I love my love far better, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
| ITMA Reference | 55063 |
| Creator | Butcher, Eddie, singing in English |
| Contributor | Shields, Hugh, collector |
| Date | July 1968 |
| Location | Hugh Shields’s house, Dublin |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 1 computer file (MP3 file, 1 min., 2 sec.) : digital, stereo |
| Collection | Hugh Shields Collection |
| Subject | Ireland: Singing in English |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Copyright | Performers, Hugh Shields |
| Source | 1015-ITMA-REEL [HS 6813] |
| Roud Number | [Roud listed Hugh’s song from UFM index as no 000] |
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As I roved out one fine summer’s night
For to look for recreation
My heart was light and free from care
Quite happy in my station
Down by a transparent river clear
I met a comely maiden there
With a garland of flowers on her head she did wear
For to shade the sun from her beauty.
You gods, oh gods of this divine
Come hand my love a letter
That gave to me this mortal wound -
No one could love her better
Far more than fishes likes to swim
Far more than linnets likes to sing
Far better than the bee loves the flowery vale
I love my love far better.
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Verse 2 should perhaps begin: “You gods, oh gods, oh list, divine.” Air: cf. “The minstrel boy,” Shields Index 193.
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