The Bard Of Armagh Lyrics

The Cliffs of Dooneen: To Izabella and Tadeusz You may travel far from your own native home Far away o'er the mountains far away o'er the foam But of all the fine places that I've ...Read Full Lyrics

The harp that once : to oombayga and family The harp that once through tara's halls The soul of music shed Now hangs as mute on tara's walls As if that soul were fled So sleeps th...Read Full Lyrics

My brave lad sleeps in his faded coat of blue; In a lonely grave unknown lies the heart that beat so true He sank faint and hungry among the famish'd brave And they laid him sad an...Read Full Lyrics

How do you do young willie mcbride, Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside, And rest for a while 'neath the warm summer sun, I've been walking all day and I'm nearly done...Read Full Lyrics

There is a voice in the silence A voice ever calling A voice like the song of a far distant sea A music the soul Of the wild breakers roaring If floats like a dream O'er the waters...Read Full Lyrics

'Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone, All her lovely companions Are faded and gone; No flower of her kindred, No rosebud is nigh To reflect back her blushes Or give si...Read Full Lyrics

[Chorus:] O cruel is the snow That sweeps glencoe And covers the grave o donald And cruel was the foe That raped glencoe And murderd the house of Macdonald They came in a blizzard...Read Full Lyrics

Lonely I wander through scenes of my childhood They bring back to memory the happy days of yore Gone are the old folk, the house stands deserted No light in the window, no welcome ...Read Full Lyrics

The pale moon was rising above the green mountain, The sun was declining beneath the blue sea; When I strayed with my love to the pure crystal fountain, That stands in the beaut...Read Full Lyrics

[Chorus:] Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on a wing, Onward the sialor's cry. Carry the lad that's born to be king Over the sea to skye. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep...Read Full Lyrics