The Suffolk Miracle - Jim Moray

The Suffolk Miracle by Jim Moray from the album Sweet England

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~Lyrics~

A wealthy squire lived in our town,
He was a man of high renown,
And he had a daughter of beauty bright,
And the name he gave her was his 'Heart's Delight'.

Many young men to court her came,
But none of them could her favour gain,
Till there came one, of low degree,
And above them all, how she fancied he.

But when her father, he came to know,
That his lovely daughter loved this young man so,
Over fifty miles, he sent her away,
All to deprive her of her wedding day.

One night as she lay in her bedroom,
Her love appeared from out the gloom,
He kissed her cheek, and this did say,
Arise my darling and come away.

It's with this young man she got on behind,
And they rode faster than any wind,
They rode on for an hour or more,
Till he cries my darling, my head feels sore.

A holland handkerchief she then pulled out,
And with it bound his aching head about,
She held him closer, and this did say,
My love you're colder than any clay.

When they came to her father's gate,
He says get down, love the hour is late,
Get down, get down love and go to bed,
And I'll see this gallant horse is groomed and fed.

And when she came to her father's hall,
Who's that, who's that, her own father called,
'Tis I dear father, did you send for me,
By such a messenger, naming he.

Oh no dear daughter, that cannot be,
Your words are false and you lie to me,
For on yon mountain your true love died,
And in the graveyard his body lies.

So straight-ways there went this maiden brave,
And with her friends she exposed the grave,
And there his body, though six weeks dead,
With a holland handkerchief around his head.

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[TheRoamingSpirit]

Amazing Tune and way of telling the story.. I Like This version and Connie Dover Version :)

Thanks for sharing it with us.. Its Lovely song i love it :)

[monkiss77]

i dont agree with others saying the voice is not as good as others, jims voice is the most pure voice ive ever heard. beautiful arrangement and voice

[spinzorelli]

I do a raw version of this song on my channel with banjo accompaniment. My version goes by the name of The Holland Handkerchief. Check it out of you're interested.

[aplaceforfiends]

The Dean Gitter version  is the best. Good luck trying to find it. It's off the album Ghost Ballads (1957).

[carepastel]

check the one sing by dean gitter

[wiedemaster]

I like the song, but I hate the singer's voice...

[wornpick1]

Very nice, but I was looking for something more traditional! John Gooluck, whose hallmark song it was, from Ipswich???

[wornpick1]

I really like it - ex Suffolk myself. I knew John Goodluck, who sang a beautiful version in the '70's.

[phoebeS14]

I used to live in Suffolk :)

[mahogonywhisper]

this is such a sad, sad, as in weeping, story