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  2. The Maid of Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    The tune and lyrics of a version entitled "Lee-gangway Chorus (a-roving)" but opening with the familiar "In Amsterdam there dwelt a maid" was included in Naval Songs (1883) by William A Pond. [6] Between 1904 and 1914, the famous English folklorist Cecil Sharp collected many different versions in the coastal areas of Somerset , England ...

  3. So, we'll go no more a roving - Wikipedia

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    Richard Dyer-Bennet recorded his own setting, with slightly altered text, on the 1955 album Richard Dyer-Bennet 1. The poem also appears on the Marianne Faithfull and Warren Ellis album She Walks in Beauty. The poem is also a centerpiece of "—And the Moon be Still as Bright" from Ray Bradbury's fix-up The Martian Chronicles.

  4. Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn - Wikipedia

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    The song has been linked, rather vaguely, to the popular story about a rich heiress, Ann Thomas (1704-27) — the so-called ‘Maid of Cefn Ydfa’, from the parish of Llangynwyd in central Glamorgan, and the somewhat nebulous poet, Wil Hopcyn (1700-41), to whom the song is attributed.

  5. Maiden in the mor lay - Wikipedia

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    Maiden in the mor lay" or "The Maid of the Moor" is a Middle English lyric of the early 14th century, [1] set to a melody which is now lost. The literary historian Richard L. Greene called it "one of the most haunting lyrics of all the Middle Ages", [ 2 ] and Edith Sitwell thought it "a miracle of poetry". [ 3 ]

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  7. List of songs about Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    "American in Amsterdam" by Wheatus "Amesterdão (Have Big Fun)" by Mão Morta "Amsterdam" by Buck Owens "Amsterdam" by John Cale "Amsterdam" by CirKus "Amsterdam" by Coldplay "Amsterdam" by Dropgun "Amsterdam" by Richard Clapton "Amsterdam" by Luminary [1] "Amsterdam" by Crowded House "Amsterdam" by Daughter "Amsterdam" by The Dreadnoughts

  8. John Riley (song) - Wikipedia

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    The English folk duo Show of Hands recorded the song for their self-released album Folk Music (1998). [12] Carol Noonan recorded the song for her release Carol Noonan - Self Titled (1999). [13] John Langstaff recorded a version of the song for his multi-disc folk music collection John Langstaff Sings - Archival Folk Collection (2004). [14]

  9. Tulips from Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    "Tulips from Amsterdam" is a popular romantic song, best known in the 1958 hit version by British entertainer Max Bygraves. Most English versions of the song credit its composition to Klaus Günter Neumann, Ernst Bader, Ralf Arnie, and Gene Martyn.