I came across a song (ex BBC radio) recently; just wondering if anyone can tell me about it, and of any corrections to the words I've attempted to transcribe - Cheers! One evening fair to take the air a ramble I did take Down by a crystal fountain called Carrick Manon Lake Down by yon crystal fountain an image I did view For nature never did design an image just like you With courage bold and taunted I boldly then set forth Saying my delightful charmer you venus of the North Give me my way or else I'll stray my one and only joy And sure it would be a pity for to kill a harmless boy With flashing eye and marris eyes she coldly said to me Young man depart for in my heart no place is stacked for thee And to my father pleading no answer would she make But turned away and laughed me by, Carrick Manon Lake Killinchy is my dwelling place, where first my breath I drew Drumray it is my parents place, a thousand times adieu All for your sake I'll passage take across the stormy sea A pilgrim there to durumdare in North Americay Now all young men take warning and shun Killinchy fair Likewise sweet Carrick Manon for that false one she lives there As the sun is low descending o'er yonder hill so clear The shadow of her dwelling in, the little does appear
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