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Composer: Margie Butler, Kjellmann, C.

Golden Bough - Power of the Harp lyrics



A knight went riding on a long summer's day,
Met with a fair maid and to her did say,

CHORUS:
"Ah, my dearest dear, tell me, why do you weep?"

'I grieve not, kind sir, for the road that is long,
Nor for the saddle, though it may be strong.

My tears shan't fall for saddle or horse,
Nor do I shun your love and discourse.

No grudge carry I that in youth I must ride,
The weight of my crown of gold I shan't hide.

I ride to my fate, kind sir, today I die.
My heart's burdened so, to them I must fly.

On yon bridge with its waters so clear,
"Twas there that I lost my two sisters dear.

In yon waters that run so deep,
It's there that the spirit my sisters does keep.'

'The bridge I shal build so wide and so strong,
Twelve thousand trees and twelve thousand stones.

Along with you, my dear, I shall ride.
fifteen of my men shall be at either side.'

As they came to the castle gate,
They spied a great stag, dancing with his mate.

The men gazed long, such a wonder to see,
They left their most precious charge to go free.

Her horse traveled on, his shoes all stitched with gold,
Stepped on the bridge and stumbled with his load.

His stitches of gold they numbered but fifteen,
The young maiden fell into the raging stream.

The knight called out to his servant young and bold.
'Go fetch for me my harp all strung with gold.'

He played the harp so sweetly,
Soon the birds were dancing in the tops of the trees.

He played the bark from off the hardest tree.
He played the child from off his mother's knee.

He played the enchantment from the stream,
Blinding the water-spirit until he began to sing.

'Knight, kind sir, release me from your spell,
And I shall return the maid you love so well.'

'You shall release my young bride unto me,
And her two sisters must also go free.'

The bells were heard so far and so wide.
The knight took the fair maid to be his bride.
Songs list of album: Celtic Music from Ireland, Scotland & Brittany (1998)
         Title Rating
01    The Collaraine Jig/Shark's Favorite/Far from Home/Maids of MT. Cisco lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    The Brewer Lad lyrics Add lyrics   -
03    Farewell to Whiskey lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Country Life lyrics  
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05    The Stolen Child lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    One Morning in Spring/Hunting the Hare lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    John Barleycorn lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    She Moved Through the Fair lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Breton Tunes [instrumental] lyrics Add lyrics   -
10   Song of the Swan Maiden lyrics  
5.00
11    The Merchant's Son/Who Made Your Breeches? lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    Lullaby/Mo Choara Bhan lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    The Cold North Wind lyrics Add lyrics   -
14   The Carrion Crow lyrics  
5.00
15    Follow Me Down lyrics Add lyrics   -
16   The Rattllin' Bog lyrics  
4.00
17   Fond Farewells lyrics  
5.00
18   Song of the Fisher Lassies/Blast of Wind lyrics  
4.50
19   Power of the Harp lyrics  
5.00
20    Lady Owen's Delight/Eleanor Plunkett/My Bonnie Boy lyrics Add lyrics   -
21   The Calling of the Road lyrics  
5.00
22   The Witch of the West-Mer-Lands lyrics  
5.00
23    The Blind Harper of Lochmaben lyrics Add lyrics   -
24   The Lark in the Clear Air lyrics   -
25    The Blarney Pilgrim/The Merry Blacksmith lyrics Add lyrics   -
26    The Last Leviathan lyrics Add lyrics   -
27    Doue Lan a Vadeleh/AR Serjant Major/Jan en Piet [instrumental] lyrics Add lyrics   -
28   Logs to Burn lyrics   -
29   Lovely Molly [instrumental] lyrics   -
30    One Bottle More/Humors of Winter/Apples in Winter [Instrumental] lyrics Add lyrics   -
31    Mairi's Wedding lyrics Add lyrics   -
32    My Little Boat [instrumental] lyrics Add lyrics   -
33   Black Jack Davey/The Drunken Piper lyrics  
4.00
34   The Parting Song lyrics   -
 

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