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⚫ | <p>A folk song of Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. This song's oldest |
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+ | |title1=Banks of the Lee |
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+ | |image1=Banks Of The Lee - The Longest Johns |
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+ | |other_names=The Lovely Banks of Lea<br>When Two Lovers Meet |
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+ | |origin=Ireland, unknown age |
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+ | |songwriter=traditional |
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+ | |language=English |
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+ | |album=Cures What Ails Ya |
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+ | |released=2020 |
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+ | |lj_lead=Andy |
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+ | |key=B |
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+ | }} |
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⚫ | <p>A folk song of Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. This song's oldest record only dates to 1952 and is attributed to a performance by Mary Doran (possibly Mary Connors, though the Connors name is a more dubious attribution) for a BBC recording - though no readily accessible version of the recording seems to exist online.</p> |
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− | <p>The song is told from the perspective of someone who has been separated from their love by exile across the ocean, and then by her death. It shares a tune with a traditional folk song of the |
+ | <p>The song is told from the perspective of someone who has been separated from their love by exile across the ocean, and then by her death. It shares a tune with a traditional folk song of the British isles: "Gathering Rushes in the Month of May" (sometimes called "Underneath Your Apron").</p> |
<p>Of note is the fact that the song shares a title - though not a theme - with another song. "The Banks of the Lea" tells a story of a Irish man who travels to England, finds love, and wishes to take her home.</p> |
<p>Of note is the fact that the song shares a title - though not a theme - with another song. "The Banks of the Lea" tells a story of a Irish man who travels to England, finds love, and wishes to take her home.</p> |
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− | <p>The lyrics sung by the Longest Johns on their live streams appear to be assembled from an assortment of traditional versions, mixed, matched, and edited |
+ | <p>The lyrics sung by the Longest Johns on their live streams appear to be assembled from an assortment of traditional versions, mixed, matched, and edited; the arrangement appears to be original. It was released as track 9 on [[Cures What Ails Ya]].</p> |
==Lyrics== |
==Lyrics== |
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When two lovers meet down beside the green bower <br> |
When two lovers meet down beside the green bower <br> |
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When two lovers meet down beneath the green tree <br> |
When two lovers meet down beneath the green tree <br> |
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When Mary, fond Mary, declared unto her lover <br> |
When Mary, fond Mary, declared unto her lover <br> |
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− | "You have stolen my poor heart from the |
+ | "You have stolen my poor heart from the banks of the Lee"<br> |
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{Chorus}<br> |
{Chorus}<br> |
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Well don't stay out late, love, on the moorlands from me"<br> |
Well don't stay out late, love, on the moorlands from me"<br> |
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How little was our notion when we parted on the ocean<br> |
How little was our notion when we parted on the ocean<br> |
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− | That we were forever parted from the |
+ | That we were forever parted from the banks of the Lee<br> |
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{Chorus}<br> |
{Chorus}<br> |
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In that cold and silent church yard where she sleeps 'neath the dew<br> |
In that cold and silent church yard where she sleeps 'neath the dew<br> |
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==Recordings== |
==Recordings== |
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[[Category:Traditional]] |
[[Category:Traditional]] |
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[[Category:Andy Songs]] |
[[Category:Andy Songs]] |
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Revision as of 07:00, 21 May 2022
A folk song of Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. This song's oldest record only dates to 1952 and is attributed to a performance by Mary Doran (possibly Mary Connors, though the Connors name is a more dubious attribution) for a BBC recording - though no readily accessible version of the recording seems to exist online.
The song is told from the perspective of someone who has been separated from their love by exile across the ocean, and then by her death. It shares a tune with a traditional folk song of the British isles: "Gathering Rushes in the Month of May" (sometimes called "Underneath Your Apron").
Of note is the fact that the song shares a title - though not a theme - with another song. "The Banks of the Lea" tells a story of a Irish man who travels to England, finds love, and wishes to take her home.
The lyrics sung by the Longest Johns on their live streams appear to be assembled from an assortment of traditional versions, mixed, matched, and edited; the arrangement appears to be original. It was released as track 9 on Cures What Ails Ya.
Lyrics
These lyrics are based on the Cures What Ails Ya version.
When two lovers meet down beside the green bower
When two lovers meet down beneath the green tree
When Mary, fond Mary, declared unto her lover
"You have stolen my poor heart from the banks of the Lee"
{Chorus}
I loved her very dearly, so truly and sincerely
There was no one in this wide world I loved better than she
Every bush and every bower, every wild Irish flower
Reminds me of my Mary, on the banks of the Lee
"Well don't stay out late, love, on the moorlands, my Mary
Well don't stay out late, love, on the moorlands from me"
How little was our notion when we parted on the ocean
That we were forever parted from the banks of the Lee
{Chorus}
I will pluck my love some roses, some blooming Irish roses
I will pluck my love some roses, the fairest that ever grew
And I'll lay them on the grave of my own true lovely Mary
In that cold and silent church yard where she sleeps 'neath the dew
{Chorus}
Recordings
Streaming/Purchase
Youtube Videos
Gig Videos
Full Band Streams
- Singing Live Stream and Special Announcement... (7 Aug 2019)
- The Longest Johns Streamtember (4 Sep 2019)
- Spooktober Spectacular and Farewell to Anna Livestream (30 Oct 2019)
- TLJ & Friends! | Natalie Holmes (27 Nov 2019)
- Last Stream Before Album Launch! (27 May 2020)
- (New Merch) I'm Goin' Off the Rails on a Crazy Stream | The Longest Johns Full Band Stream (14 Oct 2020)
- Stream If You Wanna Go Faster | The Longest Johns Full Band Stream (12 May 2021)
Gaming Streams
- Anyone for a Shanty? | Sea of Thieves Singing Live Stream!! (Part 1) (23 Sep 2020)
- Sea of Thieves Tall Tales Marathon for Charity : Full VOD Part 2 (29 June 2020)
- Sea of Sings (and probably thieves) - 26/06/2020 Stream Full VOD
- Sailing, Wailing and Failing with Captain Falcore! - 19/10/2020 Stream Full VOD
- Sea of Sings! 3 2 1 SHANT! - 26/10/2020 Stream Full VOD
- DROPS! Sea of Sings! with BehavingBeardly! SHANT! - 30/10/2020 Stream Full VOD
- Sea of Joviality with KroTukk and KHARITES_ - 28/11/2020 Stream Full VOD
- Let's do pirate stuff - 12/12/2020 Stream Full VOD