Songs and Lyrics

Version 1

%abc-2.1
%%stretchlast
X:1
T:A North Country Maid
T:The Oak and the Ash
Z:Webmaster
C:Trad
%
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Q:1/4=100
K: Amin
E|A2 AB|c2 BA|B2 Bc|d2 cB|
A2 AB|c2 BA|^GB e_e|=e2 e=f|
=g2 ed|c2 Bc|dc BA|^G2 AB|
c2 BA|^G2 ^F^G|A2 AG|A2 e=f|
g2 ed|c2 Bc|dc BA|^G2 AB|
c2 BA|^G2 ^F^G|A2 AG| A3 z||
%
W:A north country maid up to London has strayed
W:All though with her nature it did not agree
W:And she's wept and she's sighed
W:And she's wrung her hands and cried,
W:For the oak and the ash,
W:And the bonny ivy tree
W:All flourish and bloom
W:In my north country.
W:.
W:Oh I wish once again in the north I could be.
W:How sadly I roamed and lament my dear home,
W:Where lads and lasses are making the hay
W:Where the bells they do ring
W:For the oak and the ash,
W:And the bonny ivy tree
W:All flourish and bloom
W:In my north country.
W:.
W:And the little birds do sing,
W:And the maidens and meadows are pleasant and gay.
W:No doubt if I please, I could marry with ease
W:For where bonnie lasses are, lovers will come
W:For the oak and the ash,
W:And the bonny ivy tree
W:All flourish and bloom
W:In my north country.
W:.
W:But the lad that I wed,
W:Must be North country bred,
W:And must carry me back to my North country home.
W:For the oak and the ash,
W:And the bonny ivy tree
W:All flourish and bloom
W:In my north country.

Version 2

Version 3

(redirected from Songs.TheOakAndTheAsh)

Song Note

Folk song references:

Songs

Background

Collections

Folk Indices

Song Note

Folk song references: