Song Lyrics Unknown - Dark British Foes    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Dark British Foes Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Dark British Foes Theme ID: 3785 Album: N/A DARK BRITISH FOES The dark British foes was invading our soil And pressing our young men in slavery and war. Young Edwin he bade his fair Mary adieu, And they said when they parted their love would prove true. Then this young warrior undaunted and brave, Put on his tarpolian to fight on the waves, To fight on the deep waters where the loud cannons roar, To fight for his country and his dear native shore. He had not been gone more than weeks two or three When Mary no tidings from Edwin could hear. She asked of each breeze as they blew gently by If they'd brought her no tidings from her sailor boy. To add to her misfortunes, her parents both died, Which left her abandoned on life's flowing tide. It seemed her misfortune that caused her to roam From the scenes of her childhood, her juvenile home. He had not been gone more than years two or three Until the war ended and peace smiled again. He landed at Hudson on the banks of the stream Where the banks were all covered and clothed in green. The thoughts of his Mary still ran in his mind. He says, I will go and my Mary will find. He sought her with love, oh, he sought her with care, For it's long had she wandered and no one knew where. One evening on the banks as he strayed Where the wild songsters sang and their notes were displayed, The sun was declining and the evening drew near, When the voice of his Mary enchanted his ear. He saw her declining from the shade of a tree, Where the wild branches wove at the sigh of the breeze. Her cheeks were growing pale, she was fairer than the sun And those were the accents that fell from her tongue. "Oh pity, kind heavens, and soothe my sad state, And why was I doomed from my Edwin to part? Oftimes in the shadow of yonder tall pine Have I smoothed down his hair with those fingers of mine." "Perhaps he is drowned in some ocean dark wave Where thousands have met with their watery graves; Perhaps he has died in some far distant land Where his death-bed is soothed with no true lover's hand." "l wish he was entombed in some graveyard near home; This moment it's I to his grave I would roam. With the finest of laurels l'd entwine round his bier, And l'd moisten his grave with an affectionate tear." Young Edwin no longer his feelings could contain. He rushed from the ambush, he seized her fair hand. "O Mary, dear Mary, the joys of my heart, Through life until death nevermore shall we part." From Folk Songs out of Wisconsin, Peters Collected from Fred Bainter, Ladysmith, WI Note: Apparantly refers to the War of 1812 @war @love @separation filename[ DARKBRIT play.exe DARKBRIT RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Day Is Done, Day We Went To Rothesay O, Days Of Forty Nine, Dday Dodgers, Deacons Daughter, Dead Dog Scrumpy, Dead Horse, Deaf Womans Courtship, Dear Companion, Dear Elizabeth, Death And The Lady, Death Come Easy, Death Of Queen Jane, Debutante Ball, Deck The Halls, Deck Us All, Deep Blue Sea, Deep River, Deep River Blues, Degrassi High Theme, Degrassi Junior High Theme, Delaware River, Delias Gone, Demi Said To Me, Demon Lover, Denmark Anthem Text, Denmark Native Anthem Text, Der Steirische Brauch, Derby Ram, Derby Town, Deserter, Desolation, Desperado, Destroyer Song, Det aer Inte Laett Att Vara oedmjuk, Deutschland ?ber Alles, Devil And Feathery Wife, Devil And The Farmers Wife, Devilish Mary, Devils Nine Questions, Diana, Dicey Reilly, Dick Darby The Cobbler, Did She Mention My Name, Diddle Em Darby, Didnt He Ramble, Dido Bendigo, Dido Fido, Die Gute Kamerad, Die Sch?ne Burgenl?nderin, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy