Name: Maid Who Sold Her Barley
Duration: P00H01M38S
Description: This song shares a melody with a beautifully sad song from the Era of Rebellion called “The Wind That Shakes The Barley” - which is NOT the same as the fiddle tune! In the version I sing here, a rather lusty young man encounters a rather industrious and pragmatic girl for a bit of a one night stand!

Maid Who Sold Her Barley

from In The Old Style by Ginger Ackley

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This song shares a melody with a beautifully sad song from the Era of Rebellion called “The Wind That Shakes The Barley” - which is NOT the same as the fiddle tune! In the version I sing here, a rather lusty young man encounters a rather industrious and pragmatic girl for a bit of a one night stand!

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It's cold and raw, the north winds blow, out in the morning early
When all the hills were covered with snow, then it was winter fairly.
As I was riding o'er the moor I met a farmer's daughter
Her cherry cheeks and coal-black hair, they caused my heart to falter.

I bowed my bonnet very low to let her know my meaning.
She answered with a courteous smile. Her looks they were engaging.
"Oh, where are you bound my pretty maid? It's now in the morning early."
The answer that she gave to me, "Kind sir, to sell my barley."

"Now twenty guineas I've in my purse and twenty more that's yearly.
You need not go to the market town for I'll buy all your barley.
If twenty guineas would gain the heart of the maid I love so dearly
All for to tarry with me one night and go home in the morning early."

As I was riding o'er the moor the very evening after
T'was my good fortune for to meet the farmer's only daughter.
The weather being cold and raw, with her I thought to parlay
The answer that she gave to me: "Kind sir, I've sold my barley."

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from In The Old Style, released March 1, 2012

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Ginger Ackley Cleveland, Ohio

Starting out in Texas, Ginger made it to Ohio as quickly as she could! Her music is full of magic and stories, seasoned with a love of folk and Celtic music. Her penny whistles often accompany her, too!

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