Recordings & Info 92 A. The Lowlands of Holland
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Folk Index
4) Child Collection Index
5) Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
6) Wiki
7) Mainly Norfolk (lyrics and info)
8) A Check List of the Titles of Tennessee Folksongs
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 484: ( Listings)
Alternative Titles
The Lily of Arkansas
Soldier Bride's Lament
Lowlands of Holland, The
DESCRIPTION: A young couple are parted (when the young man is taken away to sea). While in service, he is drowned. The girl vows she will not dress in fine clothes nor seek another man until the day she dies
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1760
KEYWORDS: recruiting death parting pressgang separation ship marines
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South,Lond),Scotland(Aber)) US(Ap,NE,So) Canada(Newf) Ireland Australia
REFERENCES (26 citations):
Bronson (92), 22 versions
Ford-Vagabond, pp. 55-57, "The Lowlands of Holland" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #9}
SharpAp 26, "The Lowlands of Holland" (1 fragment, 1 tune) {Bronson's #12}
Greig #83, pp. 1-2, "The Rocks of Giberaltar"; Greig #135, p. 2, "The Lowlands o' Holland" (2 texts plus 1 fragment)
GreigDuncan6 1116, "The Lowlands of Holland," GreigDuncan6 1118, "The Rocks of Gibraltar," GreigDuncan8 Addenda, "The Lowlands of Holland" (6 texts plus a single verse on p. 546, 2 tune)
Sharp-100E 23, "The Low, Low Lands of Holland" (1 text, 1 tune)
Reeves-Sharp 60, "The Lowlands of Holland" (3 texts)
Wiltshire-WSRO Wt 456, "Lowlands of Holland" (1 text)
Randolph 83, "The Lily of Arkansas" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Randolph/Cohen, pp. 72-74, "The Lily of Arkansas" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 83A)
Shay-SeaSongs, pp. 45-46, "The Lawlands o' Holland" (1 text)
Gray, pp. 88-89, "The Lowlands Low" (1 text, slightly damaged)
Flanders/Olney, pp. 113-114, "The Lowlands of Holland" (1 text)
Meredith/Anderson, p. 179, "The Lowlands of Holland" (1 text, 1 tune)
Logan, pp. 22-25, "The Lowlands of Holland" (2 texts)
OBB 160, "The Lowlands o' Holland" (1 text)
Combs/Wilgus 132, p. 150, "The Soldier Bride's Lament" (1 text)
SHenry H180, pp. 149-150, "Holland Is a Fine Place" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hayward-Ulster, pp. 54-55, "The Lowlands of Holland" (1 text)
Ord, pp. 328-332, "The Lowlands of Holland (Scottish Version)"; "The Lowlands of Holland (English Version)"; "The Rocks of Gibraltar" (3 texts)
MacSeegTrav 12, "Lowlands of Holland" (1 text, 1 tune)
OLochlainn-More 7A, "The Lowlands of Holland" (1 text, 1 tune)
Morton-Maguire 48, pp. 140-141,174, "The Rocks of Giberaltar" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT (92), LOWHOLLD* LOWHOLL2* LOWHOLL3* LOWHOLL4 LOWHOLL5 LOWHOLL6 LOWHOLL7* LOWHOLL8
ADDITIONAL: Fred W. Allsopp, Folklore of Romantic Arkansas, Volume II (1931), p. 213, "(The Lily of Arkansas)" (1 fragment)
Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, revised edition, 1928; #377, "The Lawlands o' Holland" (1 text)
ST R083 (Full)
Roud #484
RECORDINGS:
Anita Best and Pamela Morgan, "The Lowlands of Holland" (on NFABestPMorgan01)
Paddy Tunney, "The Lowlands of Holland" (on IRPTunney01) (on Voice02)
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(68b), "The Rocks of Bonnie Gibraltar ," Poet's Box (Dundee), c.1890; also RB.m.143(121) "The Lowlands of Holland," Poet's Box (Dundee), c.1890
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Bonny Bee Hom" [Child 92] (given as an appendix to that ballad)
cf. "All Things Are Quite Silent" (theme)
cf. "The British Man-of-War" (tune)
cf. "Our Ship She Is Lying in Harbour" (lyrics)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Lily of Arkansas
NOTES: "The Lowlands of Holland" is frequently connected to "Bonny Bee Hom" (Child 92), a link dating back to Child (who printed four stanzas of Herd's text). The matter has been much studied, without clear conclusion. It might be noted, however, that "Bonny Bee Hom" involves a magic device (the stone that tells the lover whether his sweetheart is true), a theme not found in "The Lowlands of Holland."
