The roving Dingle boy
Language: English
From the Dingle Bay he sailed away All in the month of May His true love she stood waving While waiting on the quay His true love she stood waving So bitterly she cried Said "He's gone and God be with him He's my roving Dingle boy." Then the sails were hoist and the flag was flown And the ship began to move Just as the anchor it was clear She cried these words I prove: "A maid, a maid, I'll always stay Until the day I die, For there is no other one for me But my roving Dingle boy." Now he'd gone away past six months clear When a letter he sent home Enquiring all about his friends And the girl he left alone He sent her home the passage paid To comfort all her joy And she's now in Philadelphia With her roving Dingle boy. Come all you maids and maidens fair The warning take mine here Never slight your own true love When he is on the sea Be sure to him, prove constant And he's bound to crown your joy And carry you towards the city Like my roving Dingle boy.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "The roving Dingle boy", R. 97 no. 4 (1950) [voice and piano], from Songs from County Kerry, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-31
Line count: 32
Word count: 196