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| 1. |
| 4:20 | 
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| 2. |
| 3:56 | 
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There's naught but care on every hand
In every hour that passes oh What signifies the life of man If it were not for the lassies oh Chorus (after each verse): Green grow the rushes oh Green grow the rushes oh The sweetest hours that ever I spent Are spent among the lassies oh The worldly race may riches chase And riches still may fly them oh And though at last they catch them fast Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them oh Give me a cannie hour at e'en My arms around my dearie oh The wisest man the world e'er saw He dearly loved the lassies oh Old nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes oh Her apprentice hand she tried on man Then she made the lassies oh Green grow the rushes Green grow the rushes |
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| 3. |
| 2:49 |
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| 4. |
| 4:09 |
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With a wave of her hand and her sparkling eye
My island girl waved me goodbye For another country in another time For another life under another sky But don't just cut off your heart keep it open and sure Keep it free from hurt and keep an open door And let the spirit of love that united our soul Be a gentle dove and guide you to your goal And I'll go to that stream and I'll sing my own prayer That my island girl shall be safe everywhere Sing away while you can and before very long The coming tide brings the chosen one And there is a hope and there is a peace In that ancient land where my angel sleeps And when your river runs high Let it flow, let it flow It's your time with life to let your garden grow And when your burden gets rough Let it go, let it go Let your strength return on every breeze that blows Through that ancient land, through eternity O, my island girl, remember me For your life has its course and you never can say Who you'll meet and marry along your way But be sure from the start that the cities behind Love the lands living heart and breath eternal time And when your river runs dry and your halo is torn Drink the living stream in the calm of the dawn And may you travel in peace And may your children be blessed And your mind released and your soul caressed In that faraway land where my spirit flies To my island girl under those ancient skies And with a wave of her hand and her sparkling eye My island girl bid me goodbye For another dream in another time For another life under another sky |
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| 5. |
| 3:49 |
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| 6. |
| 3:05 |
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Fare you well, my own true love
Farewell for a while I am going away but I'll be back If I go ten thousand miles Ten thousand miles, my own true love Ten thousand miles or more And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn If I no more return Oh don't you see yon lonesome dove Sitting on yon ivy tree She is weeping for her own true love As I shall weep for mine Oh come back, my own true love And stay a while with me If I had a friend all on this earth You have been a friend to me |
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| 7. |
| 5:07 |
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| 8. |
| 3:28 |
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If you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the wind stands heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there For she once was a true love of mine If you go when the snowflakes storm When rivers freeze and summer ends Please see if she has a coat so warm To keep her from the howling winds Please see for me if her hair hangs long If it rolls and flows all down her breast Please see for me if her hair hangs long For that's the way I remember her best I wonder if she remembers me at all Day and night I've often prayed In the darkness of my night And in the brightness of my day |
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| 9. |
| 3:25 |
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As I roved out one evening fair
By the verdant braes of Screen I set my back to a hawthorn tree To view the sun in the west country And the dew on the forest green A lad I spied by Abhann's side And a maiden by his knee And he was as dark as the very brown wood And she all whey and wan to see All whey and wan was she "Oh sit you down on the grass," he said "On the dewy grass so green For the wee birds all have come and gone Since I my true love have seen," he said "Since I my true love have seen" "Then I'll not sit on the grass," she said "Nor be a love of thine For I hear you love a Connaught maid And your heart's no longer mine," she said "And your heart's no longer mine" "And I will climb a high, high tree And I'll rob a wild bird's nest And back I'll bring whatever I do find To the arms that I love best," she said "To the arms that I love best" |
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| 10. |
| 3:18 |
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| 11. |
| 3:36 |
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| 12. |
| 4:47 |
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| 13. |
| 3:45 |
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