It will also be obvious that "The Lowlands of Holland" has been enduringly popular, whereas "Bonny Bee Hom" has had very little currency in tradition. - RBW
Roud assigns #2174 to "The Rocks of Gibraltar." Aside from the location being changed from "The Lowlands of Holland" there's hardly anything to distinguish between the two songs. - BS
Lowlands of Holland [Sh 26]
Rt - Bonney Bee Hom ; Cold Coast of Greenland
At - Lily of Arkansas ; Soldier Bride's Lament
Rm - You Are My Dearest Dear ; Yankee Man of War (I)
Sm - Walking in the Way with Jesus
Buchan, Norman (ed.) / 101 Scottish Songs, Collins, poc (1962), p125
Healy, James N. / Irish Ballads and Songs of the Sea, Mercier, Sof (1967), p 75/#42
Johnson, James & Robert Burns (eds) / Scots Musical Museum, Amadeus, Bk (1991/1853), #115 [1788]
Barton, Cathy; and Dave Para. On a Day Like Today, Folk Legacy FSI 107, LP (1986), trk# 4 (Lily of Arkansas)
Beltaine. Brilliant Fire, Beltaine 01, CD (2003), trk# 9
Coolfin. Coolfin, Metro Blue 7243 4 83542, CD (1998), trk# 2
Dibble, Robert. Reeves, James (ed.) / Idiom of the People, Norton, Sof (1958), p151/# 60 [1905]
Dusenberry, Emma L.. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p340/# 83B [1928/11/03] (Lily of Arkansas)
Fitzgerald, Philander. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p200/# 26 [1918/05/09]
Galvin, Patrick. Irish Street Songs, Riverside RLP 12-613, LP (1950s?), trk# A.02
Gooding, Cynthia. Queen of Hearts, Elektra EKL 131, LP (1953), trk# B.01
Grover, Carrie. Anglo-American Songs and Ballads, Library of Congress AFS L21, LP (196?), trk# B.02 [1941/04]
Grover, Carrie. Emrich, Duncan / Folklore on the American Land, Little, Brown, sof (1972), p570 [1941/04] (Low Lands of Hollands)
Holland, Lori. Irish Folk Songs for Women, Folkways FG 3518, LP (1958), trk# B.04
Lyons, Tim. Easter Snow. Traditional Irish Songs, Green Linnet SIF 1014, LP (1978), trk# B.04
Makem, Tommy. Songs of Tommy Makem, Tradition TLP 1044, LP (1961), trk# A.05
McKeown, Susan. Lowlands, Green Linnet GLCD 1205, CD (2000), trk# 9
Power, Peg Clancy. Down by the Glenside, Folk Legacy FSE 008, LP (1963), trk# 7
Steeleye Span. Lark in the Morning, Castle Music CMCD 781, CD (2003/1972), trk# 1.10 [1970]
Stephens, Mrs. Lee. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p339/# 83A [1928/09/07] (Lily of Arkansas)
Tunney, Paddy. Lark in the Morning. Songs & Dances from the Irish Countryside, Tradition TLP 1004, LP (1956), trk# 15
Tunney, Paddy. Folk Songs of Britain. Vol 6. Sailormen and Servingmaids, Caedmon TC 1162, LP (1962), trk# 8 [1958/10]
Child Ballad 092: Bonny Bee Hom Child Artist Title Album Year Length Have
092 Aideen O'Donnell The Lowlands of Holland Child and the Autumn Leaf 2005 4:08 Yes
092 Anam Lowlands of Holland Saoirse 1995 3:41 Yes
092 Anita Best & Pamela Morgan The Lowlands of Holland The Colour of Amber 1991 3:50 Yes
092 Anne Byrne, Mick Crotty & Paddy Roche Lowlands of Holland I Chose the Green 1968 2:15 Yes
092 Anthea Lawrence The Lowlands of Holland Fiddlehead 1999 3:43 Yes
092 Antoinette McKenna The Low Low Lands of Holland Holding Up Half the Sky - Voices of Celtic Women, Vol.2 1999 4:22 Yes
092 Arcanadh Lowlands of Holland Soundings 2004
No
092 Barbara Dickson The Lowlands of Holland In Concert [Barbara Dickson] 2009
No
092 Barbara Dickson The Lowlands of Holland Time & Tide 2008
No
092 Beggars' Circus The Lowlands of Holland Peddling Bedlam 2002 4:57 Yes
092 Bell Duncan The Lowlands of Holland (1) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955
No
092 Bell Duncan The Lowlands of Holland (2) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955
No
