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Thread #40424 Message #578150
Posted By: Sorcha
23-Oct-01 - 01:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Leaving on the Evening Tide (Ron Hynes)
Subject: Lyr Add: LEAVING ON THE EVENING TIDE (Ron Hynes)
LEAVING ON THE EVENING TIDE (Ron Hynes)
I am leaving on the evening tide Now Mother don't go cryin' For my own tears are hard enough to hide And won't survive sad parting For I am bound away to Americay No I can't delay, No my mind won't change Let your young man say goodbye, before your boy begins to cry I am leaving on the evening tide I am leaving on the evening tide
Look here old man, I've done all I can I can't rise up your burden For the land is done, and your course is run Mine is barely begun So I am bound away, and I know what you'll say You'll curse the day that you gave me my name And with your heart so betrayed with cruelty and pride But I am leaving on the evening tide I am leaving on the evening tide
I am leaving on the evening tide Make no mistake my darling And were I to gaze once more into your eyes I would still be in your arms by morning So I am bound away before the break of day This note explains what I could never say Please don't wait for me, forget the tears we cried I am leaving on the evening tide I am leaving on the evening tide