West Country Lady Ryan’s Fancy
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Over Pipers Stock Hill take the time for to wander
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Across the main bridge to the North side and yonder
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And if you look long to the west there's a chance
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That you'll see her move down to the bridge for the dance
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And she still hears the music of anvil and saw
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And she still looks to nature to lay out the law
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She's a West country lady from back in the past
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And she faces the ocean where noisy waves blast
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On the rocks and the wind blows a gale from all quarters
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Or summer sun sparkles on still waters down in the bay
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She was there when they came on the very first ship
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And she saw how the admirals ruled with a whip
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And she worked with her man and her young sons and daughters
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To harvest the fields and the woods and the waters
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And often with sadness she's looked to the sea
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With a longing for times that were never to be
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She's a West country lady from back in the past
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And she faces the ocean where noisy waves blast
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On the rocks and the wind blows a gale from all quarters
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Or summer sun sparkles on still waters down in the bay
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Since the sea was the way between island and nation
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And old ways were new ways in this planters station
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She's watched all the changes with pride and some sorrow
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Some old ways remain and she hopes that tomorrow
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Will kindly tend to the bountiful sea
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And her land and her people will always be free
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She's a West country lady from back in the past
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And she faces the ocean where noisy waves blast
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On the rocks and the wind blows a gale from all quarters
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Or summer sun sparkles on still waters down in the bay
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She's a West country lady from back in the past
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And she faces the ocean where noisy waves blast
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On the rocks and the wind blows a gale from all quarters
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Or summer sun sparkles on still waters down in the bay