Lyr Req/Add: My Own Donegal

Subject: My Own Donegal
From: Teru
Date: 17 Jun 97 - 07:49 PM

This is a very famous song, but I cannot find the lyrics in DT. This may not be a folksong.

Does anyone know the lyrics?

Thanks.

Teru

Subject: RE: My Own Donegal
From: Martin Ryan
Date: 18 Jun 97 - 04:11 AM

More clues please - doesn't seem all that famous under that name!

Regards

Subject: Lyr Add: MY OWN DONEGAL
From: Bobby O'Brien
Date: 18 Jun 97 - 08:41 AM

It is indeed a famous song for all performers in Ireland, especially those from the wild and rustic county, such as myself :)

Where the blue Atlantic Ocean meets the shores of Donegal,
In that little northwest corner of our land,
See the Blue Stack Mountain range, majestic Errigal
You’ll know that you're in heaven when you stand…

Where the heather is in bloom on the hillside,
And the stream's rippling water running clear.
There’s a welcome to be found for a stranger
With a smile, and a cup of good cheer.

Land of O'Neill and O'Donnell, famed in story and song,
From old Malinhead to Ballyshannon, to the north where the Foyle flows along,
Your people are kind and so gentle, your valleys and mountains so tall,
So deep in my heart, I will always be a part of you, my own Donegal.

I long to hear again the voices I love,
Greet me in their own native tongue,
To sit by the fire, and sing the old songs,
And live the happy days when we were young.

Land of O'Neill and O'Donnell, famed in story and song,
From old Malinhead to Ballyshannon, to the north where the Foyle flows along,
Your people are kind and so gentle, your valleys and mountains so tall,
They’re deep in my heart, though I must be apart from you, my own Donegal.
Yes, deep in my heart, I will always be a part of you, my own Donegal.

Recorded by John Kerr in 1990. I'd be happy to stick the song on a tape for you if you e-mail me your address. My email is: [e-mail]

HTML line breaks added, in place of double spacing. --JoeClone, 7-Mar-02.

Subject: RE: My Own Donegal
From: Martin Ryan
Date: 18 Jun 97 - 11:00 AM

Bobby

I stand corected!

Regards

Subject: RE: My Own Donegal
From: Teru
Date: 19 Jun 97 - 05:18 AM

Thank you very much, Bobby

With regards

Teru

Subject: RE: My Own Donegal
From: Big Tim
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:27 AM

Any information on John Kerr?