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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 205 |
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NANNY
O
FOR an hour when the day is breaking Down by the shore when the tide is making ! Fair as a white cloud thou, love, near me, None but the waves and thyself to hear me ! O to my breast how these arms would press thee ! Wildly my heart in its joy would bless thee ! O how the soul thou hast won would woo thee, Girl of the snow neck ! closer to me !
O for an hour as the day advances,
Out where the breeze on the broom-brush dances,
Watching the lark, with the sun ray o'er us,
Winging the notes of his heaven-taught chorus !
O to be there and my love before me,
Soft as a moonbeam smiling o'er me !
Thou wouldst but love, and I would woo thee,
Girl of the dark eye! closer to me.
O for an hour where the sun first found us, Out in the eve with its red sheets round us, Brushing the dew from the gale's soft winglets, Pearly and sweet, with thy long, dark ringlets ! O to be there on the sward beside thee, Telling my tale though I know you'd chide me ! Sweet were thy voice though it should undo me, Girl of the dark locks ! closer to me.
O for an hour by night or by day, love, Just as the heavens and thou might say, love ! Far from the stare of the cold-eyed many, Bound in the breath of my dove-souled Nanny ! |
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