Clannad: Тексты

The Pretty Maid

It was on a fine summer's morning
The birds sweetly tune on each bough
And as I walked out for my pleasure
I saw a maid milking a cow

Her voice was so enchanting, melodious
Left me quite unable to go
My heart, it was loaded with sorrow
For the pretty girl milking her cow

Then to her I made my advances
"Good morrow, most beautiful maid
Your beauty my heart so entrances"
"Pray, sir, do not banter,» she said

"I'm not such a rare precious jewel
That I should enamor you so
I am but a poor little milk girl"
Says the pretty girl milking her cow

"The Indies afford no such jewel
So bright, so transparently clear
Ah do not add flames to my funeral
Consent but to know me, my dear"

Oh had I the lamp of Aladdin
Or the wealth that gold mines can bestow
I would rather be poor in a cottage
With the pretty girl milking her cow

Morning Dew

Take me for a walk in the morning dew, honey
Take me for a walk in the morning dew today
You can't go walking in the morning dew, my love
You can't go walking in the morning dew today

Oh listen, I hear some moaning on
I know I hear a man moaning on
You didn't hear a man moan at all
You didn't hear a man moan at all

But I know I hear my baby crying, «Mama"
I know I hear my daughter crying, «Mama"
You'll never hear your baby cry again
You'll never hear your baby cry again

You'll never hear your baby cry again
You'll never hear your baby cry again

Take me for a walk in the morning dew, honey
Take me for a walk in the morning dew today
You can't go walking in the morning dew, my love
You can't go walking in the morning dew today
You can't go walking in the morning dew today

By Chance It Was

By chance it was I met my love, it did me much surprise
Down by a shady myrtle grove just as the sun did rise
The birds, they sang right gloriously and pleasant was the air
And there was none save she and I among the flowers fair

In dewy grass and green we walked, she timid was and coy
How canst thou choose but pity me, my pretty pearl, my joy?
"How comes it that thou stroll this way? Sweet maiden, tell me true
Before bright Phoebus' glittering ray has supped the morning dew"

"I go to tend the flocks I love, the ewes and tender lambs
That pasture by the myrtle grove, that gambol by their dams
There I enjoy a pure content at dawning of the day"
Then hand in hand we lovers went to see the flock at play

And as we wended down the road I said to her, «Sweet maid
Three years I in my place abode and three more must be stayed
The three that I am bound so fast, oh fairest, wait for me
And when the weary years are past, then wedded we will be"

"Three years are long, three times too long, too lengthy the delay"
And then I answered in my song, «Hope wastes them quick away
Where love is fervent, fain and fast and knoweth not decay
There nimbly fleet the seasons past accounted as one day"

Two Sisters

There were two sisters side by side
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
There were two sisters side by side
The boys are born for me
There were two sisters side by side
The eldest for young Johnny cried
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

Johnny bought the youngest a gay-gold ring
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
Johnny bought the youngest a gay-gold ring
The boys are born for me
Johnny bought the youngest a gay-gold ring
He never bought the eldest a single thing
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat
The boys are born for me
Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat
The eldest didn't think much of that
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

As they were a-walking by the foamy brim
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
As they were a-walking by the foamy brim
The boys are born for me
As they were a-walking by the foamy brim
The eldest pushed the youngest in
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

Sister, oh sister, give me thy hand
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
Sister, oh sister, give me thy hand
The boys are born for me
Sister, oh sister, give me thy hand
And you can have Johnny and all his land
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

Oh sister, I'll not give you my hand
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
Oh sister, I'll not give you my hand
The boys are born for me
Oh sister, I'll not give you my hand
And I'll have Johnny and all his land
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

So away she sank and away she swam
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
So away she sank and away she swam
The boys are born for me
So away she sank and away she swam
Until she came to the miller's dam
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

The miller, he took her gay-gold ring
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
The miller, he took her gay-gold ring
The boys are born for me
The miller, he took her gay-gold ring
And then he pushed her in again
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

The miller, he was hanged on the mountain head
Sing I-dum, sing I-day
The miller, he was hanged on the mountain head
The boys are born for me
The miller, he was hanged on the mountain head
The eldest sister was boiled in lead
I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me

The Last Rose Of Summer

'Tis the last rose of summer left blooming alone
All her lovely companions are faded and gone
No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes or give sigh for sigh

I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem
Since the lovely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them
Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o'er the bed
Where thy mates of the garden lie scentless and dead

So soon may I follow when friendships decay
And from love's shining circle the gems drop away
When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown
Oh who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

Gathering Mushrooms

Rising early out of bed, across the fields I steered O
When oh and I, a woman I spied, a pretty fair maid appeared O
Her head was bare, I do declare, she had neither hat nor feather on
And she stooped so low, gave me to know it was mushrooms she was gathering O
Oh gathering O, and she stooped so low, gave me to know
It was mushrooms she was gathering O

"Where are you going?» says I, «My dear, why are you up so early O?
I've seen you on the dewy grass before the sower early O"
Quite modestly she answered me, and she gave her head one fetch up
And she said, «I am gathering mushrooms to make my mammy ketchup O"
Oh ketchup O, and she said, «I am gathering mushrooms
To make my mammy ketchup O"

Her parting breast on mine she pressed, her heart was like a feather O
And her lips on mine do gentle join and we both sat down together O
Together O, and her lips on mine do gentle join
And we both sat down together O

Rising early out of bed, across the fields I steered O
When oh and I, a woman I spied, a pretty fair maid appeared O

Strayed Away

Ears will hear them sing
Names gracefully ring
Far places, the overthrown traces
And stray away

Farther on we go
More beggars with bowls
Small vessels to hold the whole world
Of the strayed away

Letters home from here
Tell fortune and cheer
Oh how can they believe it
From someone who strays away?

