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Thread #25557 Message #1549539
Posted By: Paul Burke
25-Aug-05 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: My Lagan Love
Subject: RE: My Lagan Love
" And on the lonely river-marge She clears his hearth for him."
I've always known it as:
Her father sails a running- barge Twixt Lambeg and The Drum; (1) And by the lonely river's marge She keeps their humble home. When she was only fairy-high (2) Her gentle mother died; But still she keeps her memory bright Down by the Lagan's side.
(1) I quite like the association here: the Drum was a lock on the Lagan navigation, it's also the name of a pub. But there's also the Lambeg drum...
(2) Careful not to sing 'fairly high' or 'very high' here.
I posted the first verse in French here a couple of years ago, it seems to translate quite well. Anyone fancy a go at the rest?