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Thread #110852   Message #2330606
Posted By: GUEST
01-May-08 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Buachaillin Dhoun (The Brown Boy)
Subject: Lyr Add: BOUCHALEEN DHOUN (The Brown Boy)
Is this what you want Masu? If so, you can find the whole book at the address below, just type in 'Songs of the Gael' it's the one by Patrick Walsh. http://www.archive.org/details/texts


BOUCHALEEN DHOUN.

1. My true love he dwells on the mountains,
Like a war-eagle fearless and free,
By the side of the low-tuning fountains
That wander through wide Annalee.
His soul has more valor and honor
Than a king with a palace and crown;
For the blood of the race of O'Connor
Fills the veins of my Bouchaleen Dhoun.

2. Soft cead mille failte I give him
When he comes ev’ry Sunday to me,
And what can I do but believe him
When he whispers acushla machree?
For the look is so truthful and tender
Of his bright roving eyes of dark brown,
That I'm sure e'en a lady in splendor
Would be coaxed by my Bouchaleen Dhoun.

3. My father has riches in plenty,
And suitors for me in his eye;
But, oh! let my age come to twenty—
If I don't give them all the good-by.
For I sigh for a life on the mountains
Far away from the dust of the town,
With the song of the soft-tuning fountains
And the love of my Bouchaleen Dhoun.



J. K. CASEY ("Leo").