Top Songs By Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Shirley Collins
Vocals
Ashley Hutchings
Bass Guitar
Dolly Collins
Piano
John Kirkpatrick
Accordion
Richard Thompson
12-String Acoustic Guitar
Simon Nicol
Acoustic Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Shirley Collins
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ashley Hutchings
Producer
Sandy Roberton
Producer
Lyrics
When first to this country a stranger I came
I laid my affections on a girl that was young
She being fair and tender, her waist small and slender
Fond nature had formed her for my overthrow
On the banks of the Bann it was there I first met her
She appeared like an angel or Egypt's fair queen
Her eyes were like diamonds or stars brightly shining
She's one of the fairest in the world that I've seen
It was her cruel parents that first caused a variance
Because they are rich and above my degree
But I'll do my endeavor to gain my love's favour
Although she is come of a high family
My name is Delaney, it's a name that won't shame me
And if I'd saved money I would never have roamed
But drinking and sporting, night rambling and courting
Are the cause of all me ruin and absence from home
Now had I the riches that are in the Indies
I'd put rings on her fingers and gold in her ears
And there on the banks of the lovely Bann River
In all kinds of splendour I'd live with my dear
Writer(s): Traditional, Gordon Pattullo
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