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Heather on the Moor

from Hybrid Vigor by Beth Patterson

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I first heard Paul Brady sing this one, but I've also heard it sung in bands around Texas and Mississippi. I was lucky to have Jimmy Crowley join me for some dueling bouzouki arrangements.

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As I roved out on a bright May morn
Calm and clear was the weather
I chanced to roam some miles from home
Among the beautiful blooming heather

And it's heather on the moor
Over the heather
Over the moor and among the heather
I chanced to roam some miles from home
Among the beautiful blooming heather
And it's heather on the moor

As I roved along with my hunting song
My heart as light as any feather
I met a pretty maid upon the way
She was tripping the dew along the heather

And it's heather on the moor
Over the heather
Over the moor and along the heather
I met a pretty maid upon the way
She was tripping the dew along the heather
And it's heather on the moor

"Where are you going, my pretty fair maid,
Come hill or dale, come tell me whether?"
Quite modestly she answered me
"To the feeding of my lambs together"

And it's heather on the moor
Over the heather
Over the moor and along the heather
Quite modestly she answered me
"To the feeding of my lambs together"
And it's heather on the moor

We both shook hands and down we sat
It being the finest day in summer
We sat till the red setting beams of the sun
Came sparkling down among the heather

And it's heather on the moor
Over the heather
Over the moor and along the heather
We sat till the red setting beams of the sun
Came sparkling down among the heather
And it's heather on the moor

"Now," she says, "I must away
My lambs and sheep have strayed each other,
But I am loathe to part from you
As those fond lambs are to part their mother,"

And it's heather on the moor
Over the heather
Over the moor and along the heather
But I am loathe to part from you
As those fond lambs are to part their mother,"
And it's heather on the moor

Up she rose and away she goes
Her face and name I know not either
But if I was king I'd make her queen
The lass I met among the heather

And it's heather on the moor
Over the heather
Over the moor and along the heather
If I was king I'd make her queen
The lass I met among the heather
And it's heather on the moor

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from Hybrid Vigor, released June 8, 1999
Beth Patterson: 8 and 10 string bouzoukis, lead and backing vocals
Jimmy Crowley: bouzouki
Ron Keller: backing vocals

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Beth Patterson New Orleans, Louisiana

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Beth Patterson - a Louisiana player of the Irish bouzouki who easily crosses genre boundaries ranging from Irish to Cajun to Metal. She has performed in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Oceania & Asia. She has 7 solo albums & appearances on over 170 albums, soundtracks, videos, commercials & voice-overs. ... more

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