Farewell to Erin
Music: Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869) · Words: Charlotte Alington Pye (1830–1869)
Ah! but
Yet where -
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The words
Ah! but
Yet where -
would seem Erin to me.
I’m sailin’ away o’er the green sea tomorrow,
I’m leavin’ the land o’ the shamrock behind;
From Father and Mother I’m partin’ in sorrow,
And och! I’ve a cravin’ to alter my mind.
But yet could I bear ye to sail off without me,
And didn’t I pro mise a true wife to be;
Ah! I tell them I’ll never forsake ye or
doubtye, Whereever thou art, would seem Erin
to me.
But Dermot, remember it’s all I am leavin’,
And sure you’ll be lovin’ and tender as now;
I know in my heart you would ne’er be deceivin’
The blessin’ o’ Heaven you call’d on the vow.
But, darlin’, my tears have been bitter and
many, It’s nigh upon breakin’,
my heart seems to be, Ah! but still I’ll be
thinkin’ I’m back in Kilkenny,
Whereever thou art would seem Erin to me.
Fare– well to the land o' my heart’s best
affections, May angels be watchin’ the cabin
I love, And bring to my dreams the belov’d
resolution, Tho’ far from the mountain and
valley I rove. Some day we’ll re,turn,
if kind Heaven be willin’, Then happy my
heart nigh to burstin’ will be, Yet wheree’er
we may roam, and tho’ strange be the dwellin’,
Whereever thou art would seem Erin to me.
About this song
- Music
- Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Charlotte Alington Pye (1830–1869) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1869, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:09
- Parts
- Voice (cutaway), Voice
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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