I have this song on a CD and cannot quite make out all the words. Can anyone fill in the gaps in the version below? Also can anyone say what particular conflict is the setting? THE GLENS OF SWEET MAYO As I roved out one evening down by the riverside I overheard a maid complain she'd never be a bride That she'd never be a bride as her etars began to flow Concerning her love Willie on the glens of sweet Mayo "'Twas late last night I heard the news, oh it nearly broke my heart When the [ ? ] boy came from the hills and he said , "Now you must part Depart from your love Willie whom you loved long, long, long, long ago He lies wounded, oh deadly wounded on the glens of sweet Mayo" "Never mind your own true love but walk away with me For riches I have plenty and married we can be What is the use of mourning when the one you love lies so low And the past and the future are in his eyes on the glens of sweet Mayo" "If I had all the money, oh Germany does own If I had all the glittering jewels the Queen has on her throne If I had all those gallant ships that are anchored here below I'd rather a kiss from my own last love on the glens of sweet Mayo "There's one request I would ask of you, oh grant it if you please 'Twas never so much I'd ask of you, 'twill set my heart at ease Have pity upon a helpless girl who knows not where to go Will you come, will you search for my own last love on the glens of sweet Mayo?" We both [ ? ] off together [ ? ? ? ] find Three days, three nights we searched for him in the cold and piercing wind Until we came to that cruel spot where her tears began to flow 'Twas there we found her own last love on the glens of sweet Mayo 'Twas sad the sight I witnessed over him she stood And as she gazed on his poor face now covered [ ? ? ? ] 'Twas then she spied those terrible wounds that caused his blood to flow And it makes the heather still run red on the glens of sweet Mayo She's knelt down to dig a grave to lay her love to rest And on it she'll plant an evergreen to grow on her own love's breast And she's knelt down to kiss those lips that were now as cold as the snow May the heavenly light shine down on us tonight on the glens of sweet Mayo wr
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