Henry's Songbook

The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
That book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn't like me anyway

She always wanted more than I could give
She wasn't happy with the way we lived
I could have felt like asking her to stay
Her father didn't like me anyway

Daddy never knew just what she saw in me
Daddy didn't like my hair
Perhaps if we'd have talked he might see something in me
But Daddy didn't really care

For to tell the truth I didn't have the nerve
And I know I only got what I deserved
And now she's taken leave of me today
And her father didn't like me anyway

As sung by Iain MacKintosh

[1984:] Written in 1968 it won 'Single of the Year Award' and was first contemporary song to be done with uillean pipes. This song was the link to join traditional and contemporary music. (The Fureys and Davey Arthur Songbook 20)