIAN lyrics without checking with the song, which of course have only four of the six verses.
My focus would have been on the origins of this song and less concerned about recordings and correctness of lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: (To) Pad the Road (With Me)
From: Reinhard
Date: 26 May 21 - 12:59 AM

You're right, of course, Rory. But the credits shown by Tim (traditional lyrics; additional verses by Steve Byrne) make me wonder
why you stated that this same version was sung by Ossian 27 before Malinky with their newly written verses.

Luckily the Ossian version of To Pad the Road Wi' Me is on YouTube too. It has the original four verses similar to Ord but with some changes; e.g. the first line is "Oh Molly, lovely Molly come let us name the time".

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: (To) Pad the Road (With Me)
From: GUEST,Rory
Date: 25 May 21 - 11:05 PM

RTim

You have posted the exact same lyrics I posted above

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: (To) Pad the Road (With Me)
From: RTim
Date: 25 May 21 - 08:01 PM

From Malinkey.....

Pad The Road Wi Me
        
Credits:        Mike Vass; traditional lyrics; additional verses by Steve Byrne
        
Appears On:        Flower & Iron
        
Language:        Scots-English
        
Lyrics:

Says I, "My dearest Molly, come let us fix the time
Fan ye and I will mairried be and wedlock us combine
Fan ye and I get mairried, love, richt happy we will be
For ye are the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

"Tae pad the road wi' you, sir, cauld winter's comin' on
Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but one
Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but me
So I'm no' the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' thee"

"Oh never mind cauld winter, love, the spring will follow on
Come sit ye doon beside me, and I'll sing you a nice song
I'll sing you a nice song while I diddle ye on ma knee
For you're the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

"Oh the ither lads that I hae had, they proved of cruel mind
They beat me and bad used me and proved tae be unkind
They beat me and bad used me and garred me rue the day
That e'er I gied my love tae them tae pad the road away"

"Oh lassie, dearest lassie, love, I'd never dae ye wrang
It's on my honest faither's life I swear I'll dae nae hairm
I'll busk ye braw and fairer so ye could bear the gree
As the belle o' a' the country 'roond tae pad the road wi' me"

So she has donned her hose and shoon and tae the kirk they've gaen
And lang, ay lang 'ere mornin' that couple were made ane
And lang, lang 'ere the mornin', her troubles were set free
For she's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
For she's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
She's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me

And from YouTube......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXAfOaFwT7k

Subject: ADD Version: Pad the Road
From: GUEST,Rory
Date: 02 Oct 20 - 07:54 AM

This version sung by:
OSSIAN, Album: Seal Song 1981
Malinky, Album: Flower & Iron 2008
Jim & Suzie Malcolm, Album: Spring Will Follow On 2017


PAD THE ROAD

Says I, "My dearest Molly, come let us fix the time
Fan ye and I will mairried be and wedlock us combine
Fan ye and I get mairried, love, richt happy we will be
For ye are the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

"Tae pad the road wi' you, sir, cauld winter's comin' on
Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but one
Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but me
So I'm no' the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' thee"

"Oh never mind cauld winter, love, the spring will follow on
Come sit ye doon beside me, and I'll sing you a nice song
I'll sing you a nice song while I diddle ye on ma knee
For you're the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

"Oh the ither lads that I hae had, they proved of cruel mind
They beat me and bad used me and proved tae be unkind
They beat me and bad used me and garred me rue the day
That e'er I gied my love tae them tae pad the road away"

"Oh lassie, dearest lassie, love, I'd never dae ye wrang
It's on my honest faither's life I swear I'll dae nae hairm
I'll busk ye braw and fairer so ye could bear the gree
As the belle o' a' the country 'roond tae pad the road wi' me"

So she has donned her hose and shoon and tae the kirk they've gaen
And lang, ay lang 'ere mornin' that couple were made ane
And lang, lang 'ere the mornin', her troubles were set free
For she's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
For she's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
She's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me


Recording by Jim & Susie Malcolm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcphdOORIds

recording by Malinky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXAfOaFwT7k (credited to composer Mike Vass and writer Steve Byrne)

Recording by Ossian (different lyrics) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5-afQ1y_8

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: (To) Pad the Road (With Me)
From: GUEST,Rory
Date: 02 Oct 20 - 07:02 AM

Pad the Road with Me
Roud #4599

Earliest source is a broadside ballad from the Bodleian Libraries

"PAD the ROAD WITH ME."
(J. Kendrew, Printer, York.)
between1803 and 1838


HE said my bonny lassy let us set the time,
That you and I'll be married, that I may call you mine,
That I may call you mine my dear and take you on my knee,
He said, my bonny lassy, will you pad the road with me.

