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The Oak and the Ash

from Snotrur by Sólveig Thoroddsen

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The oldest version of this ballad appears in the 17th-century Roxburghe collection under the name The Northern Lasses Lamentation or The unhappy Maids Misfortune (to the tune I would I were in my own Country.) I use a slightly different set of words learnt from different recordings of the folk song.

Accompaniment on an Italian triple harp by Simon Capp (2015)

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A North country maid up to London had strayed,
Although with her nature it did not agree,
Which made her repent and forever lament,
A-wishing back in her homeland to be.

Oh, the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree,
They flourish at home in my own country.

While sadly I roam I regret my dear home,
Where lads and young lasses are making the hay
And the merry bells ring and the birds sweetly sing
And the meadows and maidens are pleasant and gay.

No doubt, did I please I could marry with ease,
Where maidens are fair, many lovers will come,
But the one whom I wed must be North country bred
And carry me back to my North country home.

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from Snotrur, released December 27, 2019
Traditional English
Arrangement: Sólveig Thoroddsen

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Sólveig Thoroddsen Reykjavík, Iceland

Sólveig has a BMus degree in Classical harp performance from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff (teacher: Caryl Thomas) and an MMus degree in Historical Performance from the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen (teacher: Margit Schultheiß.) She has sung to her own accompaniment on the harp since receiving her first harp lesson with Megha Morganfield at the age of 10. ... more

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