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When a Man's in Love / The Welcome Companion

from The Welcome Companion by Dick Hensold & Patsy O'Brien

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The lyric for When a Man's in Love is by County Antrim poet Hugh McWilliams (d.1831), tune is traditional. The reel following, The Welcome Companion, is by Dick Hensold © 2022 (BMI).

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When a Man's in Love, Hugh McWilliams, the weaver poet (d.1831)

When a man's in love he’ll feel no cold
Like me not long ago
Like a hero bold to see his girl
He'll plough through frost and snow
And the moon did gently shed her light
Along my weary way
Until I came to that fine spot
Where all my treasure lay.

And I rapped three times on the window saying
My darlin’, are you within?
And slowly she undid the latch
And slyly I slipped in.
And her hand was soft, her breath it was sweet
And her tongue it did gently glide
I stole a kiss, it was no miss
And I asked her to be my bride.

O, Take me to your chamber love,
Take me to your bed
Take me to your chamber love
And I’ll rest my weary head.
Well, to take you to my chamber love
My parents they won’t agree
But sit you down by yon bright fire
And I'll lie close to thee.

Well, many's the night that I've courted you
Against your father's will
You have never said that you'd be my bride
So now I say, sit still
Tonight I’m bound across the seas
To far Columbia's shore
And you will never ever see
Your youthful love no more

Many's the dark and stormy night
I came to visit you
Whether tossed about by the cold winter winds
Or wet by the morning dew
But tonight our courtship’s at an end
Between my love and me
So fare thee well my favorite girl
A long farewell to thee

Oh are you going away, my love?
Oh pray what will I do?
I’ll break through every bond of love
To go along with you.
And my parents, they might well forget
But surely they'll forgive
For from this hour I am resolved
Along with you to live.

This talk of going away my love
Oh, how it breaks my heart
Come and let us married be
Before we have to part
Then with a kiss, the ring it was closed
And the wedding it's put on
From courtship's cares they are released
The two are joined as one.

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from The Welcome Companion, released April 16, 2022

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“What I love about Dick and Patsy’s duo is that their music deeply satisfies both the die-hard lover of traditional music, and those with little experience of this kind of music. Virtuosity, wit, and great stage chemistry will do that.” — Kevin Carr

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