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Thread #77129   Message #2955227
Posted By: Taconicus
30-Jul-10 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Castle of Dromore
Subject: Lyr Add: THE CASTLE OF DROMORE
The above may indeed be the lyrics as written on page 51 of the later Songs Sung and Unsung, but below are the lyrics as printed in the earlier, 1893 Fourth Edition of Songs of the Four Nations.  The most notable difference is ill-will rather than ill-winds.  apparently, Boulton himself changed the lyric for his later publication of Songs Sung and Unsung.

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THE CASTLE OF DROMORE
                    (IRISH LULLABY)

October  winds  lament  around  the  Castle  of  Dromore,
But  peace  is  in  her  lofty  halls,  *mo  páiste  veg  asthore;
Though  autumn  leaves  may  droop  and  die,  a  bud  of  spring  are  you—
Sing  hushabye  lullaloo  lo  lan,  sing  hushaby  lullaloo.

Bring  no  ill–will  to  hinder  us—my  helpless  babe  and  me,
Dread  spirits  of  the  Blackwater,  Clan  Eoghan's  wild  banshee;
For  Holy  Mary,  pitying  us,  in  heaven  for  grace  doth  sue—
Sing  hushabye  lullaloo  lo  lan,  sing  hushaby  lullaloo.

Take  time  to  thrive,  my  rose  of  hope,  in  the  garden  of  Dromore;
Take  heed  young  eaglet  till  your  wings  have  feathers  fit  to  soar.
A  little  rest,  and  then  the  world  is  full  of  work  to  do—
Sing  hushabye  lullaloo  lo  lan,  sing  hushaby  lullaloo.

                                                                   HAROLD  BOULTON.

                     *Literally,  "My  infant  child,  my  treasure."


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