Name: Banks of the Bann
Duration: P00H04M26S
Description: I first heard this traditional Irish song being sung by John Howarth at folk session near Oldham. Many have said that they recognised the melody from a hymn.

Banks of the Bann

from Xanthoria by Daniel Hester

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I first heard this traditional Irish song being sung by John Howarth at folk session near Oldham. Many have said that they recognised the melody from a hymn.

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When first to this country a stranger I came I placed my affection on a maid that was young,
She being young and tender her waist small and slender,
Kind nature had formed her for my overthrow.

On the banks of the Bann when I first beheld she appeared like fair Juno or a Grecian queen,
Her eyes shone like diamonds, her hair softly twining,
Her cheeks were like roses or blood drops in snow.

It was her cruel parents that first caused our variance all because I was poor and from a low degree,
But I'll do my endeavour to gain my loves favour,
Even though she has come from a rich family.

My name it is Delany, its a name that wont shame me and if I'd saved money I'd have plenty in store,
but drinking and sporting, night rambling and courting,
Are the cause of my ruin and absence from home.

If I had all the money that's in the west indies or had I the gold of the African shore, I'd spend it on pearls and on you my fine girl,
For there's no other love on this earth I adore.

Now that I've gained her I'm contented for life I'll put rings on her fingers and gold in her ear and live on the banks of that lovely Bann river,
And in all sorts of splendour I'll style her my dear.

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from Xanthoria, released May 8, 2023

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Daniel Hester England, UK

A musician from Lancashire who has been involved in and inspired by the local folk and live music scene for many years. He is now
writing and performing original and traditional songs in a distinct and unique style, gathered from his extensive experience in the folk world. ... more

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