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faoileán - martinmastime lyrics

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

- faoilean lyrics

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