Oneills Lament by Snipeworld from Barrow-in-furness United Kingdom

o'neill's lament
a) o'neill's lament (bob qazi)
b) pretty peg (traditional)
c) sweet little victoria (bob qazi)
this arrangement (c) 2020 jack snipe
a track from “return to van diemen's land” by jack snipe
digitally re-mastered from the original dat master tape may 2020
a short cat production:
the band
jaqui spry ~ vocals
bob qazi ~ vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola
ken mcleod ~ vocals, acoustic guitar
mark o'neill ~ bass
dave walmsley ~ keyboards, acoustic & slide guitars, sfx
with
john ranson ~ electric guitars
iain payne ~ electric guitars
ian gibbons ~ electric guitars

recorded at lizard studios

jaqui ~ lead vocals

the bothy band version...

when pretty peg went down the street
some fresh fish for to buy
but the wee town clerk followed after her
and he kissed her by and by

with my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
with my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day

"oh how can i get to your chamber, love?
or how can i get to your bed?
when your daddy goes to bed at night
with a keen eye on his head?"

"oh go and get the ladder, love
with thirty steps and three
and put it to the chimney top
and come down in a creel to me"

"i went and got a ladder, love
with thirty steps and three
and a creel on the top of that
and come down in the lum to thee"

no peace nor ease could the old wife get
with dreams running through her head
"i'll lay on me life, " said the old wife
"there's a boy in me daughter's bed"

then up the stairs the old man crept
and into the room did steal
silence reigned where the daughter slept
and he never twigged the creel

"my curse attend you, father
what brought you up so soon?
to put me through my evening prayers
and i just lying down?"

he went back to his old wife
he went back to she
"she has the prayer book in her hand
and she's praying for you and me"

no peace nor ease could that old wife get
'til she would rise and see
she came on a stumbling-block
and into the creel went she

"oh high i rocked her, oh i rocked her
didn't i rock her well?
for if any old wife begrudge me her daughter
i'll rock her into "