Lilting melancholy traditional Irish song with male vocals about deluded love; rubato (Emin)
Recorded at Fluffy Gonk Studios, London and Snake Ranch, London, UK by Greg Knowles. Mixed by Andreas von Gagern at INTERSOUND Studios, Munich, Germany. Mixing producer: David Santiago.
Musicians: Greg Knowles (percussion, cimbalom, dulcimer (Irish tiompan) & programming), Mike Taylor (penny whistle, low whistle, flute, alto flute, descant/alto/tenor/bass recorders, didgeridoo & vocals), Ben Gunnery (violin, mandolin, bouzouki, low whistle & vocals), Dermot Crehan (violin, viola & hardanger fiddle), Claire Docherty (volin & viola), Frank Schaefer (cello, electric cello, acoustic guitar & double bass), Chris Knowles (vocals, acoustic guitar, French horn & tuba), Geraldine Gilmartin (vocals) and Gabriella Dall'Olio (harp)
Special thanks to Micheal O Bhrion Mhuimhneachain for translating the Gaelic lyrics.
Mastered by Wolfgang Meyscheider at digital music & media, Traunwalchen.
Artwork: Katerina Pingiou
As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the meadows and flowers gay
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under yon willow tree.
I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
When she turned around well the tears fell from her
Sayin' "False young man, you have deluded me.
A diamond ring I owned I gave you
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And married the lassie that had the land".
"If I'd married the lassie that had the land, my love
It's that I'll rue till the day I die
When misfortune falls sure no man can shun it
I was blindfolded I'll ne'er deny".
Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
The thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turned around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold sure it's brass I find.
And I wish the Queen would call home her army
From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I will meet again.