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Down in the willow garden, me and my love did meet
And as we sat a-courting, my love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine; my love, she did not know
And its there I poisoned that dear little girl along the banks below
I drew my saber through her; it was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river, which was a dreadful sight
My father often told me that money would set me free
And so I murdered that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly
Now he stands alone at his cabin door wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
thinking on His only son upon the glows high
My race is run beneath the sun; the devil is waiting
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly
My race is run beneath the sun; the devil is waiting
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly
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As I was a walking by the banks of the Ugie Come my dear friends and a story I'll relate
I spied a dear comrade all dressed in white linen
Dressed in white flannel and cruel was his fate
The mercury was beating, the limestone was reeking
His tongue all inflamed hung over his chin
A hole in his bosom, his teeth were a closin'
Bad luck to the girlie that had gi'ed him the glim
[Chorus:] And had she but told me, oh when she dishonored me
Had she but told me of it in time
I might have been cured by those pills of white mercury
Now I am a young man cut down in my prime
My parents they warned me and oftimes they chided
With those young flash girls do not sport and play
But I never listened, no I never heeded I just carried on in my own wicked way
[Chorus] It's down on the corner two flash girls were talking
One to the other did whisper and say, "There goes that young man who once was so jolly,
But now for his sins his own body must pay"
[Chorus]
Oh doctor, dear doctor before your departure
Take all these bottles of mercury away
And send for the minister to say a prayer over me
So they can lay my poor body in the clay
Now get you six fellows to carry my coffin
Six pretty fair maids to bear up my pall
Give each of them there a bunch of red roses
So when they pass by me they'll not know the smell
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Song: The Water is Wide
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The water is wide and I can't cross over
Neither have I wings that I could fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and I.
There is a ship and it sails on the sea
Loaded deep as deep can be
But not as deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim.
I leaned my back up against an oak
Thinkin' it was a trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
Just like my own false love to me.
Oh love is gentle, love is kind
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like some morning dew.
The water is wide and I can't cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and I
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Oh, there’s been a woman in our town, a woman you ought know well
She dearly loved her husband and another man twice as well
With me right finnickineerio, me tip finnick a wall
With me right finnickineerio, We’re tipping it up to Nancy
She went down to the chemist shop some remedies for to buy,
Have you anything in your chemist shop to make me old man blind?
“Give him eggs and marrowbones and make him suck them all,
Before he has the last one sucked, he won’t see you at all.”
She gave him eggs and marrowbones and made him suck them all,
Before he had the last one sucked, he couldn’t see her at all.
If in this world I cannot see, here I cannot stay.
I’d drown myself; IN THE RIVER “Come on,” says she, “and I’ll show you the way”
She led him to the river, she led him to the brim
But sly enough of Martin, it was him that shoved her in
She swam through the river, she swam through the brine
“Oh Martin, dear Martin. Don’t leave me behind.”
“Ye berra shut up ye silly aul fool, ye know poor Martin is blind”
With me right finnickineerio, We’re tipping it up to Nancy
There’s nine in me family and none of them is my own,
I wish that each and every man would come and claim his own.
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Farewell to Prince's Landing Stage
River Mersey, fare thee well
I am bound for California
A place I know right well
I have signed on a Yankee sailing ship
Davy Crockett is her name
Burgess is the captain of her
And they say she's a floating shame
So fare thee well, my own true love
When I return united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling when I think of thee
I have shipped with Burgess once before
And I think I know him well
If a man's a seaman, he can get along
If not, then he's sure in Hell
I'm bound off for California
By the way of stormy Cape Horn
And I'm bound to write you a letter, love
When I am homeward bound
Oh the sun is on the harbor, love
And I wish I could remain
For I know it will be a long, long time
until I see you again
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Drop The floor Clitheroe, UK
Drop The Floor officially formed in 2012, brought together by a shared love of traditional, particularly Irish traditional music. The roots of the group are the North West’s vibrant traditional session scene. They have gone on to produce music with drive, verve, honesty and integrity. ... more
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