19 Sep 02 - 07:46 AM (#787383) Subject: Molly lovely Molly From: GUEST,jens@devision.dk Anyone who knows the lyrics of a song called Molly lovely Molly, that I once heard Emily Smith sing. First line - as I recall it - says "I once was a ploughboy", and the lines "the mavis and the turtledoves and the nightingale sing" end two verses. |
19 Sep 02 - 09:10 AM (#787422) Subject: Lyr Add: LOVELY MOLLY From: GUEST,Drumshanty@work I thought it was on here somewhere already but couldn't find it, so here it is. I learned this version from a Lizzie Higgins recording. I hope it's what you are looking for.
I once was a ploughboy but a soldier am now O Molly, Lovely Molly, despite all your charms You may go to the mercat, you may go to the fair O Molly, Lovely Molly, despite all your charms
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19 Sep 02 - 09:49 AM (#787438) Subject: RE: Molly lovely Molly From: GUEST,Scabby Doug O Molly, Lovely Molly, despite all your charms
It's a cracker of a song...
Cheers Steven |
19 Sep 02 - 09:55 AM (#787440) Subject: RE: Molly lovely Molly From: Malcolm Douglas Well, it took forever to find (doesn't seem to have been indexed by the search engine yet) but here is the discussion from May of last year which contains the text of Lizzie Higgins' version of the song, together with some background:
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28 Oct 02 - 03:27 AM (#812939) Subject: RE: Molly lovely Molly From: GUEST,jens@devision.dk Thank you - Drumshanty, Scabby Doug and Malcolm. It is the song! I managed to get most of the lyrics by listening to a Emely Smith recording of the song - but a few words I couldn't guess, and they are not in my word book. Off course you can sing the sounds you hear - only a very few Danes would notice, if it is wrong - but I prefere to understand what I'm singing. |