092 Bella Higgins The Lowlands of Holland Hamish Henderson Collects - Songs, Ballads and a Story from the School of Scottish Studies Archives 2005 5:06 Yes
092 Beltaine Lowlands of Holland Brilliant Fire 2003
No
092 Bill & Gene Bonyun The Cold Coast of Greenland Songs of Yankee Whaling 1960
No
092 Blackthorn The Lowlands of Holland The Dark Island 1992
No
092 Brian Peters The Lowlands of Holland The Seeds of Time 1992 4:31 Yes
092 Calliope House The Lowlands of Holland Within the Fire 2007 3:37 Yes
092 Cathy Barton & Dave Para The Lily of Arkansas On a Day Like Today 1987 3:54 Yes
092 Celtic Brew Lowlands of Holland Not Too Bad 2001
No
092 Christa Burch The Lowlands of Holland Love of the Land 2009
No
092 Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein & Michael Cicone Lowlands of Holland Angels in Daring 1990 3:53 Yes
092 Claire Hamilton The Lowlands of Holland Mysteria Celtica 2005 1:58 Yes
092 Coleman McDonagh Lowlands of Holland Terry Yarnell Collection 1970-1973 3:06 Yes
092 Cordelia's Dad Lowlands of Holland Cordelia's Dad 1990 3:48 Yes
092 Crooked Oak The Lowlands of Holland The Foot O’ Wor Stairs 1979
No
092 Cynthia Gooding Lowlands of Holland The Folk Scene 1962 2:01 Yes
092 Cynthia Gooding The Lowlands of Holland Queen of Hearts - Early English Folk Songs 1953 2:06 Yes
092 Cynthia Gooding The Lowlands of Holland A Folk Music Sampler - Outstanding Folk & Ethnic Recordings 1954
No
092 Dave Burland The Lowlands of Holland Benchmark 1996 3:59 Yes
092 Dave Williams Lowlands of Holland First Tracks 1972
No
092 Dave Williams The Lowlands of Holland You're on Nipper! 2002
No
092 David Hammond The Lowlands of Holland Ulster's Flowery Vale - Traditional Songs and Music of the North of Ireland 1968 4:02 Yes
092 Deirdre Starr The Lowlands of Holland The Long Finger 2005
No
092 Delia Murphy Lowlands of Holland The Legendary Queen of Irish Folk Singers 2001 3:02 Yes
092 Diane Taraz The Low Lands of Holland A Silver Dagger - Exploring Women's History Through Folk Songs 2008
No
092 Dick Cameron The Lowlands of Holland Irish Folk Songs and Ballads 1961 5:05 Yes
092 Dick Flynn The Lowlands of Holland Songs of the People, Vol. 1 2008
No
092 Dick Miles Lowlands of Holland <website> 2007- 3:44 Yes
092 Dolores Keane The Low Low Lands of Holland A Woman's Love 1992
No
092 Dolores Keane & John Faulkner The Low Low Lands of Holland Broken Hearted I'll Wander 1979 4:24 Yes
092 Donal Lunny The Lowlands of Holland Coolfin 1998 4:13 Yes
092 Donal Lunny & Eddi Reader Lowlands of Holland Mondo Celtic 2001 4:12 Yes
092 Dún an Doras The Lowlands of Holland Rua 2005 3:21 Yes
092 Duncan Burke + Brigid Tunney The Lowlands of Holland The Baffled Knight - The Classic Ballads 2 1976
No
092 Eimear Quinn The Lowlands of Holland Winter, Fire and Snow 1996 3:42 Yes
092 Emily Smith The Lowlands of Holland A Different Life 2005 4:20 Yes
092 Emily Smith The Lowlands of Holland Premiere in Bremen - Live at Sendesaal Radio Bremen, 17. August 2005 2005 4:10 Yes
092 Ewan MacColl Lowlands of Holland [English] The Long Harvest, Vol. 10 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1968 4:34 Yes
092 Ewan MacColl The Cold Coast of Greenland Thar She Blows!- Whaling Ballads and Songs 1957
No
092 Ewan MacColl The Lowlands of Holland [Scots] The Long Harvest, Vol. 10 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1968 3:30 Yes
092 Fianna The Lowlands of Holland The Mad Skeleton 2000 3:57 Yes
092 Fotheringay Lowlands of Holland Poems from Alexandria 1970 2:32 Yes
092 Fotheringay Lowlands of Holland Farewell Fotheringay 1970 2:29 Yes
092 Fotheringay The Lowlands of Holland Wild Mountain Thyme - BBC Sessions & Live 1970 3:23 Yes
