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Eighteen Years Old

from A Thousand Hearts by Cara Dillon

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lyrics

I'm eighteen years old today, mama, and I'm longing to be wed
So buy for me a young man to comfort me, she said
You must buy for me a young man who will stay with me all night
And I'll roll him in my arms
He'll be my heart's delight.

Ah, hold your tongue, dear daughter then
or your folds I will pull down.
Your silks and satins I will pull down,
you must wear your morning gown.
I'll send you to the meadows for to rake and mow the hay
With your pike and shaft all in your hand
You must earn your drink and take.

Ah, hold your tongue, dear daughter then,
I was forty before I wed,
Although it was late, I thought it no weight
to carry my maidenhead.
Well that may be the way with you, mama,
but it isn't the way with me,
For I'm young and airy, light and crazy
and married I long to be.

Ah, hold your tongue, dear daughter
then and I'll buy for you a man.
A man for me? Oh, mother, she said,
you must hasten, you must you can.
The sooner the better, oh mother,
she said, you must hasten a man to me
For I'm young and airy, light and contrary
And married I long to be.

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from A Thousand Hearts, released May 19, 2014
Traditional, Arranged by Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman

Cara Dillon - Vocals
Sam Lakeman - Ac Guitar, keyboards
James Fagan - Bouzouki
Ed Boyd - Ac Guitar
Niall Murphy - Fiddle
Luke Daniels - Accordion
Jarlath Henderson - Uilleann Pipes
Eamon Murray - Bodhran
Ben Nicholls - Double Bass

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Cara Dillon

Born in Dungiven in 1975, surrounded and infused with the rich cultural heritage of her native County Derry, Cara has risen to become one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in the world.

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