20 Apr 05 - 06:38 AM (#1466194) Subject: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: GUEST,Allen Have been listening to Janet Russell's singing this on "Fyre & Sworde" but can't find the lyrics anywhere. |
20 Apr 05 - 06:51 AM (#1466199) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: GUEST,Martin Ryan There's a version from Scott's Minstrelsy HERE Regards |
20 Apr 05 - 07:38 AM (#1466208) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: GUEST,Allen Thank you very much. Perfect. |
20 Apr 05 - 07:39 AM (#1466209) Subject: Lyr Add: LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT From: jacqui.c Here's another version. LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT Good my lord, will you stay then about my father's house? And walking to these gardens green in my arms I'll thee embrace. Ten thousand times I'll kiss your mouth. Make sport and let's be merry. I thank you lady for your kindness. Trust me, I may not stay with thee. For I have killed the laird Johnston. I care not for the feud. My loyal heart did still incline. He was my father's death. By day and night I did pursue and all on him revenged to be. Now I have gotten what long I sought. Trust me, I may not stay with thee. Adieu Dumfries, my proper place adieu. Adieu Caerlaverock fair. Adieu my castle of the Threem and all my buildings there. Adieu Lochmaben's gates so fair and the Legumshank where the birch pops bonny. Adieu my lady and my only joy. Trust me, I may not stay with thee Now he has taken a good gold ring whereat hangs signets three. Says, take you this, my own dear love and aye have mind of me. But if you wed another lord while I am on the sea, His life is but a three day's leave, though I may not stay with thee. The wind was fair. The ship was clear. The good Lord went away. The most part of his friends were there to give him good company. They ate the meat. They drank the wine, presenting in that good Lord's sight. Now he is over the floods so grey. Lord Maxwell's taken his last goodnight.
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20 Apr 05 - 08:44 AM (#1466226) Subject: Lyr Add: LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT From: Roberto LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT Janet Russell, on Fyre & Sworde, Songs of the Border Reivers, Fellside FECD131, 1998 Adieu, madame, my mother dear But and my sisters three! Adieu, fair Robert of Orchardstane! My heart is wae for thee Adieu, the lily and the rose The primrose fair to see Adieu, my ladye, and only joy! For I may not stay with thee Though I hae slain the Lord Johnstone What care I for their feid? My noble mind their wrath disdains He was my father's deid Both night and day I labour'd oft Of him avenged to be But now I've got what lang I sought And I may not stay with thee Adieu! Drumlanrig, false wert aye And Closeburn in a band! The Laird of Lag, frae my father that fled When the Johnstone struck aff his hand They were three brethren in a band Joy may they never see! Their treacherous art, and cowardly heart Has twined my love and me Adieu! Dumfries, my proper place But and Carlaverock fair! Adieu! my castle of the Thrieve Wi' a' my buildings there! Adieu! Lochmaben's gate sae fair The Langholm-holm, where birks there be Adieu! my ladye and only joy For, trust me, I may not stay wi' thee Adieu! Fair Eskdale up and down Where my puir friends do dwell The bangisters will ding them down And will them sair compell But I'll avenge their feid mysell When I come o'er the sea Adieu! my ladye, and only joy For I may not stay wi' thee Lord of the land! - that ladye said O wad ye go wi' me Unto my brother's stately tower Where safest ye may be! There Hamiltons, and Douglas baith Shall rise to succour thee - Thanks for thy kindness, fair my dame But I may not stay wi' thee Then he tuik aff a gay gold ring Thereat hang signets three Hae, tak thee that, mine ain dear thing And still hae mind o' me! But if thou take another lord Ere I come ower the sea His life is but a three days' lease Though I may not stay wi' thee The wind was fair, the ship was clear That good lord went away And most part of his friends were there To give him a fair convey They drank the wine, they didna spare Even in that gude lord's sight Sae now he 's o'er the floods sae gray And Lord Maxwell has ta'en his Goodnight |
20 Apr 05 - 08:46 AM (#1466228) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: GUEST,Allen There we go, the Lily and the Rose is the best line. |
