Irish Music by ACOUSTIC BLOOM - The Landlord and the Butchers Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR625INM0Tw New Irish music and dance video from ACOUSTIC BLOOM - The Landlord and the Butchers Girl.

Filmed by Irish Showreels on location at the Pembroke Hotel in Kilkenny, at Ninch Farm in County Meath, and the Ocean!

Costumes courtesy of Ballina Costume Company (ballinacostumecompany.net) and Jason Paul Ryan (jpr-productions.com)

The Landlord and the Butcher's Girl

Verse 1
The old Landlord was riding by,
when the butcher's daughter caught his eye,
the fairest creature he had ever seen.
Her long dark hair and dancing hips,
the promise of her blood red lips,
he stopped a-while, enchanted by the scene.
Oh how his heart began to race,
when his roving eye fell on her face.

Verse 2
He asked the Butcher for her hand,
with the promise of great wealth and land,
the Butcher unceremoniously declined.
His daughter loved the stable boy,
their union he could not destroy,
and gold nor silver would not change his mind.
The Landlord's eyes were wild with rage,
by other means he would engage.

Verse 3
The Butcher was behind with rent,
so the Landlord to the Sheriff went,
seeking help to make the Butcher pay.
And with the Bailiff's to the fore,
he knocked upon the Butchers door,
this time determined he would have his way.
Oh how his heart was filled with glee,
when they brought that Butcher to his knees.

Verse 4
A compromise on rent was met,
and soon a wedding day was set,
the Landlord laughed to see the Butcher' pain.
But as the day of marriage neared,
mysteriously he disappeared,
the old Landlord was never seen again.
The Butcher's daughter danced with joy,
Now she would have her stable boy.

Verse 5
Now preparations had been made,
and not to let them go to waste,
the butchers girl and stable boy were wed.
And when a wedding guest remarked,
the meal he served was unsurpassed,
the butcher grinned and wryly shook his head.
Sure if the people only knew,
the old Landlord made damn good stew!