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   “I'll sing to night of a fairy land”

   

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   I'll sing to night of a fairy land
   In the lap of the ocean set
   And of the lands I have traviled
   It's the fairest I have met
   Where the willows weep -
   And the roses sleep
   And the balmy breezes blow
   In that good old land
   That sweet old land
   Where the beautiful Shamrocks grow.

   But oh! alas! how I can sing
   Tis an exile breeze the strain
   And the dear old land of my youthful love
   I may never see again
   And the very joy that filled my breast
   Must ever change to woe
   For that good old land
   That sweet old land
   Where the beautiful shamrocks grow.

   But I'll sing of the lonely old churchyard
   Where our fathers bones are laid
   Where the cloisters stand
   Those ruins grand

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Ward

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Na Cairn, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Informant

   Mrs Ward

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Chailleach, Co. Mhuineacháin