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THE BOATMAN
Traditional Music & Lyrics
Arrangement: Heather Alexander

*Gaelic translation:
“Oh my Boatman, and no one else!” *

How often haunting the highest hilltop
I scan the ocean a sail to see?
Wilt come tonight, love, wilt come tomorrow?
Or ever come, love, to comfort me?

FHIR A BHATA, NA HORO EILE
FHIR A BHATA, NA HORO EILE
FHIR A BHATA, NA HORO EILE
OH FARE THEE WELL, LOVE, WHERE 'ERE YE BE!

They call thee fickle, they call thee false one
And seek to change me but all in vain-
For thou’rt my dream yet throughout the dark night
And every mornin’ I watch the main

There’s not a hamlet, too well I know it
Where you go wanderin’ or sit awhile-
That all it’s old folk ya win with talkin’
And charm it’s maidens with song and smile-

Dost thou remember the promise made me?
The tartan plaidy, the silken gown?
The ring of gold with thy hair and portrait?
The gown and ring I will never own?

Sea Fire Productions Inc c&p 2006

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from Arms of the Sea, released August 1, 2006
Vocal, Guitar: Heather Alexander
Fiddle: Alexander James Adams

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Alexander James Adams Redmond, Washington

A changling from the Land of Fae, Heather brings stories and songs from a world where magic never dies and anything can happen if you only believe.

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