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Lyr Req: Gosforth's Fair Demesne (Kevin Mitchell) |
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Subject: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain From: GUEST Date: 31 Mar 18 - 05:57 PM I heard this song while at a session in Inishowen, Ireland. Great song, but I can't find lyrics or tune anywhere on the internet. Thanks. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain From: Jim Dixon Date: 01 Apr 18 - 03:21 PM Kevin Mitchell (an Irishman) has recorded an album called "I Sang That Sweet Refrain" in 1996. However, it doesn't contain a song by that title. Could the album title be a quote from the lyrics of one of the songs? 1 Paddy in Glasgow 2 The Maid of Ballydoo 3 Granuaile 4 The Banks of Brandywine 5 The Red Haired Man's Wife 6 Inishfree 7 The Rangy Ribs I Bought from Micky Doo 8 The Blue Tar Road 9 Paudeen Roe 10 False Lover John 11 The Fanad Mare 12 The Mantle So Green 13 The Flower of Crosby's Mill 14 Gosforth's Fair Demesne 15 The Granemore Hare 16 Johnnie Gallagher |
Subject: Lyr Add: GOSFORTH'S FAIR DEMESNE (Kevin Mitchell) From: Reinhard Date: 02 Apr 18 - 12:37 AM "I sang that sweet refrain" is a phrase from the last stanza of Kevin Mitchell's song GOSFORTH'S FAIR DEMESNE Ye tender lovers, one and all, I pray you lend an ear To a simple tale of stirring love I mean to let you hear And the names of those of whom I speak to you I will not tell For all around sweet Markethill most people know them well It being on a cool September eve, the corn was golden crowned A gentle breeze roused through the trees, a dim glow all around And it was the maiden fair who spoke as she clasped her true love's hand And in an instant she cried out, Alas, I understand That you're in love with another fair maid, prettier far than I And so the love shines brilliant, shines brilliant in your eye And it's oh! to think that you'd be false, that you'd bedim my eye And with a parting kiss, alas! to you I'll say goodbye Oh stay, oh stay, the young man cried, From you I will not go You say I love another lass, I vow that isn't so For had I Gosforth's castle fair and all the lands in view From Mullybrack unto Richhill, there's none I'd wed but you And he threw his arms around her neck and kissed her tenderly And a cloud above fair Gosforth's heights no longer could I see And I turned my steps towards Richhill and I sang that sweet refrain Of the pair I left in fond embrace near Gosforth's fair demesne |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain From: Joe Offer Date: 02 Apr 18 - 03:34 AM With a title like "Gosforth's Fair Demesne," I can see how the song might come to be known by a different title. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain From: GUEST Date: 02 Apr 18 - 08:58 AM Thanks very much! I should have listened to the whole album. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain From: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP) Date: 02 Apr 18 - 09:49 AM One minor correction/typo in Reinhard's otherwise perfect transcription: On the 2nd line To a simple tale... Mick |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain From: GUEST Date: 02 Apr 18 - 10:29 AM PS— "Demesne" is actually pronounced "Domain". Where did that weird word come from? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain From: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP) Date: 02 Apr 18 - 12:23 PM desmesne. "Middle English: from Old French demeine (later Anglo-Norman French demesne) ‘belonging to a lord’, from Latin dominicus, from dominus ‘lord, master’. Compare with domain." According to OED pronouncing it as "di-main" or "di-mean" would both be acceptable. Mick |
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