From The Book of Popular Songs, edited by J.E. Carpenter (London: G. Routledge & Co., 1858), page 97:


KATHLEEN, MAVOURNEEN.
Words, Mrs. Crawford. Music, F. W. N. Crouch.

1. Kathleen, mavourneen, the grey dawn is breaking,
The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill;
The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,
Kathleen, mavourneen, what, slumbering still!
Oh! hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever!
Oh! hast thou forgotten this day we must part!
It may be for years, and it may be for ever,
Oh! why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart!

2. Kathleen, mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers,
The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light;
Ah! where is the spell that once hung on thy numbers,
Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night.
Mavourneen, mavourneen, my tears are fast falling,
To think that from Erin and thee I must part!
It may be for years, and it may be for ever,
Then why art thou silent, thou joy of my heart!