| Author | Topic: Add: Flight of the Earls | |
| dmcg | Posted - 13 Mar 05 - 09:28 am | |
To other shores across the sea We speed with swelling sail; Yet still there lingers on our lee A phantom Innisfail. Oh fear not, fear not, gentle ghost, Your sons shall turn untrue; Though fain to fly your lovely coast, They leave their hearts with you. As slowly into distance dim YOur shadow sinks and dies, SO o'er the ocean's utmost rim Another realm shall rise. New hills shall swell, new vales expand, New rivers winding flow; But could we for a foster land Your mother love forego? | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 13 Mar 05 - 04:20 pm | |
The words are by Alfred Percival Graves, set to the tune The Boys of Wexford. A third verse is omitted here: Shall mighty Espan's martial praise Our patriot pulses still, And o'er your memory's fervent rays For ever cast a chill? Oh, no! we live for your relief, Till home from alien earth We share the smile that gilds your grief, The tear that gems your mirth. A P Graves, The Irish Song Book, 1894. | ||
| Heather (guest) |
Posted - 02 Feb 12 - 08:11 am | |
I remember singing this as a child, in Scotland around 1961-2,to a school broadcast - it had a lovely haunting melody, and the phrase 'fear not, fear not gentle ghost' has stayed with me all these years. Thank you! | ||