Digital Tradition Mirror

Gaily the Troubadour

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Pennywhistle notation and Dulcimer tab for this song is also available

Gaily the Troubadour
(Thomas Bailey)

Gaily the troubadour
     touched his guitar,
When he was hast'ning
     home from the war.
Singing from Palestine
     hither I come;
Lady love, lady love
     welcome me home.
Singing from Palestine
     hither I come;
Lady love, lady love
     welcome me home

She, for the troubadour
     hopelessly wept,
Sadly she thought of him
     when others slept.
Singing in search of thee
     would I might roam;
Troubadour, troubadour
     come to thy home.
Singing in search of thee
     would I might roam.
Troubadour, troubadour
     come to thy home.
Lady love, lady love
      welcome me home

Hark! 'twas the Troubador
   breathing her name;
Under the battlement
   softly he came.
Singing, "From Palestine,
   hither I come;
Lady love, lady love,
   welcome me home."
Singing, "From Palestine,
  hither I come;
Lady love, lady love,
   welcome me home."

Note: I found a copy of "Gaily the Troubador" in Denes Agay's "Best Loved
Songs of the American People" (Doubleday, 1975. It's a rather strange
book -- about a third folk tunes, the rest pop songs). The book has
this to say about the song:
"A popular sentimental serenade of the 1820s by Thomas Haynes Bailey,
who also wrote 'Long, Long Ago.'" BW

AJS, BW, RG

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