{"id":9758,"date":"2024-08-01T05:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9758"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:05:58","slug":"blow-the-candle-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9758","title":{"rendered":"Blow The Candle Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Blow_The_Candle_Out.png\" width=\"900\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"audio_link\">mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Blow_The_Candle_Out.mp3\"><br \/>\nBlow The Candle Out &#8211; Click To Play  <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\n<p>&#8220;Blow The Candle Out&#8221; is an old English sailors song (though not necessarily a sea chantey) dating from 1724 or earlier and also known and sung in Ireland, Scotland, and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>In this version a young man is about to enter military service for three years, a tragic development in view of his recent marriage to his true love. He promises to resume their love life when he returns, hoping to find a two-year-old son or daughter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/p>\n<p>[Em] Late last Saturday [D] evening<br \/>\nI went to see my [Em] dear<br \/>\n[Em] The candles were all [D] burning<br \/>\nAnd the moon shown bright and [Em] clear<br \/>\n[G] I rapped upon her [D] window<br \/>\n[Bb] To ease her of her [A7] pain<br \/>\n[Em] She rose and let me [D] in and<br \/>\nBarred the door [Em] again<\/p>\n<p>I like well your behaviour<br \/>\nAnd this I often say<br \/>\nI cannot rest contented<br \/>\nWhile you are far away<br \/>\nThe roads they are so muddy<br \/>\nI cannot roam about<br \/>\nSo roll me in your arms, love<br \/>\nAnd blow the candle out<\/p>\n<p>Your father and your mother<br \/>\nIn yonder room do lie<br \/>\nHugging one another<br \/>\nSo why not you and I<br \/>\nHugging one another<br \/>\nWithout a fear or doubt<br \/>\nSo roll me in your arms love<br \/>\nAnd blow the candle out<\/p>\n<p>And if we prove successful, love<br \/>\nPlease name it after me<br \/>\nHug it neat and kiss it sweet<br \/>\nAnd dap it on your knee<br \/>\nWhen my three years are ended<br \/>\nAnd my time&#8217;s run out<br \/>\nThen I will prove my indebtedness<br \/>\nBy blowing the candle out\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mp3: Blow The Candle Out &#8211; Click To Play &#8220;Blow The Candle Out&#8221; is an old English sailors song (though not necessarily a sea chantey) dating from 1724 or earlier and also known and sung in Ireland, Scotland, and the U.S. In this version a young man is about to enter military service for three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9758\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blow The Candle Out&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irishbritish","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9758"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9766,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions\/9766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}