Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Chieftains & Alison Krauss - Molly Ban

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  1. SusanneApril 19, 2010 at 1:29 AM

    Come all ye young fellas
    That handle a gun
    Beware of night rambling
    By the setting of the sun
    And beware of an accident
    That happened of late
    To young Molly Bán
    And sad was her fate

    She was going to her uncles
    When a shower came on
    She went under a green bush
    The shower to shun
    Her white apron wrapped around her
    He took her for a swan
    But a hush and a sigh
    'Twas his own Molly Bán

    He quickly ran to her
    And found she was dead
    And there on her bosom
    Many salt-tears he shed
    He ran home to his father
    With his gun in his hand
    Saying "Father dear father
    I have shot Molly Bán"

    Her white apron wrapped around her
    He took her for a swan
    But a hush and a sigh
    'Twas his own Molly Bán

    He roamed near the place
    Where his true love was slain
    He wept bitter tears
    But his cries were in vain
    As he looked on the lake
    A swan glided by
    And the sun slowly sank
    In the gray of sky

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