Loving Hannah

from When Everyone's Asleep by Red Grenadier

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A traditional folk song about love gone awry, featuring what is possibly the lamest expression of love ever penned (and also a pretty good candidate for why the love in question changed her mind). It's a bit dorky, but we love it, because we're also a definite pair of dags.

Originating somewhere between Ireland, America and the UK, this particular version of the song has mostly been collected from Kentucky.

lyrics

As I went out one Sunday,
My true love passed me by.
I knew her mind had altered
By the roving of her eye.
By the roving of her eye, by the roving of her eye;
I knew her mind had altered
By the roving of her eye.

My love is fair and proper,
Her hands are neat and small,
And she is quite good looking,
And that's the best of all.
And that's the best of all, and that's the best of all;
And she is quite good looking,
And that's the best of all.

Oh Hannah, loving Hannah -
Come give to me your hand.
You said, if you were to marry,
That I would be the one.
That I would be the one, that I would be the one;
You said, if you were to marry,
That I would be the one.

I'll go down by the river
When everyone's asleep,
And think on loving Hannah
And then lay down to weep.
And then lay down to weep, and then lay down to weep;
I'll think on loving Hannah,
And then lay down to weep.

As I went out one Sunday,
My true love passed me by.

credits

from When Everyone's Asleep, track released December 1, 2017
Traditional, arr. Elly Barrett & Missy Jones

Performance credit:
Missy - Voice
Elly - Voice, guitar

Recorded and mastered by Simon Dumpleton
Produced by Simon Dumpleton & The Grenadiers

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Red Grenadier Australia

Red Grenadier (previously The Grenadiers) are a young Australian folk duo singing traditional and original songs that reach across time and continents. Eerie but compelling harmonies, sometimes a cappella, sometimes accompanied by fiddle or guitar; some songs that speak to injustice, and some songs that are just darn pretty. ... more

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