Donna Devine songs
Background: In earlier centuries, young men were captured by "press gangs" - often literally torn away from their lover's or their mother's side - and forced to serve on warships of the Royal Navy or in the British Merchant Navy. Although this activity occurred less often in Ireland than in England, nevertheless it did take place there. Hence the Celtic mode. (-:
There are currently three mixes of this song. The FIRST one that I posted (24.08) gleaned the comments in the first seven postings below. I've just attached the SECOND mix here (25.08; mix by Steffen Offermann), in which the percussion (spoons and bodhran) is less pronounced.
I'd be interested in knowing whether you feel the spoons enhance or distract.
Composition/arrangement/melody: Steffen Offermann
Vocals/violin: Robyn McKenzie
Guitar/bass/spoons: Billy Playle
Bodhran: Vincent Pompe van Meerdevoort
Mix: Steffen Offermann
Lyrics: Donna Devine
By Lake and By Lee
I once loved a young man
By lake and by lee
And he promised that one day
We would cross the green sea
Oh, his blue eyes were bright
As he paid court to me
But one night a full moon
Lit this old harbour town
The press gang lay waiting
And we saw them too late
They tied him with ropes
And dragged him away
I once loved a young man
By grove and by glen
Of all others the kindest
And the fairest of men
He asked should we marry
And I answered back when
But one night a full moon
Lit this old harbour town
The press gang lay waiting
And we saw them too late
I fought hard to hold him
But we both met our fate
Now I stand on the pier near the place where I fell
And drowned in the ocean, so legends would tell
Oh, we travelled the sea, as he'd promised to me
But he journeyed wide and I journeyed deep
Oh, one night a full moon
Lit this old harbour town
The press gang lay waiting
And we saw them too late
They tied him with ropes
And dragged him away
I once loved a young man
By lake and by lee
And he promised that one day
We would cross the green sea
There are currently three mixes of this song. The FIRST one that I posted (24.08) gleaned the comments in the first seven postings below. I've just attached the SECOND mix here (25.08; mix by Steffen Offermann), in which the percussion (spoons and bodhran) is less pronounced.
I'd be interested in knowing whether you feel the spoons enhance or distract.
Composition/arrangement/melody: Steffen Offermann
Vocals/violin: Robyn McKenzie
Guitar/bass/spoons: Billy Playle
Bodhran: Vincent Pompe van Meerdevoort
Mix: Steffen Offermann
Lyrics: Donna Devine
By Lake and By Lee
I once loved a young man
By lake and by lee
And he promised that one day
We would cross the green sea
Oh, his blue eyes were bright
As he paid court to me
But one night a full moon
Lit this old harbour town
The press gang lay waiting
And we saw them too late
They tied him with ropes
And dragged him away
I once loved a young man
By grove and by glen
Of all others the kindest
And the fairest of men
He asked should we marry
And I answered back when
But one night a full moon
Lit this old harbour town
The press gang lay waiting
And we saw them too late
I fought hard to hold him
But we both met our fate
Now I stand on the pier near the place where I fell
And drowned in the ocean, so legends would tell
Oh, we travelled the sea, as he'd promised to me
But he journeyed wide and I journeyed deep
Oh, one night a full moon
Lit this old harbour town
The press gang lay waiting
And we saw them too late
They tied him with ropes
And dragged him away
I once loved a young man
By lake and by lee
And he promised that one day
We would cross the green sea
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