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Posted By: mrsmac
13-Apr-06 - 06:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Homeward Once More / Homewards Once More
Subject: ADD: Homeward Once More
Bright shone the light from the heavens on high Not a cloud masked the light of the brilliant blue sky There stood on the beach of a far distant shore An exile from Erin that land we adore
He vacantly gazed far o'er the blue sea And he longed for that land that he wants to see free And as he's there standing the time's drawing nigh When the good ship will bring him back home for to die
Refrain: Homewards once more, homewards once more And the good ship is speeding to Erin's green shore An exile returning no longer to roam He will end his career in his own native home
For freedom he fought and for Ireland he bled And for this he was sentenced to hang until dead But the sentence was not carried out if you please And instead he was banished for years o'er the seas
For twenty one years in the prime of his life He was parted from kindred from home and from wife But now he is standing on a far distant shore Awaiting the steamer bound homewards once more
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But the scene has now changed as the ship ploughs the sea And the exile on board he breathes the air pure and free And as he does sight the dear land of his love He murmurs a prayer to his maker above
With deepest emotion his heart wildly thrills As once more he's beholding his dear native hills And as he descends from the ship to the shore Thank God he exclaims, I'm in Ireland once more
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I got this from Sarah Anne O'Neill, Geordie Hanna's sister. Not widely sung, but i give it an airing every once in a while.