092 Fotheringay The Lowlands of Holland Sandy at the BBC 1973 3:00 Yes
092 Galliard The Lowlands of Holland Strange News 1994 2:54 Yes
092 Galliards [Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor] Lowlands of Holland Galliards [The Next Tonight Will Be with …] 1963
No
092 George Vinton Graham Lowlands of Holland California Gold - Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected By Sidney Robertson Cowell 193? 2:50 Yes
092 George Withers Low Lowlands of Holland Where the Parrett Winds Peaceful 1997
No
092 Geraldine MacGowan The Lowlands of Holland Reconciliation 1994 5:03 Yes
092 Good Company Lowlands of Holland Cup of Tea 2001 4:09 Yes
092 Gordon Tyrrall The Lowlands of Holland Farewell to Foggy Hills 1978 3:49 Yes
092 Green Man Lowlands What Ails Thee? 2002 4:45 Yes
092 Greg Joy Lowlands of Holland Celtic Secrets II 1996 3:55 Yes
092 Heather Heywood The Lowlands of Holland Lassies Fair and Laddies Braw - Scots Songs & Ballads 2000 4:04 Yes
092 Hedgehog Pie Lowlands of Holland Just Act Normal 1978 4:57 Yes
092 Hedgehog Pie The Lowlands of Holland Live! 2003 4:48 Yes
092 Heidi Muller Lowlands of Holland Giving Back 1995 4:57 Yes
092 Homeland The Lowlands of Holland We Never Got This Far Alone 2005 4:08 Yes
092 Ian Manuel Lowlands of Holland The Frosty Ploughshare - Bothy Songs and Ballads 1972 3:00 Yes
092 Jamie O'Reilly & the Rogues Lowlands of Holland Jamie O'Reilly & the Rogues: A Collection of Rogues' Recordings 2005
No
092 Jean Redpath The Lowlands of Holland Music and Songs of the Scottish Fiddle 1997 3:48 Yes
092 Jean Rodden Lowlands of Holland Trespass 1999
No
092 Jean Rodden Lowlands of Holland Oasis Acoustic - Celtic, Vol. I
4:51 Yes
092 Jim & Holly Lawrence The Lowlands of Holland Caledonian Shadows 2011
No
092 Jim Moray The Lowlands of Holland In Modern History 2010 3:40 Yes
092 Jody Stecher Lowlands of Holland Oh the Wind and Rain - Eleven Ballads 1999 6:00 Yes
092 John Molineux & Annie Power Lowlands of Holland Douce Amère - Bitter Sweet 1978 4:38 Yes
092 Johnny Collins & Company Lowlands of Holland Johnny's Private Army 1975 3:07 Yes
092 Julie Murphy The Lowlands of Holland English Songs of Love 1997 3:58 Yes
092 June Tabor The Lowlands of Holland Seeds of Peace - Passendale Suite II 2005
No
092 Keith Kendrick Lowlands of Holland Songs from the Derbyshire Coast 2006
No
092 Kelaine Lowlands of Holland <website> 2007 4:04 Yes
092 Kennedy's Gathering Storms The Lowlands of Holland The Irish Folk Festival 2000 - The Lighthouse of Tradition 2000 4:09 Yes
092 Kerstin Blodig & Ian Melrose The Lowlands of Holland Kelpie Live! 2010 3:34 Yes
092 Killiecrankie The Lowlands of Holland The Haggis Egg 1994 3:33 Yes
092 Linda Rice-Johnston The Lowlands of Holland A Bird in the Wood 2005 3:28 Yes
092 Lori Holland The Lowlands of Holland Irish Folk Songs for Women 1960 3:00 Yes
092 Maggie Boyle Lowlands of Holland Reaching Out 1987 5:02 Yes
092 Maggie Reilly The Lowlands of Holland Rowan 2007
No
092 Maggie Seligman Lowlands of Holland Rubato 2009
No
092 Mark Bridgham The Lowlands of Holland Songs of the Sea - The National Maritime Museum Festival of the Sea, San Francisco 1979 1980 3:28 Yes
092 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Lowlands of Holland Second Album 1966 2:58 Yes
092 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Lowlands of Holland Round Up 1970
No
092 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Lowlands of Holland A Collection 1999 2:58 Yes
092 Martin Simpson Lowlands of Holland Ramble to Cashel - Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar, Vol. I 1998 2:55 Yes
