Imleabhar: CBÉ 0189
- Dáta
- 1935
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomhanna
Ar an leathanach seo
Old Songs (ar lean)
“As I roved out on a fine summer evening...”
(ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)As I roved out on a fine summer evening just as the weather was bright and clear I overheard a voice of a tenderhearted mother and she talking to her daughter dearOh then daughter dear I would have you to marry and give to me my heart's delight
Give to me the lad with the tary tary trousers
Shining unto me lelee diamonds bright.Oh then, do you hear the great guns rattling while the little ones make a noise and when we're on the field ofbattle all he can say is "light on me soldier boys"Sailor and soldiers they're very found of moving[?] to the many foreign hearts they go and when they're on the field of battle....prove their overthrow