School: Kilflynn, Lic Snámha (roll number 15033)

On this page

1. Lisereen

   

   Share Share Post

   I
   Sweet Lisereen cherished home of my childhood,
   Where youths happy days passed away so serene,
   In the land of the stranger by lagoon and wildwood,
   I sigh for my old home in Sweet Lisereen.
   II
   Many years have gone by dear home since I left you,
   And many strange places since then I have seen,
   But absence and distance can never bereft me
   Of the fond love I owed thee, my Sweet Lisereen.
   III
   How oft do I turn with an exiles devotions,
   To that green shady spot, where so blessed I had been,
   My eyes filled with tears, and my heart with emotions,
   When I think of my old friends, in Sweet Lisereen.
   IV
   How oft do I dream of my homewards return,
   But soon wake to find the wild seas intervene,
   My heart's cheat avision is changed into mourning, for!
   Alas I may ne'er see my Sweet Lisereen.
   V
   And yet I oft say that once more, I will see thee,
   That again I will sit near the sycamore tree,
   And nothing but death shall compel me to leave thee,
   Sweet home of my childhood, Sweet Lisereen.

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patsy Mc Elligot

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lissireen, Co. Kerry