To pad the road with you she said, I'm sure I am too young
Besides my aged parents have never a child but one,
They have never a child but one she said, and never a lass but me,
She said, my bonny laddy, I'll not pad the road with thee.

He said, my bonny lassy, don't marry a clown,
He'll bray you and abuse you, and pull your courage down,
He'll curse you and abuse you, and never let you be;
He said my bonny lassy, won't you pad the road with me.

Were I to pad the road with you, my parents they would frown,
Because I am an heiress of five hundred pounds;
And you are but a weaver, you could not maintain me,   
She said, my bonny laddy, I'll not pad the road with thee.

He said, bonny lassy, don't think the summer long,
My loom I'll set beside you, and sing you a bonny song;
I'll kiss you and I'll cuddle you, and take you on my knee,
And he said, my bonny lassy, now wont you marry me?

Now they are married and has got into bed,
She bless'd the happy hour the weaver did her wed;
Now they live happy in every degree,
She said, my bonny laddy, now I'll pad road with thee.

Subject: Lyr Add: MCLEANE THE JOURNEYMAN
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Dec 09 - 10:57 PM

I found this in an article "Irish Come-All-Ye's" by Phillips Barry, in The Journal of American Folk-Lore, Volume 22, Parts 3-4, page 385. There, it cites a book: Folk-Songs of the North Atlantic States, by Phillips Barry (Boston, 1908), "from S. C., Boston, Mass, native of Co. Tyrone."

McLEANE THE JOURNEYMAN

1. "Oh, pretty little girl, come till we set the time
That you and I'll be married, and I can call you mine,
That I can call you mine, my dear, quite happy would I be,
And, my handsome little girl, won't you pad the road with me?"

2. "If I's to pad the road with you, then I'd be much to blame,
Besides, my mother has none but me, and I don't know your name." —
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . the maids they know me well,
My name's McLeane the Journeyman, which many a maid can tell!"

3. "I'll buy you a beaver bonnet, likewise a muslin gown,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and servants at your call,
And I'll buy you a nice little lap-dog, to follow your jaunting-car!"

4. "A fig for you and your lap-dogs, your jaunting-car likewise,
I'd rather have a young man, with two bright sparkling eyes,
I'd rather have a young man without a penny at all,
That would take me in his arms, and roll me from the wall!"

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: (To) Pad the Road (With Me)
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 03 May 07 - 10:57 PM

Ord also gives the tune in staff and tonic sol fa notation.

Subject: Lyr Add: TO PAD THE ROAD WI' ME (Ord's Bothy Songs
From: GUEST,Amber
Date: 03 May 07 - 10:00 PM

Because I searched for the lyrics here and couldn't find them...here they are. Copied wholesale from California State University at Fresno


TO PAD THE ROAD WI' ME

From John Ord, Ord's Bothy Songs and Ballads, pp. 78-79.
Supplied by W. Malcolm of Arbroath.

Says I, "My dearest Mollie,
    Come let us fix the time
When you and I will married be,
    And wedlock us combine.
When you and I get married, love,
    Right happy we will be,
For ye are the bonnie lassie
    That's to pad the road wi' me."

"To pad the road wi' you, kind sir;
    Cauld winter's coming on,
Besides my aged parents
    Have ne'er a girl but one;
Besides, my aged parents
    Have ne'er a girl but me,
So I'm no the bonnie lassie
    That's to pad the road wi' thee."

"Oh, never mind cauld winter, love,
    The spring will follow soon;
Come sit ye down beside me,
    And I'll sing you a nice song.
I'll sing you a nice song,
    While I diddle you on my knee,
For ye are the bonnie lassie
    That's to pad the road wi' me."

Saw she has donned her hose and shoon,
    And to the kirk they've gaen,
And lang, ay lang ere morning
    That couple were made ane.
And lang, lang ere the morning
    Her troubles were set free,
For she's the bonnie lassie
    That's to pad the road wi' me."