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The Fiddling Soldier

from Misfits Migrants and Murders by Jack Warshaw

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A song originally from Ireland, not really about fiddling or soldiering. With the great Tom Paley, one of his last recordings.

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As I was a-walking one morning in May
I spied a fair couple come walking my way
One was a soldier and a brave volunteer
And the other was a lady with a raven black hair

“Oh where are you going in the morning so soon?
There’s a place by the river a place to sit down”
And he took out his fiddle and he tuned up one string
And he played the water gliding while the nightingales sing

Oh ho said the soldier, it’s time to give o’er
Oh no said the lady, please play one tune more
For I’d rather hear your fiddle and the touch of one string
Than to see the water gliding hear the nightingales sing

Oh ho said the lady will you marry me
Oh no said the soldier, that never can be
I’ve a wife in old Ireland and children I’ve three
One wife is a-plenty too many for me

There’s loved ones in Ireland that’s waiting for me
There’s loved ones in Ireland I’m longing to see
I’ll go back to my own country that’s where I belong
And I’ll play on my fiddle and sing your love song

I’ll go back to old Ireland, I’ll stay there one year
I’ll drink of the wine and I’ll drink of the beer
If I ever come back here it’ll be in the spring
And I’ll play the water gliding while the nightingales sing

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from Misfits Migrants and Murders, released August 7, 2018
Tom Paley, vocal, guitar; Jack, autoharp; Ben, fiddle

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Jack Warshaw UK

Veteran of the 1960s folk revival, he passionately believes, writes and sings with authenticity and respect for traditional American styles and song carriers. He has met, learned from or worked with such legends as Pete, Mike and Peggy Seeger, Tom Paley, Ewan MacColl, Bob Dylan, Mississippi John Hurt, Clarence Ashley, Dave Van Ronk, Stuart Burns and many others. Watch Youtube. Bio on Wikipedia ... more

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