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Sally Sits Weeping: Blue Devils’ Jig

from Shorelines by Nuala Kennedy

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A ‘sally’ tree in Ireland is a weeping willow from the Irish ‘An Saileog’. I first heard this song from Niamh Parsons, but this version is put together from a variety of sources, omitting the dream sequence. The jig is named for the deep states of melancholy that overcome Ishmael in Moby Dick.

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Sally sits a weeping down by the sea shore
Poor Sally sits a weeping down by the sea shore
What ails you my jewel? What ails you my jewel?
What ails you my jewel in sorrow to mourn?

I once had a sweetheart but now I have none
I once had a sweetheart but now I have none
O, he's gone and left me, he has cruelly deceived me
He's gone and he's left me in sorrow to mourn

If he had but loved me as he did pretend
If he had but loved me as he did pretend
He never would leave me nor cruelly deceive me
He never would leave me in sorrow to mourn.

I'll journey through England through France and through Spain
I'll journey through England through France and through Spain
My life I will venture. My life I will venture.
My life I will venture on the watery main.

I'll set sails of silver and steer towards the sun
I'll set sails of silver and steer towards the sun
And my false love will weep o, my false love will weep o
My false love will weep for me after I'm gone

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from Shorelines, released July 7, 2023

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Nuala Kennedy Ennis, Ireland

Traditional Irish singer and flute player.

“vital and original" Songlines

“fearless of the unknown” The Irish Times

'minimal, decorative and utterly beautiful' Culture Northern Ireland
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