Strangers by the door
Camp-tired and sore
Come counting on kindness
For those who have strayed away

Every mile you roam
Ten thousand from home
And long reasons for grieving
Believing you've strayed away

Lish Young Buy-A-Broom

As I went a-walking in the North Country
Down by Kirby Steven's I happened for to be
As I was a-walking up and down the street
A pretty little buy-a-broom I chanced for to meet

Chorus (after each verse):
For she was right, I was tight, everybody has their way
It was the lish young buy-a-broom that led me astray

She kindly then invited me to go a little way
"Yes,» was the answer to her I did say
There was me with me music walkin' down the street
And her with her tambourine was beatin' hand and feet

Straight way out for Kendal town we steered, her and I
Over young green mountains, the weather being dry
We each had a bottle filled up to the top
And whenever we were getting dry we took a little drop

The night was coming on and good lodgings we did find
Eatables of all kind and plenty of good wine
Good bed and blankets just for we two
And I rolled her in me arms, me boys, and wouldn't you do too?

Early the next morning we arose to go our way
I called unto landlord to see what was to pay
Fourteen and sixpence just for you two
Four crowns upon the table my darling then she threw

Well the reason that we parted I now shall let you hear
She started off for Germany right early the next year
But me being unwilling for to cross the raging sea
Here's a health unto my bonny lass wherever she may be

The Green Fields Of Gaothdobhair

Down past Dunlewey's bonny lakes one morning I did stray
Until I reached sweet Clady banks where the silvery salmon play
I strolled around through old Bunbeg and down along the shore
And gazed with admiration on the green fields of Gaothdobhair

I visit Magherclocher on Middletown heights I stand
Beneath me lies the ocean wide and Machergallon strand
Those sandy banks so dear to me, those banks I do adore
Behind me lies sweet Derrybeg and the green fields of Gaothdobhair

The bonny Isle of Gola and Inishmean so near
I see the little fishing fleet as it lies along the pier
I wander through the graveyard where those have gone before
That once lived happy and content by the green fields of Gaothdobhair

I see sweet Inish Oirthir and far off Tory Isle
I view the ocean liners as they steam along in style
On board are Irish emigrants with hearts both sad and sore
As they gazed on old Tir Chonaill hills and the green fields of Gaothdobhair

Tower Hill

Looking 'round and 'round again
That's me, oh that's me
Far away on my own again
A day goes by in Tower Hill
Silence sweet
Is there someone at the door?

Light is on, but fire out
It's me, you're home
Blue and gray in seas apart
Another night at Tower Hill
Silence sweet
Is there someone at the door?

Silence sweet
Silence sweet
Is there someone at the door?

Say you're lying and count to ten
Still near, right here
Moving 'round this empty room
I'm sorry now at Tower Hill
Silence sweet
Is there someone at the door?

Passing Time

You can win or lose and be excused
The sudden change of plan
As a __ reality, it's very clear
But a loser always loses in the end
Always in the end

Chorus:
For a long time now
I'm passing time
Still I know somehow
I'll learn to try
I'm passing time

You may ask for gifts, just anyone
The right __
I'm not so sure it's anything at all
For a loser is still losing in the end
Losing in the end

(Chorus 2x)

Yes, I am aware of passing time
Without a care in sight
I can feel the changes coming very soon
And a loser won't be losing in the end
Losing in the end

(Chorus)

Passing time
Passing time

I See Red

Back in my schooldays, acting the fool days
One and one and one is three
And the man said, «Hey, come and cut yourself a piece of the big time"
Armor-clad forces, riding Trojan horses
Never made sense to me
I didn't want to be a part of the great debate on moonshine

Chorus:
"Stop, pay the price,» they said to me
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"
I said, «Stop, hold the phone
This has to be cut to the bone
Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red"

Sly man stumbles, twists and he tumbles
He always lands on his feet
And he sets his face towards the far horizon
Won't you come this way? Can't you go that way?
But his rhythm don't miss a beat
'Cause he's doing everything he can to keep surviving

"Stop, pay the price,» they said to me
"Take this advice, you're out of your head"

(Chorus)

So who wants a riot? People should be quiet
Don't we give them good TV?
You can learn to love your lifetime of distraction
Nothing on the inside, nothing on the outside
All the way from A to Z
I can live without that kind of satisfaction

(Chorus 4x)

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