21 Apr 05 - 04:42 AM (#1466835) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: pavane Do I remember June Tabor recording this in the 70's? |
22 Apr 05 - 01:53 AM (#1467677) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: Malcolm Douglas Presumably Janet said where she got it? |
22 Apr 05 - 03:31 AM (#1467699) Subject: Lyr Add: LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT From: Roberto LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT June Tabor, An Echo of Hooves, Topic TSCD543, 2003 Good, my lord, will you stay then about my father's house And walking to these gardens green in my arms I'll thee embrace Ten thousand times I'll kiss your mouth, make sport and be merry - I thank you, lady, for your kindness, trust me, I may not stay with thee For I have killed the laird Johnston, I care not for the feud My loyal heart did still incline, he was my father's death By day and night I did pursue and all on him revenged to be Now I have gotten what I long sought, trust me, I may not stay with thee Adieu Dumfries, my proper place, adieu, adieu Caerlaverock fair Adieu my castle of the Threem and all my buildings there Adieu Lochmaben's gates so fair and the Legumshank where the birch pops bonny Adieu my lady and my only joy, trust me, I may not stay with thee Now he has taken a good gold ring whereat hang signets three Says - Take you this, my own dear love, and ay have mind of me But if you take another lord while I am o'er the sea His life is but a three day's lease, trust me, I may not stay with thee The wind was fair, the ship was clear, the good Lord went away The most part of his friends were there to give him safe convoy They ate the meat, they drank the wine, presenting in that good Lord's sight Now he is over the floods so grey, Lord Maxwell's taken his last goodnight |
22 Apr 05 - 11:36 AM (#1468025) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: GUEST,MMario tune? |
22 Apr 05 - 11:47 AM (#1468040) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight From: GUEST hmmmm - suppossedly John In Brisbane posted this - but it is not on the mudcat midi site. |
03 Feb 09 - 06:05 PM (#2556532) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight From: Bearheart Just listening once again to June Tabor's version, would be interested to know more about history of the song and the story behind it. Can anyone give details? Thanks! Bekki |
04 Feb 09 - 02:27 AM (#2556770) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight From: pavane Try here: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads By Francis James Child |
04 Feb 09 - 04:30 AM (#2556820) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight From: Musket Maxwell's last goodnight? I thought it would have been a sea shanty... (Last seen circling some sharks) |
04 Feb 09 - 04:52 AM (#2556839) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight From: GUEST,Reinhard My web page for Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight has the liner notes from June Tabor's album and from Fyre & Sworde. Reinhard |
04 Feb 09 - 09:09 AM (#2556996) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight From: Bearheart Thanks Pavane, I had thought I had seen it in Child but don't have that volume. Reinhard, I enjoyed my brief look at your web site and will visit again (the Terry Pratchett quote is a nice touch!...I've been addicted to his books since 1989.) Don't know that Janet Russell collection but will look for it. Bekki |
04 Feb 09 - 10:20 AM (#2557039) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight From: pavane If you search Google Books, a lot of other references come up. Seems like in real life, he was later beheaded. |
06 Feb 09 - 09:05 AM (#2558917) Subject: Lyr Add: LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT (from Child From: Jim Dixon From English and Scottish Popular Ballads Edited from the collection of Francis James Child By Helen Child Sargent and George Lyman Kittredge (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1904) 195 LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT John, ninth Lord Maxwell, killed Sir James Johnstone, with whom he had an old feud, in 1608. Maxwell fled the country, but was sentenced to death in his absence. Returning after four years, he was betrayed into the power of the government by a kinsman, and was beheaded at Edinburgh, May 21, 1613. Lord Byron, in the preface to Childe Harold, says that "the good-night in the beginning of the first canto was suggested by Lord Maxwell's Goodnight in the Border Minstrelsy." Scott's text (Minstrelsy, 1802, i, 194) is based on B. A 'Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight,' communicated to Percy by G. Paton, Edinburgh, December 4, 1778. 