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Thread #20665   Message #1115020
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Feb-04 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Farewell my Green Valleys?
Subject: Lyr Add: MY GREEN VALLEYS (Glen Reid)
Lyrics posted by Glen here (click). I'll post a copy of Glen's message so you can see:
Thread #63712   Message #1037575
Posted By: Glen Reid
17-Oct-03 - 09:59 PM
Thread Name: Irish Potato Famine
Subject: Lyr Add: MY GREEN VALLEYS (Glen Reid)

Here is the lyric for "My Green Valleys" as requested by Mary G.
Cheers, Glen

Oh the seagulls are calling, the wind is in the sail
And she's fast moving out to the sea
On a ship bound for St. Johns, three thousand miles away
A human cargo, my comrades and me

It hurts me to think of, the things I left behind
Though the famine, has blackened the land
And to look now for something, that I may never find
Is a problem, thats now close at hand

    Farethee well green valleys, God keep you the same
    If in only my mind, you'll be
    I am sailing dark waters, to far Americay
    And never more, my green valleys to see

Oh the fever,s a ragin' and the winds have died away
And our journey, may no longer be
Though the plague is a shadow, that lingers night and day
Former thoughts of green valley, I see


Here's the version from the Digital Tradition:

MY GREEN VALLEYS
(Glen Reid)

Oh, the seagulls are callin' and the wind is in the sails,
And she's fast moving out to the sea
On a ship bound for St. Johns three thousand miles away,
A human cargo: my comrades and me.

It hurts me to think of the things I left behind,
Though the famine has blackened the land,
And to look now for something that I may never find,
It's a problem that's now close at hand.

Cho: Fare thee well, green valleys. God keep you the same,
If only in my mind you'll be.
I'm sailing dark waters for far Americay
And never more my green valleys to see.

There's a fever a-ragin' and the winds have died away,
And our journey may no longer be.
Though the plague is a shadow that lingers night and day,
Warmer thoughts of green valleys I see.

Chorus twice and repeat last line
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I guess the DT version is good - but note the difference in the last line.