Planxty - Johnny of bradys lea

Oh, ^AJohnny r^Eose on a M^Aay morning, Called for water to wash his ^Dhands, Saying “Br^Aing to ^Dme my t^Awo grey dogs, That lie bound in ^Eiron ba^Dnds.” When J^Eohnny’s mother she heard of this, She wr^Dung her ha^Ands full s^Eore, Says “J^Aohnny, f^Dor your ^Aveni^Dson To the gr^Eeen woods d^Do not ^Ego.”

“For there ^Aare seven f^Eoresters in ^AEsslemont, And this you know full w^Dell, For o^Ane small dro^Dp of y^Aour heart’s blood They would ride to the g^Eates of H^Dell.” “Oh, there’s m^Eany men are my friends, Mother, Though m^Dany more a^Are my f^Eoe. And bet^Aide me w^Dell or bet^Aide me i^Dll, A-hu^Enting I^D will g^Eo.”

So J^Aohnny has t^Eaken his go^Aod bent bow, His arrows one by o^Dne, And h^Ae’s away to M^Donym^Ausk For to bring the du^En deer do^Dwn.

Oh, ^AJohnny shot^E and the du^An deer rose, He’s wounded her in the s^Dide. And be^Atween the water an^Dd the wo^Aods, The two dogs la^Eid her p^Dride. And they a^Ete so much of the venison, They dr^Dank so m^Auch of the bl^Eood, That Jo^Ahnny a^Dnd his t^Awo grey ^Ddogs Fell asle^Eep as if th^Dey had been d^Eead.

And ^Aby there ca^Eme a s^Aly old man, A silly old man was ^Dhe, And h^Ae’s away to ^DEsslem^Aont For to tell on y^Eoung John^Dny. “As I c^Eame in by Monymusk, And d^Down am^Aong yon sc^Erogs, It was th^Aere I s^Dpied the b^Aonniest ^Dyouth Lying sl^Eeeping betwe^Den two d^Eogs.”

“And the b^Auttons th^Eat were ^Aon his coat Were of the gold so g^Dood, And the t^Awo grey dogs that h^De lay betw^Aeen, Their mouths they were di^Eed with blo^Dod.” And u^Ep and spoke the first forester, He was h^Deadsman o^Aver them ^Eall, “Can thi^As be J^Dohnny of Br^Aady’s L^Dea? Unt^Eo him w^De will c^Erawl.”

And the ve^Ary first s^Ehot that the f^Aoresters fired, It wounded him in the th^Digh, The v^Aery next sho^Dt that the f^Aoresters fired, His heart’s blood bli^Ended his e^Dye. Then ^Eup woke Johnny from out of his sleep, An a^Dngry m^Aan was ^Ehe. He says “The w^Aildest ^Dwolf in a^All this w^Dood Would n^Eot have done ^Dso by m^Ee.”

And he’s le^Aaned his b^Eack agai^Anst an oak, His foot against a st^Done, And h^Ae has fi^Dred on the ^Aseven foresters, He’s killed them a^Ell but o^Dne. And h^Ee’s broken seven of this man’s ribs, His a^Drm and his c^Aollarb^Eone, And h^Ae has s^Det him on ^Ato his h^Dorse, To br^Eing the ti^Ddings ho^Eme.

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Johnny’s good bent bow is broke,

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And his two grey dogs are slain,

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And his body lies in Monymusk,

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And his hunting days are done.