One night as I lay slumbering in my silent bed alone Some reckless thoughts came to my mind which caused me for to roam To leave my native country and
Every time you touch my face Every time you touch my face I feel your soul's amazing grace Every time Every time you touch my face I'll try to love you
Oh draw near each young lover Give ear to my story that bears my sad mournful tale Come and join me in chorus and lend me your pity Whilst I my misfortune
Everywhere you go, everywhere you see There's nothing much to say now and days go by between And if I had a sign, I wouldn't feel the need 'Cause if I
Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew Sorry was I love when parting from you But at our next meeting, I hope you'll prove true And we'll join the
Days, turning from red to green It's hard to believe that spring Is here so soon and I've been gone so long Keep, sending your letters on Memories of
I'm falling like a star and I'm holding on For dear life, I'm about to reach the ground I'm coming home to Earth, I've reached my town And they said
I wish I was in heaven high For night and day I just wait and cry And from my arms he flew one night To where I cannot find I wish I had the wings to
Kind friends and companions, together combine And raise up your voices in chorus with mine Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain For we may
The leaves fall from the trees like gold And I tell you that I love you so The river sings, it's time to go What lies ahead we'll never know And summer
As I was a'walking one evening of late Where fragrant fine flowers the field decorate I carelessly rambled where I did not know By the fair crystal fountain
Oh father, dear father, you've done to me much wrong, You've gone and got me married to a boy who is too young. For he is only 16 years and I
As the lonesome scenes of winter in stormy winds to blow, Clouds around the center inclined to frost and snow, You're the boy that I have chosen to be
I am a youth that's inclined to ramble To some foreign country, I mean to steer I am loath to part from my friends and comrades And my dear sweetheart
You're the one who's nearly breaking my heart, Had your chance, you just threw it all away. Living in a world that you could never be a part of, And there
Dear thoughts are my mind and my soul it soars enchanted, As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day, For a tender beaming smile to my
When you feel so tired trying When you ask and no-one knows When your heart is tired fighting When you feel like letting go Take this love I've freely
Leaving sweet lovely Derry for fair London town, There is no finer harbour all around can be found, Where the children each evening go down to the shore