Lyr Req/Add: Mantle of Green

07 Nov 99 - 03:15 PM (#132905)
Subject: LYR REQ: mantle of green
From: Boston Bill

Help!!! Lovely song, needs words. Boston Bill

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07 Nov 99 - 03:18 PM (#132907)
Subject: RE: LYR REQ: mantle of green
From:

Search DT for Mantle of Green.

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07 Nov 99 - 03:27 PM (#132909)
Subject: RE: LYR REQ: mantle of green
From: Boston Bill

Mantle so Green is in DT, need Mantle of Green. Has words "My love came to Dublin... she wore a green bonnet..." Thanks Boston Bill

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07 Nov 99 - 07:54 PM (#132999)
Subject: RE: LYR REQ: mantle of green
From: Boston Bill

help

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08 Nov 99 - 01:01 AM (#133102)
Subject: Lyr Add: MANTLE OF GREEN
From: MudGuard

Here are the lyrics as sung by Aoife Clancy:

MANTLE OF GREEN

My love came to Dublin one fine sunday morning,
My love came to Dublin to honour me there
He wore a green ribbon wrapped round a green bonnet
And I wore a bangle of gold in my hair.

Now the leaves they were green on that bright sunday morining
But now they have fallen, there's wind in the bough
And I never asked him to buy me a ring
Fall down very lightly, you leaves, on me now

I will not ask the clergy for prayers in the chapel
I'll not hear the minister saying his prayers.
I'll go down to the river neath the birch trees and branches
And ask them to raise up their arms in the air.

Now the good girls they sleep in all their fine modesty.
The bad girls they sleep in the hide of their shame.
I lie alone in the wood by the river
Till I see my true love return with my name.

And I make him some shoes of the finest green leather
I make him a cloth the finest you've seen,
And he'll walk like a lord through the city of Dublin
And I'll walk beside him in mantles of green.

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08 Nov 99 - 01:05 AM (#133103)
Subject: RE: LYR REQ: mantle of green
From: MudGuard

Last word on first line of second verse is to be "morning", not "morining".
It's just another typo I found in my lyrics collection...
MudGuard

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20 Nov 99 - 03:40 PM (#138852)
Subject: RE: LYR REQ: mantle of green
From: Boston Bill

Thanks a bunch to you MudGuard. Sorry for the delay. Boston Bill

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