| Author | Topic: Add: The Wild Moor | |
| dmcg | Posted - 25 Apr 03 - 01:11 pm | |
Wild Moor, The It was on a cold, dark winter's night, As th' wind blew across th' wild moor; Poor Mary come wanderin' home with her child, Till she come to her father's own door. "Oh, why did I ever leave this spot Where once I was happy an' free? I am now doomed to roam with no freedom or home, An' none to take pity on me. "Oh father, dear father," she cried, "Do come down an' open the door, For the child in my arms will perish an' die From the wind that blows 'cross the wild moor." But the old man was deaf to her cries, Not a sound of her voice did he hear; An' the watchdog did howl an' the village bell tolled, An' the wind blew across the wild moor. Oh, how must that old man have felt, When he opened the door in the morn; He found Mary dead, but the child alive Closely clasped in its dead mother's arms. The old man with grief pined away, An' the child to its mother soon went; An' no-one, they say, has lived there to this day, An' the cottage has fallen to ruin. The villagers point out the spot Where the willow droop over the door, Sayin', "There Mary died, once the gay cillage bride," An' the wind still blows 'cross the wild moor. Source: Randolph, V, 1982. Ozark Folksongs, Illinois Press, Urbana Notes: Randolph wrote:
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| masato sakurai | Posted - 25 Apr 03 - 03:18 pm | |
These versions are at The Max Hunter Collection: 0660 The Wild Moor 1594 Mary of the Wild Moor 0070 Wild Moor And at The Wolf Collection: Mary O' the Wild Moor (The Wild Moor) sung by Mrs. T.F. Guthrie Mary O' the Wild Moor (The Wild Moor) sung by Mrs. Jim Hagwood | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 30 Apr 03 - 01:40 am | |
Roud 155 Laws P21 Presumably of early 19th century English origin, and found quite widely there, in the USA and Canada, Scotland and even Tristan da Cunha, though Roud does not at present list any examples from tradition in Ireland. Published repeatedly on broadsides and songsheets on both sides of the Atlantic. Broadside examples at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads: Mary of the moor Mary of the wild moor Poor Mary of the moor Poor Mary of the wild moor At The Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection: Mary of the Wild Moor Adapted for the Piano Forte by Joseph W. Turner. Boston: Keith's Music Publishing House, 67 & 69 Court St., 1845. Song Sheet: Mary of the Wild Moor Philadelphia: J.H. Johnson, Card and Job Printer, No. 7 North Tenth Street, n.d. There are also songsheets published in New York (H. De Marsan) and Baltimore (Thomas G. Doyle) at America Singing, and a later copy of Turner's piano arrangement at Music for the Nation. (American Memory, Library of Congress sites). At California Gold (American Memory): The Wind that sweeps o'er the wild moor Textual transcription from the singing of David Rice. | ||
| LostChords (guest) |
Posted - 06 Sep 07 - 10:38 am | |
http://www.morerootsofbob.com/Ballads/Mary/mary.html I tried to put together the story of this song. Any criticism & additions are welcome. | ||