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Thread #162567 Message #3910714
Posted By: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP)
12-Mar-18 - 03:41 PM
Thread Name: Transcription help needed: Island Requiem
Subject: RE: Transcription help needed: Island Requiem
Here's a quick transcription. I'm on my way out of the house in minutes, so I haven't time to check it now, so I might have made some mistakes. (I was typing directly into this post; normally I'd write in a file and check it before posting). I'll check it later if noone does it in the meantime.
Mick
ISLAND REQUIEM
When I'm old and weary and longing to die
Carry me back to the isle o' Skye.
Lay me to sleep where the tall Coolins keep
Their watch o'er Isle O' Skye.
Far away in this isle o' the West
Only there will my spirit find rest
Long did I live there and gladly I'll die
Far in the Isle O' Skye
Carry me slowly where lone seagulls fly
Home to the sheilin' and there let me lie
Lay me to sleep where the mist softly creep
Over the isle O skye
And where I'll go to the Isles Of the Blessed
Leaving the isle that I always love best
Peace will be with me, forever i'll rest
Far in the Isle O' Skye