One evening fair to take the air
Down by Blackwaterside
'Twas a-gazing all around me
That the Irish lad I spied
All through the far part of the night
We did lie in sport and play
When this young man arose and gathered his clothes
Saying, "Fare thee well today"
That's not the promise that you gave to me
When you lay on my breast
You could make me believe with your lying words
That the sun rose in the west
Go home, go home to your father's garden
Go home and weep your fill
And think on your own misfortune
You brought on with your want and will
For there's not a girl in this whole wide world
As easily led as I
And when fishes can fly and the seas run dry
It is then that you'll marry I
It is then that you'll marry I
Down by Blackwaterside
'Twas a-gazing all around me
That the Irish lad I spied
All through the far part of the night
We did lie in sport and play
When this young man arose and gathered his clothes
Saying, "Fare thee well today"
That's not the promise that you gave to me
When you lay on my breast
You could make me believe with your lying words
That the sun rose in the west
Go home, go home to your father's garden
Go home and weep your fill
And think on your own misfortune
You brought on with your want and will
For there's not a girl in this whole wide world
As easily led as I
And when fishes can fly and the seas run dry
It is then that you'll marry I
It is then that you'll marry I
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WriterCiaran Curran Mark Kelly, Ciaran Tourish Dermot Byrne, Donal Lunny, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
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AddedJanuary 2nd, 2014
Last updatedMarch 7th, 2022
AboutIt's more a case of who hasn't recorded this song than who has. For guitarists, the seminal version is by Bert Jansch. Unfortunately, I can't play guitar anything like as well as him. Sandy Denny recorded another well-known version. And then there is the version by Show of Hands, the version by the Oysterband, John Renbourne, Anne Briggs... It's the 'I did it my way' of folk!
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