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And who are you, me pretty fair maid, and who are you, me honey?
And who are you, me pretty fair maid, and who are you, me honey?
She answered me quite modestly, "I am me mother's darling"
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
And will you come to me mother's house, when the moon is shining clearly
And will you come to me mother's house, when the moon is shining clearly
I'll open the door and I'll let you in, and divil 'o one would hear us
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
So I went to her house in the middle of the night, when the moon was shining clearly
So I went to her house in the middle of the night, when the moon was shining clearly
She opened the door and she let me in, and divil the one did hear us
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
She took me horse by the bridle and the bit, and led him to the stable
She took me horse by the bridle and the bit, and led him to the stable
Saying, "There's plenty of oats for a soldier's horse, to eat it if he is able"
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
Then she took me by the lily-white hand, and led me to the table
Then she took me by the lily-white hand, and led me to the table
Saying, "There's plenty of wine for a soldier boy, to drink if he is able"
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
Then I got up and I made the bed, and I made it nice and aisy
Then I got up and I made the bed, and I made it nice and aisy
Then I got up and laid her down, saying, "Lassie, are you able?"
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
And there we lay till the break of day, and divil a one did hear us
And there we lay till the break of day, and divil a one did hear us
Then I arose, put on me clothes, saying, "Lassie, I must leave you"
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
And when will you return again, and when will we be married
And when will you return again, and when will we be married
When broken shells make Christmas bells, we might then get married
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 08:40 flergin shlergin |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 18:48 Loreena began her career focusing on traditional Irish and Scottish songs and now she is roving back to her Celtic roots with this album. I like her take on this tune; cool arrangement and, as usual, her ethereal voice is a highlight.  |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 14:54 Double CRAP... Ludovico Einaudi then this? OMG Bill are you upset with one of your long term subscribers??? |
| cirruss (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 10:24 Please turn this garbage off!!! Fine... I'll put on a cd or play an mp3 or something... |
| rmmartins (Terra Brazilis) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 10:24 Kinda reminds me of "The Battle of Evermore", but other than that... didn't quite like it. |
| danuneken (Oslo, Norway) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 10:24 Itchy fingers, rising blood pressure, irritation. |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 18:23 I've heard many a bar-singer put more emotion and vocal range into this song (excepting the one nasal tenor who performed it like dirge). Way past her "best by" date. |
| ask (New Haven) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 18:20 Shesdifferent wrote: I'm an avid Loreena fan.....this however is not the best choice or representation of her music...... I usually like her stuff too, but her shrieking here makes me want to rip out my speakers just to make it stop!! |
| Bushpig (Darwin, Australia) | Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 01:45 LennytheB wrote: hmmmm...I gave it a 5 and the average went from 5.6 to 5.7. Is that even possible?
I'm still laughing... |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 09:13 I'm an avid Loreena fan.....this however is not the best choice or representation of her music...... |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 09:11 What the F is this? |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 09:11 I hate all this ridiculous RIVERDANCE-BULL... but this song touches me! |
| ziakut (A place with air, water and chocolate.) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 09:10 Though I do enjoy this...I tend to like her instrumentals far more. |
| Wilmshurst (My pineal gland) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 09:09 DarceySuzanne wrote: So, I know she's reeeally popular...but...her voice is so pinched and nasally in the higher register. Kind of annoying. I saw her in concert a couple of years ago. While I generally appreciate her singing, I definitely like some songs more than others. However, the band with her was incredible. I wanted them to just keep jamming. |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 09:09 mbolch30307 wrote: For a much better version of this, please check out The Prodigals: http://prodigals.com/. Way too slow for my taste... Planxty version is the best! |
| mbolch30307 (Atlanta) | Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 10:38 For a much better version of this, please check out The Prodigals: http://prodigals.com/. Way too slow for my taste... |
| kittyharker (Arkham) | Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 10:35 Love this song — thanks so much for playing! |
| nmatavka | Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 12:31 After hearing the damn bagpipes, my score jumped from a 7.... to a 4. |
| LennytheB (beyond the 7th sun) | Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 13:30 hmmmm...I gave it a 5 and the average went from 5.6 to 5.7. Is that even possible? |
| rtb (Muddy York) | Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 13:27 hippiechick wrote: New Loreena! YAY!! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 08:55 Hmm. It's strange hearing die-diddle-eye-dum music in a non-Irish accent. Credit to McKennitt for giving Irish folk music a go and 'softening it up' for non-Irish audiences, but I'd have to hear a few more numbers to see how well she's done with the project. The Wind That Shakes The Barley is a powerful song which could be mangled by a non-Irish singer without historical understanding. A middle-of-the-road 5 from the half-Irish Nottingham jury. |
| DarceySuzanne (Columbus) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 08:51 So, I know she's reeeally popular...but...her voice is so pinched and nasally in the higher register. Kind of annoying. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 08:51 hippiechick wrote: That's true, it sounds pretty similar to the old stuff It does sound like her other song. |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 08:50 hippiechick wrote: That's true, it sounds pretty similar to the old stuff No actually, it's pretty different - keep listening. |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 08:47 Jamunca wrote: How could you tell? That's true, it sounds pretty similar to the old stuff |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 15:42 hippiechick wrote: New Loreena! How could you tell? |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 15:40 New Loreena! |