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25 Oct 98 - 06:03 PM (#43189) Subject: LYR REQ: The Streets of Derry From: I heard a recording of Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill with The Bothy Band doing The Streets of Derry the other day and wondered if anyone has the lyrics to it? Thanks in advance, Áine |
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24 Dec 00 - 08:18 AM (#362695) Subject: Triona Ni Dhomhnaill streets of derry From: GUEST,willyvs@yucom.be my search for Triona Ni Dhomhnaill's Streets of derry with Bothy Band lyrics hes been in vain so far. can anyone help me out Thanks a lot Willy (from Flanders)
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24 Dec 00 - 12:12 PM (#362753) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Triona Ni Dhomhnaill streets From: Malcolm Douglas If you were to type streets of derry in the "Digitrad and Forum Search" page on the main Forum page, you would get a short list of links to previous discussions of this song. One of them would be this: RE: Tune Req: The Maid Freed From the Gallows which has a long list of relevant links. None of them include the full set of words used by the Bothy Band, though there is some discussion of those lines that Triona sang particularly indistinctly. Some interesting background reading for you, at any rate, which may perhaps help you to work the lyrics out yourself. Malcolm |
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18 Jun 03 - 06:19 PM (#968647) Subject: Lyr Req: Streets of Derry From: GUEST,Chris King Can anyone help me with the Lyrics to 'Streets of Derry' please. I think the version I'm looking for may have originally been sung by Andy Irvine. Thanks.. |
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18 Jun 03 - 06:41 PM (#968654) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Streets of Derry From: dick greenhaus Have you tried searching for "Streets of Derry" in the Lyrics search above? |
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18 Jun 03 - 06:50 PM (#968657) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Streets of Derry From: GUEST,Chris King Found it ..Thanks |
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11 Sep 05 - 03:36 PM (#1561226) Subject: Lyr Add: STREETS OF DERRY (Triona Ni Dhomhnaill) From: Roberto I miss one or two words in the 7th stanza. Please, help me complete this text. Thank you. R Streets of Derry Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill with The Bothy Band, Out of the Wind into the Sun, Green Linnet GLCD 3013, 1985, originally released 1977. My love is one of the fairest young men That ever was in this country But how to win him, I do not know it For he is sentenced for to die As he walked out the streets of Derry He walked so proud and so manfully He was far more like a commanding officer Than a man to die on the gallow's tree The first time he went to climb the ladder His blooming face began to pale And this he said - Is there no assistance? Is there no release in the Derry jail? He took another step up the ladder His beloved father was standing by - Come here, come near, my beloved father And speak one word to me before I die The next time he went to climb the ladder His beloved sister was standing by - Come here, come near, my beloved sister And speak one word to me before I die I wonder what become of my true love Or what has sent her so long from me? Or does she think it a great dishonour For to see me die on a gallow's tree? He looked around and he saw her coming And she was dressed up in woolens fine And then he stepped, and she draws nearer Was swifter than the ...(?) wynd (?) Come down, come down off that weary gallow For I've got your pardon from the king And I'll let them see we'll be united And I'll crown my Johnny with a laurel leaf |
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11 Sep 05 - 09:41 PM (#1561422) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of derry From: Peace http://www.geocities.com/celticlyricscorner/compilations/celticwomen1.htm#streets Hope that helps a bit. |
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12 Sep 05 - 06:27 AM (#1561585) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of derry From: Roberto Was swifter than the ... "wine": I think it should be "wind", pron. wynd. But I can't get the word before wind. R |
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12 Sep 05 - 10:45 AM (#1561759) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of der From: GUEST Was swifter than the very wind |
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12 Sep 05 - 11:14 AM (#1561788) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of derry From: ciarili it sounds to me as if she sings whirlwind, pronouncing wind as wynd, of course. |
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13 Sep 05 - 05:01 AM (#1562542) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of der From: Wolfgang 'Wind' pronounced to rhyme with 'kind' is correct, it is the old poetic form of 'wind'. 'Whirlwind' is a good fit. However, I hear 'furl wind' but cannot make sense of that. Wolfgang |
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14 Sep 05 - 04:10 AM (#1563297) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of der From: ard mhacha Wolfgang in the north of Ireland the local dialect wouldn`t pronounce the D, so we would say,the wine is strong to-day, and that has nothing to do with Buckie, to get the gist Wolfgang, you would have to be a local. |
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14 Sep 05 - 01:09 PM (#1563620) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of der From: Wolfgang Thanks, Ard Mhacha. Can you make sense of the syllable before win(e/d)? Could 'furl' possibly make sense or would it rather be 'whirl'? Wolfgang |
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15 Sep 05 - 04:04 AM (#1564058) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: triona ni dhomhnaill's streets of derry From: GUEST Sorry Wolfgang, I am not familiar with this song. |