Lyr Req: last verse of 'maid in her father's

24 Sep 00 - 09:00 PM (#304698)
Subject: last verse of 'maid in her father's ...'
From: GUEST,Joerg

Hi, folks,

I recently purchased a CD with a song performed by Triona Ni Dhomhnaill with Relativity: There Was A Lady.

Meanwhile I found out that this is almost the same as 'There Was A Maid In Her Father's Garden' with the lyrics posted by Wolfgang here(hope the clicky will work).

Triona adds a verse to everything I could find until now going like

So come all you fair and tender maidens,
Don't slight your sailors whilst they're at sea,
They'll come home, they'll make you their own and
They'll bring ... (that's what bugs me - nicely sung, but impossible to understand)

You know I once read that (at least irish) folk songs were called 'Comeallyes' before the word 'folk' was even invented, and I think that this last verse adds some kind of satisfaction to any real folk lover. Can you understand that not knowing the second half of the last line of the last verse of a song I like is hard for me? It's like ... uh ... forget it ... ;->

Can anybody help me?

Joerg

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24 Sep 00 - 09:07 PM (#304706)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: last verse of 'maid in her father's
From: GUEST

See "A Lady Fair/ The Pretty Fair maid" thread.

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24 Sep 00 - 10:46 PM (#304750)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: last verse of 'maid in her father's
From: GUEST,Joerg

Sorry, that isn't very helpful. I found another version of the song, but still not that last verse. Can you tell me what info exactly you mean?

Joerg

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24 Sep 00 - 11:40 PM (#304795)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: last verse of 'maid in her father's
From: Hotspur

I listened to my recording of it, this is what I came up with, but it's not offcial:

Come all you fair and tender maidens,
Don't slight your sailors while they're at sea
When they come home they'll make you their own and
They'll take you o'er to Americay.

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25 Sep 00 - 08:48 PM (#305406)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: last verse of 'maid in her father's
From: GUEST,Joerg

!!! THAT'S GREAT !!! ROTFL !!!

Yes, Hotspur, I think that's it. Maybe I would have realized this myself if I just had thought of the possibility that an obvious love ballad might turn into an emigration song at the very, Very, VERY last moment. But that was kind of too difficult for my poor - maybe old - brains.

Thank you very much for the words and also for the warning ;-)

Joerg

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25 Sep 00 - 10:39 PM (#305482)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: last verse of 'maid in her father's
From: Hotspur

Glad to be of service. *grin*

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