1 'Good lord of the land, will you stay thane About my faither's house, And walk into these gardines green, In my arms I'll the embraice. 2 'Ten thousand times I'll kiss thy face; Make sport, and let's be mery:' 'I thank you, lady, fore your kindness; Trust me, I may not stay with the. 3 'For I have kil'd the laird Johnston; I vallow not the feed; My wiked heart did still incline; He was my faither's dead. 4 'Both night and day I did proced, And a' on him revainged to be; But now have I gotten what I long sowght, Trust me, I may not stay with the. 5 'Adue, Dumfriese, that proper place! Fair well, Carlaurike faire! Adue the castle of the Trive, And all my buldings there! 6 'Adue, Lochmaben gaits so faire, And the Langhm shank, where birks bobs bony! Adue, my leady and only joy! Trust me, I may not stay with the. 7 'Adue, fair Eskdale, up and doun, Wher my poor frends do duell! The bangisters will beat them doun, And will them sore compell. 8 'I'll reveinge the cause mysell, Again when I come over the sea; Adue, my leady and only joy! Fore, trust me, I may not stay with the. 9 'Adue, Dumlanark! fals was ay, And Closburn! in a band; The laird of the Lag from my faither fled When the Jhohnstones struek of his hand. 10 'They wer three brethren in a band; I pray they may never be merry; Adue, my leady and only joy! Trust me, I may not stay with the. 11 'Adue, madam my mother dear, But and my sister[s] two! Fair well, Robin in the Orchet! Fore the my heart is wo. 12 'Adue, the lillie, and fair well, rose, And the primros, spreads fair and bony! Adue, my leady and only joy! Fore, trust me, I may not stay with the.' 13 He took out a good gold ring, Where at hang sygnets three: Take thou that, my own kind thing, And ay have mind of me. 14 'Do not mary another lord Agan or I come over the sea; Adue, my leady and only joy! For, trust me, I may not stay with the.' 15 The wind was fair, and the ship was clare, And the good lord went away; The most part of his frends was there, Giving him a fair convoy. 16 They drank the wine, they did not spare, Presenting in that good lord's sight; Now he is over the floods so gray; Lord Maxwell has te'n his last goodnight. B Glenriddell MSS., xi, 18, 1791. 1 'Adiew, madam my mother dear, But and my sisters two! Adiew, fair Robert of Oarchyardtoan! For thee my heart is woe. 2 'Adiew, the lilly and the rose, The primrose, sweet to see! Adiew, my lady and only joy! For I manna stay with thee. 3 'Tho I have killed the laird Johnston, What care I for his feed? My noble mind dis still incline; He was my father's dead. 4 'Both night and day I laboured oft Of him revenged to be, And now I've got what I long sought; But I manna stay with thee. 5 'Adiew, Drumlanrig! false was ay, And Cloesburn! in a band, Where the laird of Lagg fra my father fled When the Johnston struck off his hand. 6 'They were three brethren in a band; Joy may they never see! But now I've got what I long sought, And I maunna stay with thee. 7 'Adiew, Dumfries, my proper place, But and Carlaverock fair, Adiew, the castle of the Thrieve, And all my buildings there! 8 'Adiew, Lochmaben's gates so fair, The Langholm shank, where birks they be! Adiew, my lady and only joy! And, trust me, I maunna stay with thee. 9 'Adiew, fair Eskdale, up and down, Where my poor friends do dwell! The bangisters will ding them down, And will them sore compel. 10 'But I'll revenge that feed mysell When I come ou'r the sea; Adiew, my lady and only joy! For I maunna stay with thee.' 11 'Lord of the land, will you go then Unto my father's place, And walk into their gardens green, And I will you embrace. 12 'Ten thousand times I'll kiss your face, And sport, and make you merry;' 'I thank thee, my lady, for thy kindness, But, trust me, I maunna stay with thee.' 13 Then he took off a great gold ring, Where at hang signets three: 'Hae, take thee that, my ain dear thing, And still hae mind of me. 14 'But if thow marry another lord Ere I come ou'r the sea— Adiew, my lady and only joy! For I maunna stay with thee.' 15 The wind was fair, the ship was close, That good lord went away, And most part of his friends were there, To give him a fair convay. 16 They drank thair wine, they did not spare, Even in the good lord's sight; Now he is oer the floods so gray, And Lord Maxwell has taen his goodnight. |