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Another slow sea shanty. Many versions have the sailor actually talking to his love in her dream, telling her that he is drowned. Also known as "Lowlands Away", it has been performed by artists including Anne Briggs, Folly Bridge, Stan Kelly and Shirley Collins. I learnt it at Forest School Camps, as Jon Boden did before he included it in his "A Folk Song a Day".

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I dreamed a dream the other night,
Lowlands, lowlands away, my John.
I dreamed a dream the other night,
Lowlands away.

I dreamed my love came standing by,
Lowlands, lowlands away, my John.
Came standing close by my bedside,
Lowlands away.

Hes's drowning in the lowlands sea,
Lowlands, lowlands away, my John.
And never more coming home to me,
Lowlands away.

He's drowning in the lowlands low,
Lowlands, lowlands away, my John.
And never more shall I him know,
Lowlands away.

He's drowning in the windy lowlands,
Lowlands, lowlands away, my John.
He's drowning in the windy lowlands,
Lowlands away.

I dreamed a dream the other night,
Lowlands, lowlands away, my John.
I dreamed a dream the other night,
Lowlands away.

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from Of Love and Sailors, released August 1, 2015
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Roary Skaista is a queer folk musician based in Oxford, performing traditional folk songs as well as their own material on the themes of love, nature and diversity.

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