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Won't You Come With Me?
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A chippery upbeat murder ballad.
irish folk songs scottish
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Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats, and he is the lead singer for the Brobdingna
Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats, and he is the lead singer for the Brobdingnagian Bards.
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Genre
World • Traditional Celtic
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Peak #44
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
words Marc Gunn
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Marc Gunn
Uploaded
July 23, 2009
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MP3 5.5 MB • 320 kbps • 2:23
Story behind the song
I was in the mood to improvise and write a song. So I started playing my autoharp and fumbling around with lyrics and melody. I liked the melody so much I decided to expand on the lyrics and make it a nice happy murder ballad.
Lyrics
Won't You Come With Me? by Marc Gunn, June 1, 2006 I left my ship with storms on my mind, High wind and tossing seas. I sought a girl with soft green eyes To take my mind off me. Hai diddle-dai-dum Ba du diddle-dai-dum Ba du diddle-dai diddle-dai dee Hai diddle-dai-dum Ba du diddle-dai-dum Won't you come with me? I met a maid by waterside Gutting the herring clean. She took my hand, laid down her knife. Then we walked along the beach. Singing... She set herself down on a rock And bade me sit at her feet. The sun settled down and the wind did blow The curlets across her cheek. We sang... I took her gently in my arms Our bodies rolling in the sand. When I pulled the knife out of her side Her body stopped lurching at last.
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