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Greenwood Side

by Lothlórien

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An Cat Dubh 01:30
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Dans En Dro 03:46
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My love said to me 'My mother won't mind and my father won't slight you for your lack of kind' Then she stepped away from me and this she did say 'It will not be long love, 'til our wedding day' She stepped away from me and she moved through the fair and fondly I watched her move here and move there She went her way homewards with one star awake as the swans in the evening move over the lake The people were saying ... no two e'er were wed but one has a sorrow that never was said And she smiled as she passed me with her goods and her gear and that was the last that I saw of my dear I dreamt it last night - that my true love came in So softly she entered her feet made no din She came close beside me and this she did say 'It will not be long love, 'til our wedding day...'
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Foggy Banks 04:36
On the foggy foggy banks me boys we pitch and toss about And we blow our frozen fingers as we hear the skipper shout Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl Oh when I was but a lad at school I wouldn't stay at home Like lots of other foolish lads I thought I'd sooner roam Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl So I went and I joined a trawler and it's then I quickly found That it wasn't all plain sailing when you reach the trawling ground Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl You'll be hauling night and day me boys, you're nearer slaves than men And once you get all your fishes aboard it's time to haul again Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl And when the waves are pouring around us and they're pounding against the deck Well you'll work your bit like all of the rest if you want to save your neck Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl And the captain's name is Johnson and he works us 'til we fall And if he sees us a-shirkin' well it's God preserve us all Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl
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As Willie and Mary met by the seaside a long farewell for to take Said Mary to Willie 'If you go away I'm afraid my poor heart it might break' 'Oh don't be afraid dearest Mary' he said as he clasped his fond maid to his side 'In my absence don't mourn for when I return I will make you sweet Mary my bride' Seven long years had passed and no word at last, Mary stood by her own cottage door A beggar came by with a patch on his eye, bedraggled and ragged and torn 'Your charity fair maid bestow upon me, your fortune I'll tell you beside The lad that you mourn will never return to make little Mary his bride' She slipped and she started saying 'All that I have, it's freely to you I would give If you tell me true what I ask of you - is my Willie dead or alive?' 'He's living' said he 'though in sad poverty and shipwrecked he has been beside When he'd money untold and pockets of gold he'd have made little Mary his bride' 'Then if he is dead no other I'll wed, no other I'll have by my side 'For in riches though rolled or covered with gold he'd have made his own Mary his bride' Then the patch on his eye the old beggar let fly, his old coat and crutches beside And in sailor's blue clothes and with cheeks like the rose it was Willie who stood by her side 'Oh don't be afraid dearest Mary', he said, 'it was only your faith that I tried To the church we'll away by the break of the day and I'll make you sweet Mary my bride'
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Ghostwood 04:48
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Siuil a Ruin 05:50
I would I were on yonder hill, it's there I'd sit and cry my fill And every tear would turn a mill ... is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán I'll sell my rock, I'll sell my reel, I'll sell my only spinning wheel To buy my love a sword of steel ... is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán Siúil, siúil, siúil a rúin ... siúil go sochair agus siúil go ciúin Siúil go doras agus ealaigh liom ... is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red, and around the world I'll beg my bread Until my parents should wish me dead ... is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán I wish, I wish, I wish in vain - I wish I had my heart again And vainly think I'd not complain ... is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán And now my love has gone to France to try his fortune to advance If he e'er comes back 'tis but a chance ... is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán Siúil, siúil, siúil a rúin ... siúil go sochair agus siúil go ciúin Siúil go doras agus ealaigh liom ... is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán (Go, go, go my love ... go calmly and silently Go to the door and escape with me ... and may you go safely my darling)
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There was a lady lived in York - all the lee and loney Fell in love with her father's clerk - down by the greenwood sidey-o She loved him up, she loved him down - all the lee and loney Loved him 'til he filled her arms - down by the greenwood sidey-o She leant her back against an oak - all the lee and loney First it bent and then it broke - down by the greenwood sidey-o She leant her back against a thorn - all the lee and loney There she had two fine babes born - down by the greenwood sidey-o She took out her reaping knife - all the lee and loney There she took those fine babes' lives - down by the greenwood sidey-o She wiped the blade against her shoe - all the lee and loney The more she rubbed, the redder it grew - down by the greenwood sidey-o She went back to her father's hall - all the lee and loney Saw two babes a-playing at ball - down by the greenwood sidey-o 'Oh babes oh babes if you were mine' - all the lee and loney 'I'd dress you up in scarlet fine' - down by the greenwood sidey-o 'Oh Mother Oh Mother if we were yours' - all the lee and loney 'Scarlet was our own hearts' blood' - down by the greenwood sidey-o 'Oh babes Oh babes it's Heaven for you' - all the lee and loney 'Oh Mother Oh Mother it's Hell for you' - down by the greenwood sidey-o
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He sat alone upon a hill, the waves pulling at his side He could feel the salt inside his veins and could hear the storm arrive He closed his eyes and saw her face, so plain the others had decried Yet he'd felt the warmth she'd held within and the beauty that lay inside Yet their words soon blinded him, no beauty he began to believe Oh he turned his back and he toasted them, he drank the world for all to see No more will her palm lay upon his own, a fairer hand has clasped to his skin 'Oh where is my love' she cried in vain and from the door cried 'please let me in' With haste she turned and chased the night, no tears to wipe with her hand While he searched the land to find his love he fell and cried 'please help this man' The sweetest joy the wildest woe of love Bailey once described Hast thou more of pain or pleasure, does torment dwell and grow inside He said it swells like the oceans flow, love drew me in as the tides draw the sea Oh but I was foolish just like my friends - I let my eyes rule what I should feel.
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A-Souling 04:12
Hey ho, nobody home, no meat, no bread, no money have I got Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home A soul, a soul, a soulcake, please good missus a soulcake Apple, a pear, a plum and a cherry, any good thing to make a soul merry One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all God bless the master of this house and the mistress also And all the little children that 'round your table grow The cattle in your stable, the dog at your front door And all that dwell within your gate I wish you ten times more The streets are very dirty, my shoes are very thin I have a little pocket to put a penny in If you haven't got a penny an halfpenny will do If you haven't got an halfpenny then God bless you Go down into your cellar and see what you can find If your barrels are not empty I hope you will be kind Indeed I hope you will be kind with your apples and your beer And I will come and sing no more 'til this time next year
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Ethereal Celtic music from Ireland, Scotland and beyond. Haunting vocals, low and high whistles, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, Celtic harp and keyboards.

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released January 1, 2000

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Lothlórien Auckland, New Zealand

Lothlórien is a Celtic music group based in Auckland, New Zealand, taking its name from the magical forest found in Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'.

Lothlorien plays ethereal and haunting Celtic music, both traditional folk and contemporary songs and tunes, including some original compositions.
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