Dancing at Whitsun
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/Austin John Marshall
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Dancing at Whitsun -- lyrics by Austin John Marshall
It's fifty long springtimes since she was a bride
But still you may see her at each Whitsuntide
In a dress of white linen and ribbons of green
As green as her memories of loving
The feet that were nimble tread carefully now
As gentle a measure as age do allow
Through groves of white blossom by fields of young corn
Where once she was pledged to her true love
The fields they stand empty, the hedges grow free
No young men to tend them or pastures go see
They have gone where the forests of oak trees before
Have gone to be wasted in battle
Down from the green farmlands and from their loved ones
Marched husbands and brothers and fathers and sons
There's a fine roll of honour where the maypole once stood
And the ladies go dancing at Whitsun
There's a straight row of houses in these latter days
All covering the downs where the sheep used to graze
There's a field of red poppies, a wreath from the Queen
But the ladies remember at Whitsun
And the ladies go dancing at Whitsun
The lyrics "Dancing at Whitsun" by Austin John Marshall were set to<br> this tune which is also known as "The Week Before Easter".<br> My playing is based on the version of Dancing at Whitsun by Gordon<br> Bok, Anne Muir and Ed Trickett.<br> The tune is the English song tune "The False Bride" which was also<br> used for "Birmimgham Sunday" by Richard Fariņa<br> It was recorded by Bok, Trickett & Muir, Redpath, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior.<br> I usually play this as a dulcimer medley with "Derwentwater's Farewell".<br>
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