| Christy Moore – Ride On Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| To me it is a love song based on Irish history. Although it can be sung by either sex, it should properly be sung by a woman. The Irish were not allowed to own land, cattle, sheep, or horses. Therefor the only person who owned a horse was an Englishman. And the finer the horse, the higher the Englishman's social rank. In this case, a Lord. For an Irish woman to fall in love with an English Lord was a disaster because family honor would require her death. And, for the English Lord, while keeping an Irish mistress was chuckled upon, marrying one was a social death by isolation. So, she knows she cannot go with him unless she leaves her family, friends, community, country, and forever. Or face death at her own family's hands. And she knows her Lord will also suffer because of their love. To me, the song is amazing because it tells this story in only a few short sentences, not to mention the beauty of the melody. Only the Irish can tell these type stories so well in both verse and song. | |
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