I Know My Love

About I Know My Love

"I Know My Love" is a traditional Irish song, extant since at least 1922. It is about a woman's love for "an arrant rover" and her jealousy of his other women. An early recording was done by Burl Ives on 3 March 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger. It is best known as a single by Irish folk band The Chieftains, released in 1999, taken from their widely acclaimed album Tears of Stone. James Yorkston and the Athletes also recorded a version of this song on the album Moving Up Country. Liz Madden recorded a new version on her 2010 album My Irish Home. Colin Wilkie and Shirley Hart recorded a version on their 1966 album Songs of Mother Ireland. Other artists having recorded the song include Pete Seeger, The Clancy Brothers, The Dubliners, Seamus Kennedy, and Salli Terri. more »

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1994

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I Know My Love
I know my love by his way of walking,
And I know my love by his way of talking
And I know my love by his suit of blue
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?
Cho: And still she cried:"I love him the best
But a troubled mind, sure, can get no rest."
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few,
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?"
There is a dance house in Maradyke
Where my true love goes every night
And takes a strange one upon his knee
And don't you know, now, that vexes me.
I know my love is an arrant rover
And he'll go roaming the wide world over
In foreign parts he may chance to stray
Where all the girls are so bright and gay,
If my love knew I could wash and wring
If my love knew I could weave and spin
I'd make a dress all of the finest kind
But the want of money leaves me behind.
Recorded by Ives, Clancys
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The Clancy Brothers

The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music singing group. Most popular in the 1960s, they were famed for their woolly Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularizing Irish traditional music in the United States. The brothers were Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, Bobby Clancy and Liam Clancy. Paddy, Tom, Bob, and Liam are best known for their work with Tommy Makem, recording dozens of albums together as The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. They were a primary influence on a young Bob Dylan and on many other emerging artists. more »

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