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This is the first song I ever sang in a folk club. The unusual rhythm attracted me very much, as well as the great story of true love. My thanks to Martin Carthy for this one.<\/p>\n
Tom Judge \u2013 fiddle; Nick Apollonio \u2013 fiddle and guitar
\nSovay, Sovay, all on a day
\nShe dressed herself in man’s array.
\nWith a sword and pistol all by her side,
\nTo meet her true love,
\nTo meet her true love away did ride.<\/p>\n
As she was riding over the plain,
\nShe met her true love and to him said.
\n“Your gold and silver, kind sir,” she said,
\n“Or else this moment,
\nOr else this moment your life I’ll have.”<\/p>\n
And when she’d robbed him of his store,
\nShe said, “Kind sir, there’s just one thing more–
\nA golden ring which I know you have,
\nDeliver it,
\nDeliver it your sweet life to save.”<\/p>\n
“That golden ring a token is;
\nMy life I’ll lose, the ring I’ll save.”
\nBeing tender-hearted just like a dove,
\nShe rode away,
\nRode away from her true love.<\/p>\n
Next morning in the garden green,
\nJust like two lovers they were seen.
\nHe spied his watch hanging by her clothes
\nWhich made him blush,
\nMade him blush like any rose.<\/p>\n
“What makes you blush at so silly a thing?
\nI thought to have had your golden ring.
\n‘Twas I that robbed you all on the plain,
\nSo here’s your watch
\nHere’s your watch and your gold again.<\/p>\n
“For I did intend and it was to know
\nIf that you were me true love or no.
\nWell, now I have a contented mind;
\nMy heart and all,
\nMy heart and all my dear is thine.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the first song I ever sang in a folk club. The unusual rhythm attracted me very much, as well as the great story of true love. My thanks to Martin Carthy for this one. Tom Judge \u2013 … Continue reading