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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