The song North Country Maid is performed by Marianne Faithfull in the album named The Collection in the year 2005 .
A North country maid up to London has strayed
Although with her nature it did not agree.
So she wept and she sighed and bitterly she cried,
"Oh, I wish once again in the North I could be."
For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree
They all grow green in the North country.
While sadly I roam I regret my dear home,
Where the lads and young la*ses are making the hay.
Where the birds sweetly sing, and the merry bells do ring
And the maidens and meadows are pleasant and gay.
For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree
They all grow green in the North country.
No doubt if I please, I could marry with ease,
Where maidens are fair, many lovers will come.
But he that I wed must be North country bred
And carry me back to my own country.
For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree
They all grow so green in the North country.
Marianne Faithfull - The Collection
- Blowin' in the Wind
- Come and Stay With Me
- House of the Rising Sun
- Spanish Is a Loving Tongue
- Fare Thee Well
- Lonesome Traveller
- Down in the Salley Gardens
- Mary Ann
- Full Fathom Five
- Four Strong Winds
- Black Girl
- Once I Had a Sweetheart
- Bells of Freedom
- That's Right, Baby
- Morning Sun
- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- Sunny Goodge Street
- Green Are Your Eyes
- Scarborough Fair
- Coquillages
- If I Never Get to Love You
- Time Takes Time
- He'll Come Back to Me
- Down Town
- Plaisir d'Amour
- Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
- Paris Bells
- They Never Will Leave You
- I'm a Loser
- What Have I Done Wrong
- Sally Free and Easy
- North Country Maid
- Wild Mountain Thyme