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Maagee Mae

Collected from Capt. T. Collett of Perrancoombe c1930
Cornish Dialect and Folk Songs p43



Tha Spreng ad cum, tha flowurs en bloom,
Tha berds sang owt ther lae;
Down by a liddel runen straem
I fers glaazd Maagee Mae.

Me lidel wetchee Maagee,
Sengen oll tha dae!
Aw, ow I luvd er nawn cun till,
Me liddel Maagee Mae.

Er ayr woz gawld, er eyes wer bloo
An shynen lyk tha dae:
Er art woz evur pewur an troo:
Me liddel Maagee Mae.

An aw! er voys woz sweet an law
An lyk an aenguls lae:
I er et now wer er I goa:
Tha voys a Maagee Mae.

Tha yeers av gawn, me eyes er dem
Me ayr es skat an grae,
Yit nevur shall I sees ta luv
Me lawng-los Maagee Mae.
 

Sometimes known as ‘Cornish Maggie’.
Verses 2, 3 and 4 are ‘a conjectural reconstruction’ by Ralph Dunstan.

Made famous by the inimitable Chalie Bate of Padstow, this song is a party piece for John Bolitho who sings it in English and Cornish, so it seems only fitting to have a Dialect version.
 

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