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Thread #16600 Message #155554
Posted By: MudGuard
30-Dec-99 - 01:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ar Éirinn Ní Neosfainn Cé Hí
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ar Eirinn ni neosfainn ce hi
I don't know whether my attempt at transcribing the lyrics will be of much help. The red parts I am not sure about, and I do not guarantee for the rest!
MudGuard
Ar Éirinn Ní Neosfainn Cé Hí (For Ireland I Won't Tell You Who She Is)
There's a home by the wide (avonmole) That will sweep on the (brannagh) and sea And white ribbons (...) (...) to the breeze Where the green ivy clings round the door And the (...) sweety thing (...) Oh my darling a-tuning the notes Ar Éirinn ní neosfainn cé hi
Like a sick man that lands farther down I do land for the light of this man And I pray for own colleen (ban) By (...) Irish stew Oh I climb on the hills of this land And I swim o'er the (depths) of the sea To get one kiss from a lily white hand Ar Éirinn ní neosfainn cé hi
I have (...) of those years Of my life (...) through sunshine and rain And I should even mention by night For to shield her one moment from pain For (hasheem) in my comfort (In I've no) more comfort enjoyed (She maybe she) is my own, She is mine come astrife (...) Ar Éirinn ní neosfainn cé hi
Ah but when I (...) my own And is married (...) will be Like a king and a queen on the throne We will be living in sweet (gentil) Oh 'tis in, I'll have a home of my own And I (...) nice harmony Oh 'tis then that I'll name where (...) Far far Ireland won't tell her name