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Turtle Dove

from Green to Gold by Moonrakers

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There are many versions of this song, including broadsides in circulation from the late 1600s entitled ‘The Blackest Crow’ (Bodleian Library). A.L.Lloyd states that
milkmaids and horse-handlers would paste such leaflets on the walls of the dairy and stables to learn the songs as they worked. Old versions of the song were found in Sussex, and Robert Burns adapted some of the lyrics for his well-known song My Love is Like a Red Red Rose. Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote a choral arrangement that retained the original melody. Our version combines lyrics from versions by Roy Palmer and Peter Bellamy.

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Farewell my joy, my only love
I must leave you for a while
And wherever I go I will return
Though it be ten thousand miles, my dear,
Though it be ten thousand miles.

Ten thousand miles it is too far
To leave me all alone.
Whilst I must lie, lament and cry
And you’ll not hear my moan, my dear,
And you’ll not hear my moan.

Until the seas run dry, my dear
And the rocks melt with the sun
You and I will never part
Until those things are done, my dear,
Until those things are done.

The blackest crow that ever flew
Will surely turn to white,
If ever I should prove false to thee
Bright day shall turn to night, my dear,
Bright day shall turn to night.

Now yonder sits a turtle dove,
All under a mulberry tree
A-making mourn for his own true love
As I shall mourn for thee, my dear,
As I shall mourn for thee.

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from Green to Gold, released May 27, 2023
Traditional, arranged Moonrakers

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Moonrakers Oxford, UK

Described as “startlingly talented” (Oxford Times) and now with five albums of "exquisite music "(BBC) and "truly wonderful" (Wycombe Festival) performances, Moonrakers present an informal evening of musical excellence and humour.

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