Another song from the South Roscommon Singers Circle CD.
I got most of the words here, just two unsure words.

Carrig Rua
Singer: Brenda Weir
Source: "What Will We do?", South Roscommon Singers Circle, Vol. 1


You may sing your fine songs and stories tell
Of places and scenes that you all know well
But I'll tell you now of this hill I do know
It is called Carrig Rua where the wild flowers grow

It is often I have walked it and looked all round
At places where history is still to be found
I looked towards the west and I see [Farens] town
Where the old church and abbey, their ruin are near down

I look in amazement at [MacMurrow's] domain
With his castle still standing where his blood once did stain
As I look down on the harrow where brave men did abide
It was there that the old men in ninety-eight died

I can see old Arboe and the bold [Shamalear]
Where Father John Murphy with his life once held here
Where Oliver Cromwell his forces did ban
For they murdered and plundered and ravished our land

And now as I sit here on this hill for to rest
I can hear the small birds sing in the trees as they nest
Such peace and contentment is now to be found
May those men who achieved it in heaven be proud