Streets of Derry

from Five Songs by Jenna Moynihan

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Oh after the morning, there comes an evening
And after the evening, another day
And after a false love, there comes a true love
It is hard to hold them that will not stay

My love he is as a fair a young man
As fair as any the sun shines on
But how to save him? I do not know it
For now he's got a sentence to be hung

As he was a-marching the Streets of Derry
I own he marched up right manfully
Being much more like a commanding officer
Than a man to die upon the gallow's tree

What keeps my love? She's so long in coming
Oh what detains her so long from me?
Or does she think it a shame or scandal
To see me die upon the gallow's tree

He looked around and he saw her coming
As she rode swifter than the wind
I'll let them see that they dare not hang you
And I'll crown my love with a bunch of green

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from Five Songs, released October 2, 2020
Streets of Derry
(traditional)

JENNA MOYNIHAN: vocal, fiddle
SAM KASSIRER: Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer, marimba, organ
SEAN TRISCHKA: drums, bass
DIETRICH STRAUSE: trumpet

Produced, Engineered & Mixed by SAM KASSIRER
at THE GREAT NORTH SOUND SOCIETY, Parsonsfield, Maine.
Recorded August 22, 2017 / August 1-3, 2018 / January 16-18, 2019 / January 22-24, 2020
Assistant Engineers: ABBY SULLIVAN, DIETRICH STRAUSE
Mastered by D. JAMES GOODWIN at THE ISOKON, Woodstock, New York..

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