Sunday, October 13, 2013

As I Roved Out - Irish traditional on uke

      Sunday spent mostly on making this cover. I'm all cheered up. Gracias a ti, David, por ayuda (bajo y la percusión)!

 

Who are you, me pretty fair maid,
And who are you, me honey?
Who are you, me pretty fair maid,
And who are you, me honey?
She answered me modestly,
I am me mother's darling

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o

Will you come to me mother's house,
When the moon is shining clearly?
Will you come to me mother's house,
When the moon is shining clearly?
I'll open the door and I'll let you in
And devil the one will hear us

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o

So I went to her house in the middle of the night
and the moon was shining clearly
I went to her house in the middle of the night
and the moon was shining clearly
She opened the door and she let me in
and devil the one did hear us

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o

Then she took my horse by the bridle and the bit
And she led him to the stable
She took my horse by the bridle and the bit
And she led him to the stable
"So there's plenty of oats for a soldier's horse,
To eat it if he's able"

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o


Then she took me by her lily-white hand
And she led me to the table
She took me by her lily-white hand
And she led me to the table
"So there's plenty of wine for a soldier boy,
To drink it if he is able"

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o

And she got up and she made the bed
And she made it nice and easy
She got up and she made the bed
And she made it nice and easy
And then she took me by the hand
Said: “Blow up the candle”

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o

There we laid to the break of the day
And Devil the one that hear us
There we laid to the break of the day
And Devil the one that hear us
And she rose without the cloths
Saying "Darling, you must leave me”

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o

When can I return again
And when will we get married?
When can I return again
And when will we get married?
When broken shells make temple bells
That’s when we’ll be married

Fiddle dai
You al da fal-de-diddle-da
Fai-di dai-di
didle-deldi-o

2 comments:

  1. Hey that is awesomE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I assume you laid several tracks in a recording program?
    Did you know that I play Irish music?
    As a matter of a fact I was this last week considering working on this song

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8671ZVYrKLw

    As I Roved Out

    "As I roved out" is a pretty popular start for a British Isles song...

    Nice work!!!!!!!!!! I wish it was not an onerous task to record myself... I have a new program I have not even tried yet, I am so computer challenged, but I have a snowball usb mic...

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    1. Thank you Colleen! I love Irish music (as I do with Spanish:). And I find this song delightful - so light and easy. I realised there are two songs going with the same title, I like the one you talk about. Very soft and sad, beautiful. I remember that you play Irish music, I even have somewhere a video you sent me, from some pub maybe. As the recording, what software are u using? I'm not expert myself, but if you use Reaper, I could give you some advice, as you go. Yes, it is lots of work, but it's not that difficult (the basics of it at least), and it can be great fan. I love to put all those separate tracks together and get something like this song.
      Below is the first song I ever recorded, and it was after something like 3-4 days of learning the software and mixing: http://ksiezycowy-terrorysta.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/apokaliptyczny-dowcip.html
      So go for it, you can do it easily:)

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