As I Roved Out

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The songs usually involve a young man – possibly a soldier, a sailor or even a nobleman – who sees a young girl while travelling through the countryside and manages to charm his way into her bed.

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One of the singers was a man called John Riley. Moore described him as a “travelling singer from the old tradition that has now died out – the kind of man who travelled around passing on stories and songs”. In Moore’s version it is very much the girl who makes things happen when she meets a young soldier. She invites him to her mother’s house in the middle of the night saying “devil ‘o one would hear us” – meaning, of course, that no one would hear them. Plant owns more than 75% of Trolcharm Limited, according to Companies House filings in the UK. His three surviving children are directors of the business along with Plant. Incidentally, Moore often has a little fun with this line in live performances, changing it so it refers to whether the singer is up to the task of making love to the girl. In one version Moore sings: “I got up and pulled off me cap saying I hope to God I’m able.”Shirley Collins> Songs> The Irish Girl The Irish Girl / As I Walked Out / Let the Wind Blow High or Low How can you go a-roamin’ to slight your dear Polly?” Sarah Makem sings I Wish My Love Was a Red Red Rose

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She thinks he must love her and want expects him to marry her, but she is always disappointed. As soon as he has had his way, the rakish young man abandons her. Sometimes it’s because he is already married, sometimes it’s because he loves another but often it’s simply because he likes being single. Will you come to me mother’s houseSometimes it’s the man who makes the running in the relationship but sometimes it’s the girl who takes the lead. These can be taken literally but they can also be taken as code for a sexual invitation. In highly religious, Catholic Ireland, it would have been unthinkable for a song to contain more explicit lyrics. Lassie, are you able? The song contains several lines that can be taken in two ways. The girl says there’s plenty of oats for a horse to eat “if he’s able” and there’s plenty of wine for a soldier boy to drink “if he’s able”. The Irish Girl / As I Walked Out / Let the Wind Blow High or Low (Roud 308; G/D 5:946; Henry H711) Mainly Norfolk: English

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An earlier version was first printed on a broadside of around 1810 with the title Maid and the Soldier. Early broadside versions were sad songs focused on the abandonment of the girl by the young man. [3] Later broadside and traditional folk versions celebrate a sexual encounter. A censored version published by Baring-Gould and Sharp substitutes a proposal of marriage for the encounter. The theme of As I Roved Out is to be found in numerous Irish and British folk songs. The Moore version is similar to an English song called The Trooper and the Maid, and there are many other versions.For love it is a funny thing, did you ever feel the pain? Walter Pardon sings Let the Wind Blow High or Low Many of them are called As I Roved Out as it is a common opening line – the musical equivalent of the storyteller’s “Once upon a time”. This was a widely known song in England, and was also popular in Ireland and Scotland. It is one of those which earlier editors, such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, felt obliged to soften or rewrite for publication. It was also common on broadsides throughout the nineteenth century" This song has been compared [ who?] to a song usually called "The Overgate" or "With My Roving Eye". In both songs the narrator has a chance meeting with a pretty girl, leading to a sexual encounter. And the songs may have similar nonsense refrains. However the details of the texts are so different that the Roud Folk Song Index classifies them separately. "The Overgate" is Roud Number 866. One well-known recording ends the account of the encounter with: Robert Plant’s Saving Grace, the co-operative featuring Suzi Dian (vocals), Oli Jefferson (percussion), Tony Kelsey (mandolin, baritone, acoustic guitar), and Matt Worley (banjo, acoustic, baritone guitars, cuatro) have announced a tour in November 2023.

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This Christy Moore version had been largely forgotten until Moore stumbled across it at a musical gathering in Roscommon in the early 1970s. Irish folk music abounds with songs about young maidens “giving” themselves to rakish men who then abandon them the next morning. Fol the diddle die doe, Flash gals and airy too. The Broadside from Grimsby sing Seventeen Come Sunday But I said, I've lost my waistcoat, my watch chain and my purse! Says she, I've lost my maidenhead, and that's a darned sigh worse! Chorus With my too-run-ra, lilt-fa-laddy Lilt-fa-laddy, too-run-ray [6] Other recordings [ edit ]It’s a common ending to these kind of songs, with the girl left disappointed and with her reputation tarnished. Other songs with related themes, such as The Butcher Boy, end in tragedy with the broken hearted girl taking her own life. Since forming in 2019, Saving Grace have received numerous acclaims for their live shows with Bob Harris describing it as " One of the best gigs I’ve seen in years" and Toni Woodward, Americana UK providing a perfect summary: “…These five musicians have produced a supreme ninety minutes of music with considered interpretations of others’ compositions, ensuring they present an innovative exploration of the songs whilst maintaining their true essence. Furthermore, this odyssey has been undertaken in the spirit of appreciation, musicianship, and exultation: they truly are a band of joy!”. The Saving Grace filings are the only trademark applications ever filed by Trolcharm Limited or any other business used by Plant to run his solo career.