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Martinmastime Lyrics by Faoileán

Far Hills

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It fell out upon one Martinmastime, when snow lay on the border
There came a troop of soldiers here, to take up their winter quarters
Oh they rode north and they rode south, and they rode o'er the border
And there they met with a nice little girl, and she was a farmer's daughter
Oh they made her swear a solemn oath, with a salt tear in her eye-oh
That she would come to the quarter gates, when no one did her spy-oh
So she's gone to the barbershop, to the barbershop went soon-oh
She's made them cut her long yellow hair, as short as any dragoon-oh
And then she went to the tailorshop to dress in soldiers' clothes-oh
With two long pistols down by her side, a nice little boy was she-oh
Then she went to the quarter gates, and loudly she does call-oh
"There comes a troop of soldiers here, and we must have lodgings all-oh"
And the quartermaster he comes down and gives her half a crown-oh
"Go find your lodgings in the town, for here there is no room-oh"
So she's gone nearer to the gates, and louder she does call-oh
"Room, ROOM!! You gentleman, we must have lodgings all-oh"
And the quartermaster, he comes down and gives her eighteen pence-oh
"Go find your lodgings in the town, for tonight there comes a wench-oh"
So she grabbed the whistle from her side and she blows it loud and shrill-oh
"You're all very free with your eighteen pence, but you're not for a girl at all-oh"
Then she grabbed the garters from her knees and the ribbons from her hair-oh
She's tied them 'round the quarter gates, as a token she's been there-oh
And when they found that it was her, they tried to have her taken
So she's clapped her spurs to her horse's side, and galloped home a maiden
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Faoileán

Faoileán

About “Martinmastime” by Faoileán

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"Martinmastime" appears on "Far Hills".

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