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29 Jun 04 - 11:36 AM (#1216290) Subject: Lyr Req: Eileen Mcgann's Isabella Gunn From: 42 Hi folks, Can anyone help? There were a couple of references years ago but I can't find the lyrics to this anywhere. Thanks jen |
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29 Jun 04 - 08:42 PM (#1216647) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Eileen Mcgann's Isabella Gunn From: 42 yikes! i can't believe no one has this. ah well j |
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29 Jun 04 - 10:22 PM (#1216694) Subject: ADD: Isabella Gunn From: Susan A-R I believe I have them. ^^ Isabella Gunn My name it is Isabella Gunn, I'm a woman both true and strong From Orkney's rugged Isles I come, but now listen unto my song When I was young I had a lad, as I loved, so he loved me Poverty made him sell his land to travel across the sea It was in the summer of eighteen and six, my lover and I set sail To stay with him I used my wits and my courage it did not fail In men's atire I stowed away to join that jolly crew Side by side we worked each day and only my lover knew And oh how I loved those rocky cliffs and that windy and treeless shore And oh how it broke my heart to leave, but I loved my dear one more, one more But I loved my dear one more. My love was signed by the Hudson Bay for to be a Voyageur To map and explore the northern ways, to trade and to transport fur And if you think I'd be left behind, it's little you understand For on the very next line I signed for to do the work of a man And O how I loved the life we led, though my love and I worked apart But adventure delighted my very soul and the forest had healed my heart The company signed me to work three years, and well had I proved my worth But eighteen months fulfilled my fears and I found that I'd soon give birth. I hoped that the trees would give me rest but they found me where I lay With my newborn baby at my breast there was little that I could say. They sent me downriver to wash the clothes of the men I had worked beside And though I did well enough I suppose, I felt that I'd rather have died. The only thing that gave me joy, the baby grew strong and hale And I looked for the day I'd take my boy and we'd follow that northern trail Oh how I loved those rocky lakes and the stands of birch and pine And oh in the spring how my heart turned north for to search out this land of mine My name it is Isabella Gunn and it's many long miles I've roamed From Orkney's rugged Isles I come, now Canada is my home. For it's here I've come and here I'll be and Here I'll find my rest And my son's son's and daughters will follow me in the land that I love the best |
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30 Jun 04 - 01:32 AM (#1216747) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Eileen Mcgann's Isabella Gunn From: open mike Does anyone know of an Eileen McGann song about a woman whose name has become synonymous with Irish solidarity? The name is something like Mary Macgillicutty or closde to that. The femal figure is symbolilc of all of Ireland if I remember correctly. It seems as if the song may be on an album called birches, white birches or silver birches, or be from around the same time as that recording. thanks for any help--sorry for drift. |
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30 Jun 04 - 03:21 AM (#1216787) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Eileen Mcgann's Isabella Gunn From: open mike eileen has a brand new album, just released. check her web site here |
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30 Jun 04 - 07:34 AM (#1216890) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Eileen Mcgann's Isabella Gunn From: 42 Thanks OM, I check her site regularly, have most of her recordings and have had her for concerts on several occasions...wonderful voice, touching songs and a very sweet, determined person. I was just too lazy to type out the lyrics after my hard drive crashed! Thanks Susan! j |
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29 Aug 09 - 02:24 PM (#2711617) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Eileen Mcgann's Isabella Gunn From: open mike refresh... |