Martin Carthy at Norwich Folk Festival, 1973
Sam Lee & Friends “Lovely Molly”
Sam Lee and forty members of London’s Roundhouse Choir perform a capella at the Folk Awards 2016 in London.
lyrics
I once was a ploughboy, but a soldier I’m now,
I courted wee lovely Molly, as I followed the plough;
I courted wee lovely Molly, at the age of sixteen,
But now I must leave her, for to serve James, my king.