Irish Minstrelsy; Being a Selection of Irish Songs, Lyrics, and Ballads (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ... Upon a stranger shore. O when the bays are all my own, I know a heart will care O when the gold is wooed and won, I know a brow shall wear, Ailleen, I know a brow shall wear And when with both returned again, My native land to see, I know a smile will meet me there, And a hand will welcome me, Ailleen, And a hand will welcome me John Banim. GILLE MACHREE. Gille Macltree, sit down by me, We now are joined and ne'er will sever; This hearth's our own, our hearts are one, And peace is ours for ever When I was poor, your father's door Was closed against your constant lover; With care and pain I tried in vain My fortunes to recover. I said: "To other lands I'll roam, Where Fate may smile on me, love;" I said: "Farewell, my own old home " And I said: "Farewell to thee, love " Sing Gille Machree, etc. 1 might have said, my mountain maid, Come live with me, your own true lover; I know a spot, a silent cot, Your friends can ne'er discover; Where gently flows the waveless tide By one small garden only; Where the heron waves.his wing so wide, And the linnet sings so lonely Sing Gille Machree, etc. I might have said, my mountain maid, A father's right was never given True hearts to curse with tyrant force. That have been blest in heaven. But then, I said: " In after-years, When thoughts of home shall find her, My love may mourn, with secret tears, Her friends thus left behind her." Sing Gille Machree, etc. O no, I said, my own dear maid, For me, though all forlorn for ever, That heart of thine shall ne'er repine O'er slighted duty--never. From home and thee though wandering far, A dreary fate be mine, love; I'd rather live in endless war, Than buy my peace with thine, love. Sing Gille Machree, etc. Far, far away, by night an...