[ti:erin the green]
[ar:cara dillon]
[al:227082]
[by:]
[offset:0]
[00:01.34]Oh draw near each young lover
[00:06.03]Give ear to my story that bears my sad mournful tale
[00:14.02]
[00:16.37]Come and join me in chorus and lend me your pity
[00:24.87]Whilst I my misfortune bewail
[00:31.58]The grief of my poor heart no tongue can disclose
[00:38.57]My cheeks are now pale they once bloomed like the rose
[00:47.45]And it's all for a young man whom I do suppose
[00:54.45]Is now far from sweet Erin the Green
[01:02.05]Now when we were children
[01:06.23]We walked out together along the green meadows so neat
[01:16.00]And although we were childish we loved one another
[01:22.94]
[01:23.79]Whilst gathering the wild berries sweet
[01:30.48]It was to sweet Garvagh where we went to school
[01:37.61]He was first in his class and correct in each rule
[01:46.36]And I cheerfully walked home by Kilnacoole
[01:54.42]With the flower of sweet Erin the Green
[02:00.70]
[02:35.53]Oh his head on my breast
[02:40.13]And he used to reposed each evening under the shade
[02:50.17]A song in my praises my darling composed
[02:57.84]And he styled me the cool Derry maid
[03:04.57]At the time I denied him I'd die for his sake
[03:11.93]It was little I thought my denial he'd take
[03:20.84]Oh but my own misfortune I made a mistake
[03:28.28]
[03:28.91]When he left me on Erin the Green