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Thread #23255   Message #256881
Posted By: mg
12-Jul-00 - 10:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Mary of Argyle
Subject: RE: Bonny Mary of Argylle?
here you go of what i remember of mary of argyle...I sing it but never have heard anyone else do it..I got it out of a book years ago.. and I mix up a cuople of lines..

I have heard the mavis singing its love song to the morn
I have seen the dew drop clinging to a rose just newly born
But a sweeter song has cheered me at even's gentle close
I have viewed a scene much fairer than the dewdrop on the rose
------and thine artless winning smile
That made this world an Eden Bonny Mary of Argyle..

Though thy voice should lose its sweetness thine eye its brightness too
Though thy step could lose its fleetness and thine hair its sunny hue
To me thou still art dearer than all the world shall own
I have loved thee for thy beauty but not for that alone
I have watched thy heart dear Mary and thy goodness was the wile
That made thee mine forever bonny Mary of Argyle

Men of Harlech...should be somewhere...

Men of Harlech to the Battle...great tune..

Harp ...

The harp that once through Tara's halls the soul of music shed
Now hangs as mute on Tara's halls as if that soul were dead..

.....of bygone days...

...as when the soul indignant breaks to prove that still she lives...

...if you need the tune you can call me...just send me an email and I'll send you my #.

mg