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Buttercup's Lament (Princess Bride)
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A song about a woman who's True Love was lost at sea, inspired by The Princess Bride
irish folk songs scottish
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Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats, and he is the lead singer for the Brobdingna
Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats, and he is the lead singer for the Brobdingnagian Bards.
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Genre
World • Traditional Celtic
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Peak #20
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Marc Gunn
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Marc Gunn
Uploaded
August 11, 2009
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MP3 8.8 MB • 320 kbps • 3:51
Story behind the song
This lyric poetry began with the idea of a woman who's True Love was lost at sea. But as the story developed, it combined with my love of movies. The "True Love" became Buttercup from the cult classic, the "Princess Bride". It's a sad lamentation that while not running perfectly with the story in the movie, touches the heart of what Buttercup might've felt when she learned of her Wesley's death.
Lyrics
There's a leaf on a tree and it's swaying And a girl 'neath the tree tears in her eyes. There's a wolf on the run saying 'Where have ye gone?' 'Oh where have ye gone sweet love of mine.' Oh wind, cruel wind, bring and end, an end To the storm that took me love afore his time Oh wind, cruel wind, bring and end, an end I long for him. Will ye bring my true love back to me side There's a puddle on the ground and it's growing And a girl above the pond tears in her eyes There's a fox on the run saying 'Where have ye gone?' 'Oh where have ye gone sweet love of mine.' There's a woman on the run saying, 'Where have ye gone? Oh where have ye gone sweet love of mine? Oh where have ye gone sweet love of mine? Oh where oh where? I long for ye here. Oh where have ye gone sweet love of mine?
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