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Thread #25575   Message #2717515
Posted By: GUEST,Peter Laban
06-Sep-09 - 01:41 PM
Thread Name: Irish song info request
Subject: RE: Irish song info request
Far far from the isle of the holy and grand
    Where wild oxen fatten and brave men are banned
    All lowly and low in a far distant land
    Do I wander and pine for poor Erin


    Lonely and sad I roam, far from my island home
    Where the wild waves, surging foams, headlands appearing
    Clouded in silv'ry spray, thrashing through heaven's bright ray
    For the glory and pride of poor Erin

    Sweet, sweet Inis Cathaigh that's sacred and blessed
    A fit place for a saint or a warrior's rest
    O God that a bear should be best of his brood
    Who now bites your beauty my Erin

    How dearly I long to wander once more
    To the old ones I left round my own cabin door
    My blessings I give ten thousand times o'er
    With a prayer and a tear for poor Erin

    Sad, sad is my fate in weary exile
    Dark, dark are the night clouds round lone Shanakyle
    Your murdered sleep silently pile upon pile
    In the coffinless graves of poor Erin

    I am watching and praying through the length of the night
    For the grey dawn of freedom my signal to fight
    My rifle is ready my sabre is bright
    For to strike once again for poor Erin

    Lonely and sad I roam, far from my island home
    Where the wild waves, surging foams, headlands appearing
    Clouded in silvery spray, thrashing through heaven's bright ray
    For the glory and pride of poor Erin