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Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Nov-12 - 11:40 AM
Thread Name: Origin: The Verdant Braes of Skreen
Subject: Lyr Add: THE VERDANT BRAES OF SKREEN (from Hughes)
Sheet music for voice and piano accompaniment can be found in Irish Country Songs, Vol. 1, edited, arranged, and for the most part collected by Herbert Hughes (London: Boosey & Co., 1909), page 1:

[Only 3 verses are given.]


THE VERDANT BRAES OF SKREEN
[Words?] From an old Ballad. [Music?] County Derry.

"Oh , I'll not sit on the grass," she said,
"Nor be a love of thine,
For I hear you love a Connacht maid,
And your heart is no longer mine," she said,
"And your heart is no longer mine."

"Oh, I'll not heed what an old man says
Whose days are well nigh done,
And I'll not heed what a young man says,
For he's fair for many a one," she says,
"For he's fair for many a one."

"Oh I will climb a high, high tree
And rob a wild bird's nest,
And back I'll bring whatever I do find
To the arms that I love best," she said,
"To the arms that I love best."