THE LIGHTS OF CORK CITY There the lights that shine on hills above Cork City In the twilight at the closing of each day When the exiles come back home they glow to greet them And the glamour spells a welcome in their breast Ere their friends have turned out to kiss and greet them In their smiles they are enfolded and caressed There the lights that shine like stars along the harbour And the glamour welcomes friends from far away There the lights that shine on hills above Cork City In the twilight at the closing of each day There the lights I loved to watch in happy childhood, There the lights I watched in boyhood young and gay, There the lights that shine on hills above Cork city In the twilight at the closing of each day She is seated on a hill this lovely city But her feet are in the water cool and deep In her harbour safe her ships and trim and pretty Whilst above her glowing hills a vigil keep There the lights that shone for gallant young Mc Sweeney For Mc Curtain also fair and brave and gay Still they shine for them on hills above Cork city In the twilight at the closing of each day
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