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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 287 |
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SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON (1810-1866)
CEAN DUBH DEELISH1
P
UT your head, darling, darling, darling, Your darling black head my heart above; O mouth of honey with the thyme for fragrance, Who with heart in breast could deny you love?
O many and many a young girl for me is pining, Letting her locks of gold to the cold winds free,
For me, the foremost of the gay young fellows, But I'd leave a hundred, pure love, for thee.
Then put your head, darling, darling, darling, Your darling black head my heart above;
O mouth of honey with the thyme for fragrance, Who with heart in breast could deny you love?
DRIMMIN DHU
Translated from Irish.
Drimmin Dhu Dheelish, the dear black cow, was another pseudonym for Ireland, and there is a very sweet and plaintive air of that name.
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H, Drimmin dhu dheelish, a pride of the flow,' Ah where are your folks ?—are they living or no ? They're down in the ground, 'neath the sod lying low, Expecting King James with the crown on his brow.
' Cean dubh deelish, dear black head. 2 The grassy part of a bog. |
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