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- [Traditional]
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- English
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One of the many traditional English ballads about the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. This one is about a woman encountering a beautiful, young maiden lamenting her beloved "Willie Smith" not returning from battle.
First two verses -
As I rode out one fine summer's morning
Down by the gay banks of a clear pearling stream,
There I spied a handsome fair maid making sad lamentations,
Oh, I threw myself in ambush to hear her sad strains.
Through the woods she marched along, caused the valleys to ring-o,
The fine feathered songsters around her they flew,
Saying, “The wars they are all over and peace it is restored again,
But yet my Willie's not returning from the plains of Waterloo.” - Licensing
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Versions
Plains of Waterloo written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Plains of Waterloo | Shirley and Dolly Collins | 1970 | |||
The Plains of Waterloo | The High Level Ranters | 1971 | |||
Plains of Waterloo | Debby McClatchy | 1974 | |||
Plains of Waterloo - British Field Marshall at New Orleans | The Deseret String Band | 1974 | Medley | ||
Plains of Waterloo | June Tabor | 1976 | |||
The Plains of Waterloo | John Renbourn Group | 1980 | |||
Plains of Waterloo | Peter Rowan | January 15, 1982 | |||
Plains of Waterloo | Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts | 1995 | |||
Plains of Waterloo | Jon Boden | 2011 | |||
The Plains of Waterloo | Lee Ranaldo | July 14, 2015 | |||
The Plains of Waterloo | Hedy West | 2018 | Released more than 10 years after its recording |
Plains of Waterloo written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | Plains of Waterloo - The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Martin Simpson | 1991 | Medley | |
i | Plains of Waterloo | Martin Simpson | September 16, 1997 |