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19 Dec 16 - 11:38 PM (#3827503) Subject: Lyr Add: Where the Shannon River meets the sea From: AmyLove Shannon River, as performed by Cavan O'Connor: Though my feet are planted in a far off land There is somewhere they would rather be Faith, tis planted firmly in the dark brown sand Where the Shannon River meets the sea. My heart is e'er returning to my darling Whose blue eyes mean all the world to me Sure, tis heaven and someone placed an angel there Where the Shannon River meets the sea. Though my father told me other lands were fair I'm afraid with him I can't agree For I always long to breathe the scented air Where the Shannon River meets the sea. There are no lips so sweet and so beguiling As the lips that, sure, belong to me Though I go on roaming, faith, my heart remains Where the Shannon River meets the sea. |
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02 Jan 24 - 08:26 AM (#4194691) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Where the Shannon River meets the sea From: GUEST,Len Kennington Is this traditional? or is there a composer? Am having some trouble tracking down a commercial recording (some home-made versions on YouTube) |
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02 Jan 24 - 12:54 PM (#4194712) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Where the Shannon River meets the sea From: maeve "... commercial recording..."The Vagabond King- The Best of Cavan O'Connor (youtube) |
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02 Jan 24 - 01:57 PM (#4194719) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Where the Shannon River meets the sea From: cnd Several recordings from the 1910s (click) attribute the song to a James I. Russell. For commercial recordings of other eras, click here Not much about him easily available on the web. He was an Irish-American vaudeville performer, born 1859 and deceased 1914. You can see the original sheet music (dated 1906) here |