This is my own version which I used to sing in Folk Clubs in the 1980s.... I changed the words to define the mans role rather than the womans. Fihr a bhata sna hóro éale Fihr a bhata sna hóro éale Fihr a bhata sna hóro éale Oh fare thee well love where’re you be How often haunting the highest hilltop I scan the ocean, your boat to see Will it come tonight love, will it come tomorrow Will it e’er come, love, to comfort me? Chorus They call you fickle, they call you false one And seek to change you, but all in vain Thou art my dream but throughout the night love And every morning I watch the Main Chorus There’s not a hamlet, but well I know it Where you go sailing and stay a while It’s all the old folk you win with talking And charm its young men with song and smile Chorus Dost thou remember the promise made me? That you’d for ever be faithful to me I’d give gold ring and a dress of silk love That ring and gown now, you’ll never see? Chorus
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