My young love said to me, my mother won't mind and my father won't slight you for your lack of kind, and the stepped away from me and this she did say: It will not be long, love, till our wedding day....
Oh long time I have been roaming In country and in town But never in my wandering met A maid of such renown. Oh until I met my true love On the slopes of Knocknashee Her long hair in the howling wind...
Now draw up close my love sit by my side as the night's coming in with fading light. Now draw up close, my love Where you belong I waited long enough to sing you this song And I will lay my heart into...
The water is wide, I cannot get over and neither have I wings to fly. Give me a boat that will carry two and both shall row, my love and I. Oh down in the meadows the other day A gath'ring flow'rs...
Turas go dTír na n-Óg Tá gaoth na tír ag séideadh 's tá na h-éanlaith ag dul chun suain, Tá'n dobharchú ag dul chun síneadh ar an mbán, Ó aghaidh ruadh an tsléibhe Tagann méileachán na n-uan, Agus...
Come all ye maids who live at a distance Many a mile from off your swain, Come and assist me this very moment For to pass away some time. Singing sweetly and completely Songs of pleasure and of love,...
When the air gets crisp again Feel it floating through your veins All you did holds no more truth then Isn't it fun to have to start all over again? All was working fine like that Couldn't we leave it...
And what if I gave a smile to you What if it made you happy What if i lifted up your heart Smling sweetly smiling And what if I found the missing link Lying there right before me What if it's all I'm...
On a day like this, what can I give, what can I bring to you? On a day like this, what can I say, what can I sing to you On a day where everything does meet - White shells shine beneath your feet the...
Leaving sweet lovely Derry for fair London town, There is no finer harbour all around can be found, Where the youngsters each evening go down to the shore, And the joy bells are ringing for the maid...