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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 177 |
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KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN
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ATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN ! the gray dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill; The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,— Kathleen Mavourneen ! what, slumbering still ? Oh, hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever?
Oh ! hast thou forgotten this day we must part ? It may be for years, and it may be forever !
Oh, why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart? Oh ! why art thou silent, Kathleen Mavourneen ?
Kathleen Mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers !
The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light; Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers ?
Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling,
To think that from Erin and thee I must part! It may be for years, and it may be forever 1
Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart ? Then why art thou silent, Kathleen Mavourneen ? |
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