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T:Landlady, What Can Your Trouble Be Now?
N:In this "treason song" the call to arms in the first two verses gives way to an ordinary drinking song
N:for the benefit of not-quite-bilingual English listeners. The song recalls the 1798 Rising but throws
N:in Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Spanish Armada for good measure. The earliest known source
N:was one Padraig O' Duibhne from Oughterard, Co. Galway. Clannad recorded it live in Lausanne,
N:Switzerland, in 1978.
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N:[1] Literally, rent-free.
M:6/8
L:1/8
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w:top ev'-ry hur-dle plant a pike, The ma-li-cious horde we'll
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w:put to con-fu-sion, And make the French laws our con-sti-tu-tion. So
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w:land-la-dy, what can your trou-ble be now? Land-la--dy, by
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w:two or by three, At the turn of the year our land will be free[1], - So
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w:land-la-dy, what can your trou-ble be now?
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W:2. There's a jug on the table and beer on the way, The Spanish and French on the beach in the bay,
W:With weapons enough to win Charlie a crown: For a party of women I'd not turn it down, So...
W:
W:3. I sat in the pub with the love of my heart, And a manly resolve to drink a quart,
W:Up spoke the landlady, that glowering foe: "'Tis cash on the barrel or out ye go." Well,...
W:
W:4. So out then I pulled a sparkling crown, And wasn't I sorry when that was gone?
W:Again came her answer so friendly at ease: "Sit down there and party as long as ye please."
W:So...
W:
W:5. 'Tis been my sorrow since I was a lad. Two years too young to know good from bad,
W:That into the army I didn't go first, But spent all my money to quench my thirst, And...
W:
W:6. Well, break my back with the load I bear, If e'er I return to bring you care:
W:From here to the River there's many a lass To travel the road and drain a glass, So,...