This my favorite version of this song! A few weeks ago, my friends and I were up late studying for finals and very tires and stressed. So, to combat the stress, we all dropped what we were doing and had a dance party right there in the middle of the UC, just the four of us. It was to this song and it was the best! Thank you for that memory :)
Billy Taylor was a sailor, he was courtin' a fair lady Instead of Billy gettin' married, he was forced untae the sea But his bride soon followed after under the name of Richard Carr Snow-white fingers, long and slender, covered ower wi' pitch and tar Fal-da-ral-da-rum-dum-deddy Fal-da-ral-de-rum-dum-day She's dressed herself in sailor's clothing, oh but she was a bonnie young man Away she sailed upon the ocean, all aboard the Mary Anne A storm blew up upon the water, she bein' there amang the rest The wind blew off her silver buttons and there appeared her snow-white breast "Well, now, " said the captain, "My dear lady, what misfortune brought you here?" "I'm in search of my true lover whom you have pressed the other year" "Well, " said the captain, "My dear lady, tell to me the young man's name" "Some folk call him Billy Taylor, William Taylor is his name" "Well, if Billy Taylor's your dear lover, then he has proved to you untrue He's got married tae another and left you here alone to rue Rise ye early in the mornin', early at the break of day And there you'll spy young Billy Taylor, walkin' oot wi' his lady gay" She rose early up next mornin', early at the break of day And there she spied young Billy Taylor walkin' oot wi' his lady gay Gun and pistol she commanded, gun and pistol at her side And there she shot young Billy Taylor walkin' oot wi' his new-made bride Fal-da-ral-da-rum-dum-deddy Fal-da-ral-de-rum-dum-day
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This my favorite version of this song! A few weeks ago, my friends and I were up late studying for finals and very tires and stressed. So, to combat the stress, we all dropped what we were doing and had a dance party right there in the middle of the UC, just the four of us. It was to this song and it was the best! Thank you for that memory :)
I heard this band last night in kilkenny absolutely brilliant
Holy Freakin' Wow! So good! Keep up the fine work, lads!
Class lads 🤌
Fantastic work, what a brilliantly executed ballad!
Billy Taylor was a sailor, he was courtin' a fair lady
Instead of Billy gettin' married, he was forced untae the sea
But his bride soon followed after under the name of Richard Carr
Snow-white fingers, long and slender, covered ower wi' pitch and tar
Fal-da-ral-da-rum-dum-deddy
Fal-da-ral-de-rum-dum-day
She's dressed herself in sailor's clothing, oh but she was a bonnie young man
Away she sailed upon the ocean, all aboard the Mary Anne
A storm blew up upon the water, she bein' there amang the rest
The wind blew off her silver buttons and there appeared her snow-white breast
"Well, now, " said the captain, "My dear lady, what misfortune brought you here?"
"I'm in search of my true lover whom you have pressed the other year"
"Well, " said the captain, "My dear lady, tell to me the young man's name"
"Some folk call him Billy Taylor, William Taylor is his name"
"Well, if Billy Taylor's your dear lover, then he has proved to you untrue
He's got married tae another and left you here alone to rue
Rise ye early in the mornin', early at the break of day
And there you'll spy young Billy Taylor, walkin' oot wi' his lady gay"
She rose early up next mornin', early at the break of day
And there she spied young Billy Taylor walkin' oot wi' his lady gay
Gun and pistol she commanded, gun and pistol at her side
And there she shot young Billy Taylor walkin' oot wi' his new-made bride
Fal-da-ral-da-rum-dum-deddy
Fal-da-ral-de-rum-dum-day
Lovely lads !
Irish version of the English song 'William Taylor'.