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The Journeyman

from Balance by Tempest

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THE JOURNEYMAN
(Sorbye/Trad.)
An old folk song with new music.
Followed by two traditional hornpipes,
'Alexander's' and 'The Harvest Home'.

lyrics

I am a roving journeyman
I roam from town to town
Whe’er I get a job of work
I’m willing to sit down
With my kit upon my shoulder
And a grafting tool in hand
So round the country I will go
A roving journeyman

And when I came to Exeter
The maidens jumped for joy
Said one unto another maid
Here comes a gallant boy
One treats me to a bottle
Another to a dram
And so the toast goes round, my boys
Here’s a health to the journeyman

I had not been in Exeter
The days were not full three
Before the mayor’s daughter
She fell in love with me
She asked of me to dine with her
She took me by the hand
She plainly told her mother that
She loved a journeyman

Now out on thee, thou silly jade
Such folly speak no more
How can you love a journeyman
You’ve never seen before
Oh mother sweet, I do entreat
I love him all I can
And round the country I will go
With this young journeyman

We need no more to trudge a-foot
We’ll travel coach and pair
And round the country we will go
And travel everywhere
And when we find a job of work
We’ll sit down where we can
So let the toast go round my boys
Here’s health to the journeyman

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from Balance, released April 24, 2001

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