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Thread #162567 Message #3910868
Posted By: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP)
13-Mar-18 - 09:53 AM
Thread Name: Transcription help needed: Island Requiem
Subject: RE: Transcription help needed: Island Requiem
I've had another listen and it looks ok, except for a couple of typos:
In l11: mist should be mists
In l13: where should be when.
Blessed is pronounced to rhyme with best
Mick
ISLAND REQUIEM
When I'm old and weary and longing to die
Carry me back to the Isle o' Skye.
Lay me to sleep where the tall Coolins keep
Their watch o'er Isle o' Skye.
Far away in this Isle o' the West
Only there will my spirit find rest
Long did I live there and gladly I'll die
Far in the Isle o' Skye
Carry me slowly where lone seagulls fly
Home to the sheilin' and there let me lie
Lay me to sleep where the mists softly creep
Over the Isle o' Skye
And when I'll go to the Isles Of the Blessed
Leaving the isle that I always love best
Peace will be with me, forever I'll rest
Far in the Isle o' Skye