Biography:
Karan Casey (b. 1969 in Ballyduff Lower, County Waterford, Ireland) is an Irish folk singer and jazz singer, and a former member of the Irish band Solas.
Her family encouraged her to sing in the house, in a church choir and at school. At Waterford Regional Technical College she studied piano then took music at University College Dublin in 1987. Having learned to copy Ella Fitzgerald's scat singing, she performed in a Dublin bistro several nights per week while still a student.
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Other songs:
- Ae Fond Kiss
- Another Day
- Bright Winters Day
- Distant Shore
- Dunlavin Green
- Eppie Morrie
- Erins Lovely Home
- Freedom Song
- I Once Loved A Lass
- Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
- Just A Note
- Lady Mary Anne
- Love Is Pleasing
- Martinmas Time
- Mother Earths Revenge
- One I Love
- Quiet Of The Night
- Roger The Miller
- Shamrock Shore
- She Is Like The Swallow
- Snows They Melt The Soonest
- Song Of Lies
- The Ballad Of Tim Evans
- The Cradle Song
- The Creggan White Hare
- The Curra Road
- The Four Loom Weaver
- The Keg Of Brandy
- The Kings Shilling
- The Liberty Tree
- The Loony Moon
- The Seasons
- The Silkie Song
- The Song Of The Seal
- The Song Of Wandering Aengus
- The World Looks Away
- The Yellow Furze
- This Time Will Pass
- Town Of Athlone
- Waiting For The Snow
- Weary Of Lying Alone
- When Will We All Be Free
- Where Are You Tonight I Wonder
- Who Put The Blood
- You Brought Me Up
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I once loved a lass and I loved her so well
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I hated all others who spoke of her ill
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But now she's done rewarded me well for my love
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She's gone to be wed to another
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G C
I watched as my love did to the church go
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With a bride and bride-maidens she made a fine show
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And I followed her on with a heart full of woe
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To see my love be wed to another
G D Em
To see my love be wed to another
[Verse]
G C
I watched as my love did sit down to dine
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I sat down beside her and I poured out the wine
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And I drank to the wee lass that should have been mine
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But now she is wed to another
[Verse]
G C
"Well, stop," says the groomsman, "If you take my word
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Would you venture your life on the point of a sword?
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For courting too slowly you have lost this fair maiden
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Begone, you will never enjoy her
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Begone, you will never enjoy her"
[Instrumental]
G D Em G D Em
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G D Em C G D Em
[Verse]
G C
Now the lads of the forest, they ask it of me
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"How many strawberries grow 'round the salt sea?"
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And I answer them back with a tear in my eye
G D Em
"How many ships sail in the forest?"
[Verse]
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Go dig me a grave all large, wide and deep
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And cover it over with wild flowers sweet
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And lay me down gently for to take my long sleep
G D Em
And that's the best way to forget her
[Verse]
G C
So we dug him a grave all large, wide and deep
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And covered it over with wild flowers sweet
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And we laid him down gently for to take his long sleep
G D Em
And maybe by now he's forgotten
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And maybe by now he's forgotten
G
[Verse]
C
I once loved a lass and I loved her so well
G C
I hated all others who spoke of her ill
G C
But now she's done rewarded me well for my love
G D Em
She's gone to be wed to another
[Verse]
G C
I watched as my love did to the church go
G C
With a bride and bride-maidens she made a fine show
G C
And I followed her on with a heart full of woe
G D Em
To see my love be wed to another
G D Em
To see my love be wed to another
[Verse]
G C
I watched as my love did sit down to dine
G C
I sat down beside her and I poured out the wine
G C
And I drank to the wee lass that should have been mine
G D Em
But now she is wed to another
[Verse]
G C
"Well, stop," says the groomsman, "If you take my word
G C
Would you venture your life on the point of a sword?
G C
For courting too slowly you have lost this fair maiden
G D Em
Begone, you will never enjoy her
G D Em C
Begone, you will never enjoy her"
[Instrumental]
G D Em G D Em
D
G D Em C G D Em
[Verse]
G C
Now the lads of the forest, they ask it of me
G C
"How many strawberries grow 'round the salt sea?"
G C
And I answer them back with a tear in my eye
G D Em
"How many ships sail in the forest?"
[Verse]
G C
Go dig me a grave all large, wide and deep
G C
And cover it over with wild flowers sweet
G C
And lay me down gently for to take my long sleep
G D Em
And that's the best way to forget her
[Verse]
G C
So we dug him a grave all large, wide and deep
G C
And covered it over with wild flowers sweet
G C
And we laid him down gently for to take his long sleep
G D Em
And maybe by now he's forgotten
G D Em
And maybe by now he's forgotten
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