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18 Apr 20 - 05:06 PM (#4046895) Subject: Lyr Add: Mall of Lismore From: Joe Offer Can anyone tell us about this song? Any corrections? It was apparently sung by Andy Irvine, maybe written by him. THE MALL OF LISMORE Come all you fair maids take a warning And it’s never a soldier take wed Or else like myself you’ll be mourning Far better live single instead For once I was young and light hearted But now all my pleasures are o’er Since my darling has gone and he’s left me All alone in the Mall of Lismore As I went a walking one morning Down by the sweet banks of the Finn I met with a dashing young soldier And soon my poor heart he did win I thought him both handsome and charming His features I ne’er saw before But alas has gone and he’s left me All alone in the Mall of Lismore To Dublin his regiment was ordered And my soldier he didn’t take long In picking a dispute with his Sergeant And it was for this misfortune was wronged He was handcuffed and tied with a halter And his back with the lash was made sore And that was the reason he left me All alone in the Mall of Lismore Farewell to the banks of Blackwater And adieu to my parents and home Since my father her disowned his own daughter In some foreign valleys I’ll roam May he always be blessed with good fortune And I hope that I’ll meet him once more But alas has gone and he’s left me All alone in the Mall of Lismore Traditional “The Mall of Lismore” is a song written in the first person—and as a warning to “other fair maids”—by a girl who was disowned by her father for falling in love with a “dashing young soldier” who, in turn, leaves her “all alone on the Mall of Lismore, when to Dublin his regiment was ordered”. Irvine sings and plays harmonica & mandolin, accompanied on harpsichord by Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill. Lyrics submitted by Sean Laffey. “Here are the lyrics to Mall of Lismore, from the 1977 The Gathering album. These will be printed in Irish Music Magazine this coming October along with a commentary.” Source: https://andyirvinelyrics.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/the-mall-of-lismore/ |
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18 Apr 20 - 05:42 PM (#4046903) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mall of Lismore From: cnd I found a similar looking song titled "A Local Song" which you can see here: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428089/4377747/4435149, as recorded by Mary M. Scanahan, of Lismore, Co. Waterford It appears to be dated 1938-1939 in the front of the book I also found the following quote: Fíodhna learnt this air from Tipperary singer, Nora Butler’s album ‘My Home Lies in Tipperary’ and received its history from Co. Waterford singer, Ann Mulqueen. Set in the late 1800’s along the ‘Mall’ or water-fronted Lismore road, this song depicts the tragedy of a young girl who falls in love with a British soldier, stationed in the garrison Co. Waterford town. Having being accused of being a traitor to her people as well as bearing his child, she was shunned and banished from her hometown to the ‘foreign valley’. Fíodhna is joined by singer, Cathy Jordan for their own rendition of the air. From: Air Time: Notation of Airs by Fiodha Gardiner If someone has that Nora Butler CD it may have more in its liner notes. She does attribute the copyright to Irvine |