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St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet Music A Selection

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms Believe me, if all those endearing young charms Which I gaze on so fondly today Were to change by tomorrow and fleet in my arms Like fairy gifts fading away. Thou wouldst still be adored as this moment thou art Let thy loveliness fade as it will And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still. It is not while beauty and youth are thine own And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known To which time will but make thee more dear. No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close As the sunflower turns to her God when he sets The same look which she turned when she rose.

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Black Velvet Band Chorus: Her eyes they shone like the diamonds You'd think she was queen of the land And her hair hung over her shoulder Tied up with a black velvet band. In a neat little town they call Belfast Apprenticed to trade I was bound And many an hour's sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town. Till bad misfortune came o'er me That caused me to stray from the land Far away from my friends and relations To follow the black velvet band. Well, I was out strolling one evening Not meaning to go very far When I met with a pretty young damsel Who was selling her trade in the bar. When I watched, she took from a customer And slipped it right into my hand Then the Watch came and put me in prison Bad luck to the black velvet band. Next morning before judge and jury For a trial I had to appear And the judge, he said, "You young fellows... The case against you is quite clear And seven long years is your sentence You're going to Van Dieman's Land Far away from your friends and relations To follow the black velvet band." So come all you jolly young fellows I'd have you take warning by me Whenever you're out on the liquor, me lads, Beware of the pretty colleen. She'll fill you with whiskey and porter Until you're not able to stand And the very next thing that you'll know, me lads, You're landed in Van Dieman's Land.

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Bonnie Kellswater Here's a health to you, bonnie Kellswater For it's there you'll find the pleasures of life And it's there you'll find fishing and farming And a bonnie wee girl for your wife. On the hills and the glens and the valleys Grows the softest of women so fine And the flowers are all dripping with honey There lives Martha, a true love of mine. Bonnie Martha, you're the first girl I courted You're the one put my heart in a snare And if ever I should lose you to another I will leave my Kellswater so fair. For this one and that one may court her But no other can take her from me For I love her as I love my Kellswater Like the primrose is loved by the bee. Here's a health to you, bonnie Kellswater For it's there you'll find the pleasures of life And it's there you'll find fishing and farming And a bonnie wee girl for your wife.

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Bonnie Woodgreen Down by the green bushes of Bonnie Woodgreen Where me and my true love so oftimes have been As the days they rolled onward so happy were we Ah, but never she thought that a soldier I'd be. It was early one morning as the lambs they did play 'Twas off to Kells Barracks, I there made my way To enlist in the army and fight for my King And I bid my farewell to Bonnie Woodgreen. Our ship at Larne Harbour sat ready to sail And mothers were weeping and sisters looked pale There was singing and dancing all happy and gay Ah, but little they thought of the lads far away. It was 'way out in Flanders at the back of the line They were talking of sweethearts they all left behind When one Irish soldier says, "I have a queen, And she works in John Ross' of Bonnie Woodgreen." It was early one morning while facing the foe A shot from the enemy this young lad laid low He called for his comrades, it was a sad scene "Say good-bye to my Nellie and Bonnie Woodgreen." So if ever to Ulster you chance for to stray There's a neat little fact'ry near Ballynafeigh(?) Where there's weavers and winders all rosy and clean And they all wear white aprons in Bonnie Woodgreen.

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Bridgit O'Malley Oh Bridgit O’Malley, you left my heart shaken With a hopeless desolation, I’d have you to know It’s the wonders of admiration your quiet face has taken And your beauty will haunt me wherever I go. The white moon above the pale sands, the pale stars above the thorn tree Are cold beside my darling, but no purer than she I gaze upon the cold moon till the stars drown in the warm sea And the bright eyes of my darling are never on me. My Sunday it is weary, my Sunday it is grey now My heart is a cold thing, my heart is a stone All joy is dead within me, my life has gone away now For another has taken my love for his own. The day it is approaching when we were to be married And it’s rather I would die than live only to grieve Oh meet me, my Darling, e’er the sun sets o’er the barley And I’ll meet you there on the road to Drumslieve. Oh Bridgit O’Malley, you’ve left my heart shaken With a hopeless desolation, I’d have you to know It’s the wonders of admiration your quiet face has taken And your beauty will haunt me wherever I go.

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Carrigfergus I wish I was in Carrigfergus Only for nights in Ballygrant I would swim over the deepest ocean The deepest ocean for my love to find But the sea is wide and I cannot cross over And neither have I the wings to fly I wish I could meet a handsome boatsman To ferry me over, to my love and die. My childhood days bring back sad reflections Of happy times I spent so long ago My boyhood friends and my own relations Have all passed on now like melting snow. But I'll spend my days in endless roaming Soft is the grass, my bed is free. Ah, to be back now in Carrigfergus On that long road down to the sea. But in Kilkenny, it is reported On marble stones there as black as ink With gold and silver I would support her But I'll sing no more 'till I get a drink. For I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober A handsome rover from town to town Ah, but I'm sick now, my days are numbered Come all you young men and lay me down.

