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I SPAN BESIDE OUR CABIN DOOR.
I span beside our cabin door,
I watched him slowly cross the moor,
I smiled as I will smile no more,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
I watched him slowly cross the moor,
I smiled as I will smile no more,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
How many an evening as I sat,
With father he would come to chat,
He came for this, he came for that,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
With father he would come to chat,
He came for this, he came for that,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
I watched him o'er the moor so wide,
He took the path that turned aside
I went within the house and cried,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
He took the path that turned aside
I went within the house and cried,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
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I saw him pass our cabin door;
The world is wide, he came no more;
I wept as I will weep no more,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
The world is wide, he came no more;
I wept as I will weep no more,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
I drew my wheel beside the fire,
I span as if I span for hire,
My father talked, and did not tire,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
I span as if I span for hire,
My father talked, and did not tire,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
My heart is weary and my head,
And all is done, and all is said,
And yet it is not time for bed,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
And all is done, and all is said,
And yet it is not time for bed,
Eskadil, mavourneen slawn!
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