Early in the morning, as I awake drowsily

On a May morning while I am in Ose

The cattle were lowing alongside each other

And the sun was rising on Leac on Stoir

A ray of sun shone on the mountainside

Speedly putting the dark of night under cover

And above me sang the lively cuckoo

Reminding me of when I was young


Reminding me of the many things I have done

That leave me unhappy until I've reached the end of my story

Going to ceilidhs and weddings in the winter

With no light but a lit sod of peat

The lovely young people would be singing and dancing

But that time has now gone and the glen is sad

Andrew's ruin, so full of nettles

Reminding me of when I was young


As I strolled round each glen and stack

Where I was happy tending the cattle

With the lively youngsters of the stack of country people

Without vanity or guile and who are now in exile

The mossy banks and pastures are under heather and rushes

Where I often gathered the sheaves of corn

And if I could see people dwelling there

I would become joyous as when I was young

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