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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 145 |
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To sit and dream alone.
Still I see them on the pier,
All the kindly faces near,
Hear the wild and merry tune,
And the clang of the wooden shoon,
When the boats came in with the sailors all aglow,
And the moon shone down on the rippling tide below. |
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THE FIRST VOYAGE
" iy IWY little one's going to sea, I Y I It's lonely my heart will be; O pitiless wind, For once be kind, And bring him again to me." " But mother, it's not for long, And see, I am brave and strong; The stars of the night Are clear and bright, And hark, the old Breton song ! " M The sea is great and our boat is small, But heaven is greater than sea and all, Ave Maria ! Ave Maria ! "
The little one lightly sprang On board as the sailors sang, And leaving the pier, His parting cheer, Half gayly, half sadly rang. He looked at his mother there, Her hands ever clasped in prayer, While steady and strong The old Breton song, |
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