092 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Lowlands of Holland Shades of Folk 1970
No
092 Mary Humphreys & Anahata Lowlands of Germany Through the Groves 2002 3:37 Yes
092 Mary Humphreys & Anahata Lowlands of Germany Fenlandia 2006
No
092 Michael Raven & Joan Mills Lowlands of Holland Songs and Dances of Herefordshire 1996
No
092 Misalliance Lowlands of Holland Misalliance 1992
No
092 Mrs. Carrie Grover The Lowlands of Holland Folk Music of the United States - Anglo-American Songs and Ballads (4) 1959 2:07 Yes
092 Myriad The Lowlands of Holland + The Chase In the Night 2004 3:39 Yes
092 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan The Lowlands of Holland Steely Water 1999 3:36 Yes
092 Natalie Merchant & the Chieftains Lowlands of Holland Retrospective 1995 - 2005 2005 3:51 Yes
092 Old Blind Dogs The Lowlands of Holland Five 1997 5:18 Yes
092 Opo The Lowlands of Holland Fallen Asleep Just Like Papa 1975 4:30 Yes
092 Paddie Bell The Lowlands of Holland Paddie - Herself + I Know Where I'm Going 2001
No
092 Paddy Tunney The Lowlands of Holland The Irish Edge 1966
No
092 Paddy Tunney Lowlands of Holland The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 6: Sailormen and Servingmaids 1961 2:19 Yes
092 Paddy Tunney The Lowlands of Holland The Lark in the Morning 1996 3:19 Yes
092 Paddy Tunney The Lowlands of Holland The Voice of the People, Vol. 2: My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean - Songs of Tempest and Sea Battles, Sailor Lads and Fishermen 1998 3:37 Yes
092 Paddy Tunney Lowlands of Holland Terry Yarnell Collection 1970-1973 4:01 Yes
092 Patricia Murray Lowlands of Holland Primrose 2001 3:34 Yes
092 Patti Reid Lowlands of Holland Patti Reid 1987 4:36 Yes
092 Peg Clancy Power Lowlands of Holland Irish Songs and Ballads [Down by the Glenside] 1963
No
092 Peggy Seeger The Lowlands of Holland The Best of Peggy Seeger 1962 2:40 Yes
092 Peggy Seeger The Lowlands of Holland Blood and Roses - Vol. 4 1986 2:29 Yes
092 Peggy Seeger The Lowlands of Holland [American] The Long Harvest, Vol. 10 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1968 2:31 Yes
092 Peggy Seeger Lowlands of Holland Three Score and Ten - 70th Birthday Celebration at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 2007 5:27 Yes
092 Rebecca Fox Lowlands of Holland The Kitchen Sessions 2005 3:45 Yes
092 Richard Grainger Lowlands of Holland The Whitby Whaler - the Sea Songs, Vol. 1 1996 2:39 Yes
092 Rita Eriksen & Dolores Keane The Low, Low Lands of Holland Tideland 2001 3:43 Yes
092 Rob MacKillop The Lowlands of Holland The Healing 2002 4:22 Yes
092 Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor Lowlands of Holland The Next Tonight Will Be with Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor [England's Great Folk Group] 1963
No
092 Robin Roberts The Lowlands of Holland The Best of Robin Roberts 195? 4:17 Yes
092 Ronnie Drew The Lowlands of Holland The Best of Ronnie Drew 2007 2:14 Yes
092 Rory & Alex McEwan & Isla Cameron The Lowlands of Holland Folksong Jubilee 1958
No
092 Rory & Alex McEwen The Lowlands of Holland Scottish Songs and Ballads 1957 1:29 Yes
092 Sally Doherty & The Sumacs The Low Lowlands of Holland Black Is the Colour 2002 6:04 Yes
092 Sally Doherty & the Sumacs The Low Lowlands of Holland The Edge of Spring - a Collection of Songs 1995-2005 2006
No
092 Sandy Denny The Lowlands of Holland A Boxful of Treasures 2004 3:23 Yes
092 Sandy Denny The Lowlands of Holland The BBC Sessions 1971-73 1997 3:16 Yes
092 Sandy Denny The Lowlands of Holland Live at the BBC 2007 3:17 Yes
092 Sarah Hook Lowlands of Holland Tenpenny 2010
No
092 Sarah Mallinson & Debbie Warren Lowlands of Holland Lowlands 1998 3:37 Yes
