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21 Dec 01 - 05:55 PM (#614406) Subject: Irish song, title unknown From: radriano I found this song on a privately made cassette tape of a singing session in Fahan dated May 1992. There is a lot of background noise which made words hard to make out and I could not even make out the singer's name but here is what I was able to transcribe: He vacantly gazed [far o'er] the blue sea And he longs for that land that he want's to see free And as he is thinking the time's drawing neigh When the good ship will bring him…..to die Homewards once more, homewards once more And the good ship has brought me to Erin's green shore The exile returning, no longer to roam He will end his career in his native home ….. And for this he was sentenced……to death And the sentence was…. carried out, if you please But instead he was banished….o'er the seas …….since the crime of his life He was parted from kindred, from home and from wife And now as he stands on the far distant shore Awaiting the steamer….once more But scene has now changed and the ship on the sea And the exile on board greets the air pure and free |
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21 Dec 01 - 07:51 PM (#614455) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Irish song, title unknown From: GUEST,John Moulden This is called "Homeward once more". It was one of the songs sung by the late Geordie Hanna and was recorded on his LP in the Eagrán series. It is currently sung by Michael McGonigle of near Clonmany in Innshowen, Donegal but unrecorded by him. |
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24 Dec 01 - 11:47 AM (#615825) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Irish song, title unknown From: radriano Thank you, John! |
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13 Apr 06 - 06:26 AM (#1717113) Subject: ADD: Homeward Once More From: mrsmac Bright shone the light from the heavens on high Not a cloud masked the light of the brilliant blue sky There stood on the beach of a far distant shore An exile from Erin that land we adore He vacantly gazed far o'er the blue sea And he longed for that land that he wants to see free And as he's there standing the time's drawing nigh When the good ship will bring him back home for to die Refrain: Homewards once more, homewards once more And the good ship is speeding to Erin's green shore An exile returning no longer to roam He will end his career in his own native home For freedom he fought and for Ireland he bled And for this he was sentenced to hang until dead But the sentence was not carried out if you please And instead he was banished for years o'er the seas For twenty one years in the prime of his life He was parted from kindred from home and from wife But now he is standing on a far distant shore Awaiting the steamer bound homewards once more Refrain But the scene has now changed as the ship ploughs the sea And the exile on board he breathes the air pure and free And as he does sight the dear land of his love He murmurs a prayer to his maker above With deepest emotion his heart wildly thrills As once more he's beholding his dear native hills And as he descends from the ship to the shore Thank God he exclaims, I'm in Ireland once more Refrain I got this from Sarah Anne O'Neill, Geordie Hanna's sister. Not widely sung, but i give it an airing every once in a while. |
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13 Apr 06 - 08:03 AM (#1717141) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Homeward Once More From: Charley Noble Another thread tidied up! Cheerily, Charley Noble |