This song likely originated in Ireland before coming to America. It can be found on this video, performed by the Kossoy Sisters. The version by Britten, based on an earlier Irish tune, is the most widely used one in folk music circles today, and the one that Maura O'Connell sings above.Īlso, of interest is an American song with a similar tune and name, called "Down in a Willow Garden", also known as "Rose Connelly". These include the Moorlough Shore (also the tune of "The Foggy Dew") in 1909 by Herbert Hughes, an original piece by Rebecca Clarke in the 1920s, a piece by John Ireland in 1934, a vocal setting by Ivor Gurney in 1938, and a setting by Benjamin Britten in 1943. Instead, they have been adapted to various different melodies. Yeat's words, based off of You Rambling Boys of Pleasure, were never set to that song's tune. Will I become a rover, sleep with the girl I never knew Let fortune never daunt you, my love, we're both young and the world is wide.īut there's one thing more that grieves me sore is to be called a runawayĪnd to leave the spot I was born in, oh Cupid cannot set me free,Īnd to leave that darling girl I love, oh alas, what will I do? With lots of liquor plentiful, flowing bowls on every side, With money to support us and keep us in good company. Sure I wish I was in Dublin town, and my true love along with me. The very next time I met my love, sure I thought her heart was mine,īut as the weather changes, my true love she changed her mind.Ĭursed gold is the root of evil, oh it shines with a glittering hue,Ĭauses many the lad and lass to part, let their hearts be ever so true. She advised me to take love easy, as the leaves grew on the tree.īut I was young and foolish, with my darling could not agree. 'Twas there I spied this pretty little girl, and those words to me sure she did say It was down by Sally's Garden one evening late I took my way. I set my mind on a handsome girl who ofttimes did me slight,īut my mind was never easy till my darling were in my sight. You rambling boys of pleasure, give ear to those few lines I write,Īlthough I'm a rover, and in roving I take great delight.
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