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T:Mountain Duel
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1974, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:From my love there came a let-ter La la la la la la la la la la la.
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w:Sent from To-wyn, where I met her La la la la la la la la la la la.
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w:"Come to me, my love, come quick-ly," La la la la la la la la la
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w:Go I must, or else I'd fret her. La la la la la la la la la la la.
W:From my love there came a letter
W:(La la la la la la la la la la la.)
W:Sent from Towyn, where I met her
W:(La la la la la la la la la la la.)
W:Come to me, my love, come quickly,"
W:(La la la la la la la la la)
W:Go I must, or else I'd fret her.
W:(La la la la la la la la la la la.)
W:
W:Mountain path was hawthorn prickly
W:Yet my love had said, "Come quickly",
W:First I climbed, the mountain crested,
W:Now the grey mist gathered thickly.
W:
W:By the crags the eagles nested,
W:Wind-blown ghosts I bravely breasted,
W:Bound for Towyn, never daunted
W:Valley path I blindly quested.
W:
W:Wandered gulleys, shadow haunted,
W:Tripped and torn and crow-call taunted,
W:Saved by sun as bright as May-dew,
W:Down the road to Towyn jaunted.
W:
W:This reward my sweetheart jewel,
W:Gave me for my mountain duel,
W:"Call this quickly? What delayed you?"
W:Love can be so very cruel.