Daily Antidote | Nora Brown 'Raglan Road' & 'What Will We Do' - 7/19/24

A beautiful day of traditional music in the @DailyAntidoteofSong today. On day 1566, @norabrown7010 brought us "Raglan Road" and "What Will We Do".


Raglan Road by Luke Kelly-- Luke's Legacy

On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue.
I saw the danger, and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And I said let grief be a falling leaf
At the dawning of the day.

On Grafton Street in November,
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The worst of passions pledged.
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay,
Well I loved too much; by such and such
Is happiness thrown away.

I gave her the gifts of the mind.
I gave her the secret sign
That's known to artists who have known
true Gods of Sound and stone
With word and tint without stint
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair
Like the clouds over fields of May.

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,
I see her walking now away from me,
So hurriedly My reason must allow,
For I have loved not as I should
A creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay, he'll lose
His wings at the dawn of the day.

What Will We Do by Mary Delaney--Songs of the Irish Travellers in England

What will we do if we have no money?
All true lovers, what will we do then?
Only hawk through the town for a hungry crown,
And we’ll yodel it over again.

What will we do if we marry a tinker?
All true lovers, what will we do then?
Only sell a tin can and walk on with my man,
And we’ll yodel it over again.

What will we do if we marry a soldier?
All true lovers, what will we do then?
Only handle his gun and we’ll fight for the fun,
And we’ll yodel it over again.

What will we do if we have a young daughter?
All true lovers, what will we do then?
Only take her in hand and we’ll walk on with my man,
And we’ll yodel it over again.

(repeat first verse)

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