Margaret B

I learned this in Killurin by the Slaney

We sang it on Tops in the 70's and we heard it in the pubs when aunties came home from England I changed some to the words we sang and I forget a lot of 2nd verse


SLANEY VALLEY

Storeen Bawn, when first we met,
I can see the roses yet,
And the light that lit your happy eyes of blue,
I can hear your sweet voice say,
Welcome as the flowers in May,
As it did when first I whispered back to you.

CHORUS: Will you come with me asthore,
when the summer days are o'er,
And the rooks are winging homeward in the sky.
When the mountains fade away,
on a field of gold and gray,
We'll go home to SLANEY VALLEY, you and I.

Storeen Bawn when you said yes,
brimful was my happiness
And the summer sped as if on flying feet,
Never shone the moon so bright,
On a starry, starry night,
Never sang the thrushes so divinely sweet. CHORUS

Storeen Bawn, for years you've been,
In my heart, it's earthly Queen,
Ever tender, ever loving, ever true,
But your smile from Earth has gone,
Gladdening all it glowed upon,
As it did when first I whispered back to you. CHORUS