Andy Irvine at Mighty Fine Guitars, Lafayette, CA, September 2012. A Vortex Production, filmed and edited by Jeff Peach.
Song lyrics graciously supplied by Patrick from 'AndyzFanz'.
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Words & Music: trad. / Arr.: Andy Irvine
[Learnt from the singing of Brigid Tunney of Belleek, Co. Fermanagh]
As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the meadows and the flowers gay
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under yon willow tree
I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
When she turned around, well the tears fell from her
Saying: "False young man, you have deluded me"
"A diamond ring I own I gave you
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand"
"But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And married the lassie that had the land"
"If I married the lassie that had the land, my love
It's that I'll rue till the day I die
When misfortune falls, sure no man can shun it
I was blindfolded, I will ne'er deny"
Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
The thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turn around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold, sure 'tis brass I find
And I wish the Queen would call home her army
From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I shall meet again
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