092 Shannon Lowlands of Holland Sláinte 2006
No
092 Shelley Phillips & Friends Lowlands of Holland The Butterfly 2003 2:58 Yes
092 Simon ? The Lowlands of Holland Carole Pegg Collection 1980
No
092 Solid Ground Lowlands of Holland Dancing with the Daffodils 2006 3:29 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland The Journey 1999 4:56 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland Hark! The Village Wait 1970 5:57 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland A Stack of Steeleye Span - Their Finest Folk Recordings 1970-1971 1996 5:57 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland The Hills of Greenmore - An Anthology 1998 5:57 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland Marrowbones 2002 5:59 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland Almanack 1973 6:03 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland The Fairport Companion - Loose Chippings from the Fairport Convention Family Tree 2006 6:01 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland First Steps 2001 6:03 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland The Legend of Sweeney's Men - Anthology 2004 6:01 Yes
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland The Lark in the Morning: The Early Years 2003
No
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland 25 Live - The Classic Twenty Fifth Anniversary Tour Concert 1995
No
092 Steeleye Span Lowlands of Holland Volume One [Steeleye Span] 1978
No
092 Susan McKeown The Lowlands of Holland Lowlands 2000 5:27 Yes
092 Swan Arcade Lowlands of Holland Matchless 1976 5:43 Yes
092 The Askew Sisters & Craig, Morgan, Robson The Lowlands of Holland The Axford Five - Songs Collected from Five Hampshire Women 2009 3:08 Yes
092 The Broadsiders Lowlands of Holland The Broadsiders 1970 2:52 Yes
092 The Celtic Ensemble The Lowlands of Holland Live @ Twiggs 2007
No
092 The Chieftains & Natalie Merchant The Lowlands of Holland Tears of Stone 1999 3:48 Yes
092 The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem The Lowlands of Holland Irish Folk Songs and Airs 1994 2:19 Yes
092 The Corries Lowlands O'Holland Live from Scotland Vol.3 & 4 2000 4:47 Yes
092 The Corries The Lowlands of Holland In Concert + Scottish Love Songs 1995 4:23 Yes
092 The Corries The Lowlands of Holland Spotlight on the Corries 1977 4:13 Yes
092 The Dubliners Lowlands in Holland Festival of Irish Music, Vol. 3 1995 2:16 Yes
092 The Dubliners Lowlands of Holland At Home with The Dubliners 1969 2:16 Yes
092 The Dubliners Lowlands of Holland The Best of the Original Dubliners 2003 2:15 Yes
092 The Dubliners The Lowlands of Holland The Dubliners 2009 2:15 Yes
092 The Duncan McFarlane Band The Lowlands of Holland All Rogues & Villains 2007
No
092 The Fraser Sisters The Lowlands of Holland The Fraser Sisters 1998 3:49 Yes
092 The Iron Horse Lowlands of Holland Five Hands High 1994 4:56 Yes
092 The Iron Horse Lowlands of Holland The Collection [Iron Horse] 2009
No
092 The Levellers Lowlands of Holland See Nothing, Hear Nothing, Do Something 1993 5:03 Yes
092 The Levellers Lowlands of Holland The Julie EP 1994 4:27 Yes
092 The McPeakes Lowlands of Holland The Delightful McPeakes 1967 2:20 Yes
092 The O'Halloran Brothers The Lowlands of Holland The Men of the Island 1976
No
092 The Ormonde Folk Lowlands of Holland Truly Irish 1971 2:31 Yes
092 The Pine Beetles Lowlands of Holland Celtic Heartland 2008
No
092 The Windlasses Lowlands of Holland Kindred Spirits 1999 4:38 Yes
092 Tim Lyons Lowlands of Holland Easter Snow - Traditional Irish Songs 1978
No
092 Tina Lawton The Lowlands of Holland Tina Lawton 1965 3:24 Yes
