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GUEST,Gabriel Lyr ADD: Rathlin Island (45) RE: Lyr Req: Rathlin Island 29 Oct 22


Does anyone know the song by John McCurdy of Rathlin, called 'The flashing lights of Rathlin'? I have three verses of it, but there must be more. John sings it to the same tune as 'The hills above Drumquin'.

The Flashing Lights of Rathlin
John Mc Curdy

Oh many’s the day has come and gone, this long and weary while
Since last I saw the flashing, of the lights on Rathlin’s isle
As from the great Cunard deck came swiftly into view
The East light and the West light, and the little light on Rue

Oh my head was full of fancies, and my heart was free from care
As it sang and fluttered gaily, like the skylark in the air
But then the times came cruel, and the farm we had was small
With the old folk and the children, sure there was no room at all

And so I left the island, and I sailed across the sea
And the flashing lights of Rathlin, were the last of home for me
But sure the luck was with me, in that city grim and cold
Where I toiled and saved the dollars, like a miser saves his gold.


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