As I Roved Out

polka

Key signature: Dminor

Submitted on April 15th 2003 by tufbo.

This tune has been added to 86 tunebooks.

Also known as 16 Come Next Sunday, 16 Come Sunday, 17 Come Sunday, The Night Visit, Seventeen Come Sunday, Sixteen Come Next Sunday, Sixteen Come Sunday.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Drop Of Pure by Quilty
Alesia by Rapalje
Brocelïande by Brocelïande
Celtic Mouth Music by Various Artists
Crossroads by Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd
Eating Trifle by The Cobblestones
Finnegan's AWake by Finnegan's AWake
Fiona's Folly by Mickie Zekley And Elizabeth Clark
He Didn't Dance by Cucanandy
I Am The Wee Falorie Man by David Hammond
IAANJ Session V by Mike And Mary Rafferty And Session Musicians
It Is What It Is by Colm O'Brien
Live At The Wharf by Last Night's Fun
Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
Living Tradition by David Brewer
Local Ground by Altan
Mind The Gap by Spriggan
Myth And Memory by The Reelies
New Century - Irish Music by Ronan Le Bars And Nicolas Quéméner
Nothing But A Child by Cyril O'Donoghue
Off The Board! by Queen's Gambit
Old Hag You Have Killed Me by The Bothy Band
Raining Bicycles by Skylark
Ring The Bell ... Run Like Hell by Midnight Court
Shake Your Shamrocks by Various Artists
Shantalla by Shantalla
Storm Force Ten by Steeleye Span
The Holland Handkerchief by Mary McPartlan
The Last Order by Ceol
The Parting Glass by The Churchfitters
The Planxty Collection by Planxty
The Sinful, Wise And Insane by Warblefly
The Well Below The Valley by Planxty
Waiting For An Echo by Solas

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Also a song

I know this one as a song. Recorded by Planxty as "As I Roved Out" and later re-recorded by Christy Moore as "The Night Visit". The melody in this tune seems to be identical to the song.
The melody is obviously in the tune-tradition, being Dorian rather than Minor, but I'm not shure if the tune is older than the song. The fact that the title refers to the song makes me suspect that it has slipped into the tune-repertoire (rather recently) by people who have listened to the song and noticed its catchy tune-character. Anyway, the recording-links to Planxty and probably the other as well, refers to the song.
By the way, Planxty once recorded the song on the same album as they recorded another - totally different - song with the name "As I Roved Out". Luckily they were sung by two different members of the group, so they were referred to as As I Roved Out (Christy)" and "As I Roved Out (Andy)". Both songs are today "classical".

# Posted on April 22nd 2003 by lars

one of my personal favourites. I already knew the song and tune but really got attached to it when I heard my friends from the dutch band Rapalje sing it.... good fun and well.... it remembers me of one of my friends :-D

# Posted on May 30th 2003 by Irishdancer

Recorded on....

Also redone on the Common Ground CD that came out a few years back...not a bad version.

# Posted on August 22nd 2003 by lovelylydia

Lyrics

Here's the lyrics for anyone interested:

And who are you, me pretty fair maid, and who are you, me honey?
And who are you, me pretty fair maid, and who are you, me honey?
She answered me quite modestly, "I am me mother's darling."
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

And will you come to me mother's house, when the sun is shining clearly (repeat)
I'll open the door and I'll let you in, and divil 'o one would hear us.
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

So I went to her house in the middle of the night, when the moon was shining clearly (repeat)
She opened the door and she let me in and divil the one did hear us.
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

She took me horse by the bridle and the bit, and she led him to the stable ( repeat )
Saying "There's plenty of oats for a soldier's horse, to eat it if he's able."
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

Then she took me by the lily-white hand and she led me to the table ( repeat )
Saying "There's plenty of wine for a soldier boy, to drink it if you're able."
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

Then I got up and made the bed, and I made it nice and aisy ( repeat )
Then I got up and laid her down, saying "Lassie, are you able?"
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

And there we lay till the break of day and divil a one did hear us ( repeat )
Then I arose and put on me clothes saying "Lassie, I must leave you."
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

And when will you return again and when will we get married ( repeat )
When broken shells make Christmas bells we might well get married.
With me too-ry-ay, fol-de-diddle-day, di-re fol-de-diddle dai-rie oh.

# Posted on May 9th 2009 by Piping Crow

Bothy Band, Old Hag You Have Killed Me

Although there is a song on this album with similar lyrics (Sixteen Come Next Sunday) it is not the same song and definitely not the same tune

# Posted on August 7th 2009 by aOC