092 Tina Lawton The Lowlands of Holland Folk 60's 1988 3:27 Yes
092 Tom & Barbara Brown Lowlands of Holland Tide of Change 2006
No
092 Tom Adams Lowlands of Holland Adams County Banjo 2001 2:44 Yes
092 Tommy Makem The Lowlands of Holland Songs of Tommy Makem 1997 2:19 Yes
092 Tuppence Lowlands of Holland Small Change - Music of the Old World and the New 2001
No
092 Unidentified Singer Lowlands of Holland Bob & Jacqueline Patten Collection 1970-1999
No
092 United Bible Studies The Lowlands of Holland The Jonah 2009 4:38 Yes
092 Waterson:Carthy Lowlands of Holland Common Tongue 1996 4:46 Yes
092 Waterson:Carthy The Lowlands of Holland Bert Lloyd Tribute Concert 15th Nov. 2008 2008 5:37 Yes
092 Whisky Trail I Paesi Bassi d'Olanda Irish Songs 1975
No
092 Whisky Trail The Lowlands of Holland Irish Songs and Dances 1997
No
092 Whisky Trail The Lowlands of Holland The Great Raid 2002 5:20 Yes
092 Will O' the Wisp Lowlands of Holland Cionn Caslach 2004 4:04 Yes
Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
The Lowlands of Holland
Patrick Galvin, Irish Street Songs, Riverside RLP 12-613.
Last night I was a-married, and on my marriage bed
Up comes a bold sea captain and stood at my bed-head:
Saying - Arise, arise, you married man, and come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland, to fight your enemy
She held her true love in her arms, still thinking he might stay
But the Captain gave another shout, and he was forced away -
O it's many a blithe young married man this night must go with me
To the lowlands of Holland, for to fight the enemy
O Holland is a wondrous place, and in it grows much green
It's a wild inhabitation for my true love to be in
There the sugar cane grows plentiful and the fruit on every tree
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me
But Ireland is a better place, a land of springy turf
And all around McGilligan is the thunder of the surf
And I would wish my true true love in Ireland for to be
But the lowlands of Holland is between my love and me
No shoes nor stockings I put on nor comb went in my hair
And neither coal nor candle-light shone in my chamber there
Nor will I wed with any young man until the day I die
Since the lowlands of Holland are between my love and me
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Martin Carthy
The (Am) night that I was (G)married
And (Am) lay in marriage (G) bed
Up (Am) came a bold sea (C)cap (G)tain
And (Am)stood at (G)my bed (Am)head
Saying, (C) "Rise, arise, new (G)wedded man
And (Am) come along with (G)me
To the (Am) lowlands of (C)Hol (G)land
For to (Am) face your (G) ene(Am)my"
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LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND recorded by Peg Clancy Power
The night that I was married
And lay in marriage bed
Up came a bold sea captain
And stood at my bedhead
Saying, "Rise, arise, new wedded man
And come along with me
To the lowlands of Holland
For to face your enemy"
Now Holland is a lovely land
And in it grows fine grain
It is a place of residence
For soldiers to remain
Where the sugar cane is plentiful
And the tea grows on each tree
I never had but the one sweetheart
And he's far away from me
For the stormy winds began to blow
And the seas did loudly roar
And the captain or his gallant ship
Was never seen no more
Says the mother to the daughter
"Leave off your sore lament
There's men enough in Galway
For to be your heart's content"
There's men enough in Galway
But, alas, there's none for me
Since the high winds and rolling seas
Parted my love and me
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