A different set from Dáibhí Ó Cróinín's The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin


The sun is gone down in the west, love

The sun is gone down in the west, love,
The evening falls with the dew.
No more shall the shamrock be green, dear,
Since I lost my remembrance of you.
Since I lost my remembrance of you, dear,
Since I lost my remembrance of you,
No more shall the shamrock be green, dear,
Since I lost my remembrance of you.

Last night you were in with another,
As you sat 'neath the old oaken tree.
I hope you won't leave her in sorrow
Alone, as you've gone and left me.
Alone, as you've gone and left me, dear,
Alone, as you've gone and left me;
I hope you won't leave her in sorrow,
Alone, as you've gone and left me.

I have but the one heart to give thee.
'Tis hard to divide it in two.
So, darling, you may have it all,
For I never loved any but you.
I never loved any but you, dear.
I never loved any but you.
So, darling, you may have it all,
For I never loved any but you.

Death in this world shall divide us;
It's then I shall bid thee adieu.
I have nothing to leave thee behind, dear,
But numberless blessings on you.
But numberless blessings on you, dear,
But numberless blessings on you.
I have nothing to leave thee behind, dear,
But numberless blessings on you.

And when I am laid in my coffin,
And my bones are all gone to decay,
I'll think on the promise you made me,
Alone on that bright summer's day.
Alone on that bright summer's day, dear,
Alone on that bright summer's day.
I'll think on the promise you made me,
Alone on that bright summer's day.

Recordings CBE 430b (1947) —JR-GP (2 Oct. 1952) — Diane Hamilton (1955). Text From the JR-GP recording. Their are a copy also in Bess's handwritten collection of songs, and another in a DOC notebook; the two texts are identical. Printed Sources JIFSS (Dec. 1921) 32, No. 17 (5 vv).    Notes This song is also known under the title Since I Lost My Remembrance of you.

Jim Carroll