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Ye Lover​’​s All

from Shorelines by Nuala Kennedy

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In memory of the late, great Mick Moloney, who suggested it for this record.

lyrics

Ye lovers all both great and small
That dwell in Ireland
Oh I pray you pay attention
While I my pen command
It was my father’s anger
That drove my love away
But I’m still in hopes we’ll meet again
In North Amerikay

My love is fair and handsome
To him I gave my heart
But little was our notion
That ever we would part
It was in my father’s garden
This flower it did decay…
But I’m still in hopes ’twill bloom again
In North Amerikay

I do not want for money

For fortune on me shines
Out of my father’s castle
I stole five hundred pounds
And in the town of Belfast
My passage I did pay
My mind made up to follow my love
To North Amerikay

The captain’s lady was kind to me
As you might understand
She kept me in her cabin
Til the ship came in to land
And in the town of Quebec
We landed in the quay
But I knew not where to find my love
In all Amerikay

Being sick and sore and tired,
I went into an inn And there I found my William
The lad I loved, within….
I handed him a letter, and this to him to did say
Sure I never thought I’d see your face
In all Amerikay

This couple they got married,
As you might understand
And I hear they’re living happily
In a town they call St. Johns
And the money that she got from home
In gold she paid it down
And she thinks no more on Ireland
And Enniskillen town.

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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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