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    "Lowlands of Holland"genre: Celtic
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    A sad Irish ballad
    Label: Money Shot Records
    Credits: recorded and mixed by Sleazy D.

    Story Behind the Song
    The first version I heard of this song was recorded by Dolores Keane and John Faulkner. Susan McKeown did an amazing recording of it as well. It's a sad Irish ballad.

    Lyrics
    On the night that I was married, and laid in my marriage bed
    There came a bold sea captain, and he stood at my bed head
    saying, 'rise, arise young Reilly, and come along with me
    to the lowlands of Holland, for to fight and never flee

    Now Holland is a pretty place for my love to dwell in
    But there's no deep sea harbor for a sailor to remain.
    Where the sugar cane is plentiful, and tea grows on every tree
    and the Lowlands of Holland lie between my love and me.

    'Be still, be still my daughter, what makes you to lament?
    Is there n'er a lad in Galway to ease your heart's content?'
    'Oh, there's lads enough in Galway, but ne'er a one for me.
    Since the stormy seas and raging winds parted my love from me.'

    I will build my lover a bonny boat; a boat with silver sails
    with four and twenty young mariners for to rook her through the waves.
    Come all you ranting, roaring lads! Come on, boys, pull away
    For I never had but one true love and he is far away.

    No shawl goes around my shoulders, no comb goes through my hair
    no candlelight nor firelight will shine in my bower fair
    Nor shall I lie with any man until the day I die
    for the Lowlands of Holland parted my love and I

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