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08 Jun 10 - 10:08 AM (#2923073) Subject: Lyr Add: flower of sweet strabane From: chapou91 Hi, I've a version of Flower of sweet Strabane and I would like to know if an artist has recorded it that way (I know there's a lot of recording have been made): If I were King of Ireland and had all things at my will I'd roam for recreation and for comfort still The comfort I would seek the most, so that you may understand Is to win the heart of Martha, the Flower of Sweet Strabane Her cheeks they're like the blooming rose, her hair a lovely brown And o'er her lily white shoulders it carelessly hangs down She is one of the finest creature of the whole Milesian clan And my heart is captivated by the flower of Sweet Strabane I wish I had my darling down in Inishowen Or in some lonely valley in the wild woods of Tyrone I do my whole endeavour, I work on my newest plan For to win my prize and feast my eyes on The flower of sweet strabane But since I cannot win her love, no joy there is for me And I'll go and seek forgetfulness in lands behind the sea My ship is bounded for Liverpool down by the Isle of Man So, Farewell my lovely Martha, the flower of sweet Strabane |