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The Cliffs of Doneen You may travel far far from your own native land Far away o'er the mountains, far away o'er the foam But of all the fine places that I've ever been Sure there's none can compare with the cliffs of Doneen. Take a view o'er the mountains, fine sights you'll see there You'll see the high rocky mountains o'er the west coast of Clare Oh the town of Kilkee and Kilrush can be seen From the high rocky slopes round the cliffs of Doneen. It's a nice place to be on a fine summer's day Watching all the wild flowers that ne'er do decay Oh the hares and lofty pheasants are plain to be seen Making homes for their young round the cliffs of Doneen. Fare thee well to Doneen, fare thee well for a while And to all the kind people I'm leaving behind To the streams and the meadows where late I have been And the high rocky slopes round the cliffs of Doneen.

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Cockles and Mussels In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheel-barrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! Alive, alive-O! alive, alive-O! Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! She was a fish-monger, but sure 'twas no wonder For so were her father and mother before And they each wheeled their barrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! Alive, alive-O! alive, alive-O! Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! She died of a fever, and no one could save her And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone But her ghost wheels her barrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! Alive, alive-O! alive, alive-O! Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O!

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Danny Boy Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. But come ye back when summer's in the meadow Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow 'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so. And if you come, when all the flowers are dying And I am dead, as dead I well may be You'll come and find the place where I am lying And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me. And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me. I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

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The Dawning Of The Day One morning early I walked forth By the margin of Lough Leane The sunshine dressed the trees in green And summer bloomed again I left the town and wandered on Through fields all green and gay And whom should I meet but a colleen sweet At the dawning of the day. No cap or cloak this maiden wore Her neck and feet were bare Down to the grass in ringlets fell Her glossy golden hair A milking pail was in her hand She was lovely, young and gay She wore the palm from Venus bright By the dawning of the day. On a mossy bank I sat me down With the maiden by my side With gentle words I courted her And asked her to be my bride She said, "Young man don't bring me blame" And swiftly turned away And the morning light was shining bright At the dawning of the day.

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Down by the Glenside 'Twas down by the glenside, I met an old woman She was picking young nettles and she scarce saw me coming I listened a while to the song she was humming Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. 'Tis fifty long years since I saw the moon beaming On strong manly forms and their eyes with hope gleaming I see them again, sure, in all my daydreaming Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. Some died on the glenside, some died near a stranger And wise men have told us that their cause was a failure They fought for old Ireland and they never feared danger Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. I passed on my way, God be praised that I met her Be life long or short, sure I'll never forget her We may have brave men, but we'll never have better Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men.

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Down By The Salley Gardens Down by the salley gardens My love and I did meet She passed the salley gardens With little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy As the leaves grow on the tree But I, being young and foolish With her did not agree. In a field by the river My love and I did stand And on my leaning shoulder She laid her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy As the grass grows on the weirs But I was young and foolish And now am full of tears.

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Eileen Aroon When, like the dawning day Eileen Aroon Love sends his early ray Eileen Aroon. What makes his dawning glow Changeless through joy and woe Only the constant know Eileen Aroon. Were she no longer true Eileen Aroon What would her lover do Eileen Aroon. Fly with a broken chain Far o'er the bounding main Never to love again Eileen Aroon. Youth must in time decay Eileen Aroon Beauty must fade away Eileen Aroon. Castles are sacked in war Chieftains are scattered far Truth is a fixed star Eileen Aroon.

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The Foggy Dew Oh, a wan cloud was drawn o'er the dim weeping dawn As to Shannon's side I return'd at last And the heart in my breast for the girl I lov'd best Was beating, ah, beating, loud and fast! While the doubts and the fears of the long aching years Seem'd mingling their voices with the moaning flood Till full in my path, like a wild water wrath My true love's shadow lamenting stood. But the sudden sun kiss'd the cold, cruel mist Into dancing show'rs of diamond dew And the dark flowing stream laugh'd back to his beam And the lark soared aloft in the blue While no phantom of night but a form of delight Ran with arms outspread to her darling boy And the girl I love best on my wild throbbing breast Hid her thousand treasures with cry of joy. And the girl I love best on my wild throbbing breast Hid her thousand treasures with cry of joy.

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com

St Patrick’s Day Songs & Sheet music : A Selection www.staidenshomeschool.com