 | Songs and Poems by George Sigerson |  |
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FAREWELL TO SLIGO
I'll drink no more on the roads to Sligo
I will raise my sail from the shelving shore,—
Yet here's one toast to my love ere I go
From the dear old island, I'll see no more.
I will raise my sail from the shelving shore,—
Yet here's one toast to my love ere I go
From the dear old island, I'll see no more.
Farewell my life 'mid the pleasant flowers
That oped so fair in its morning light,
Farewell my youth 'mid the leafy bowers
That summer showers made ever bright.
That oped so fair in its morning light,
Farewell my youth 'mid the leafy bowers
That summer showers made ever bright.
Green leaves in Spring will deck vale and mountain,
The sun with gold crown yon summit hoar,
And flowers will bloom by the foamy fountain—
But joy to me comes again no more.
The sun with gold crown yon summit hoar,
And flowers will bloom by the foamy fountain—
But joy to me comes again no more.
Farewell my country, with sorrow laden,
Farewell my home high on Knock-na-ree,
And you, farewell, O young fair false maiden!
Who were home and country and life to me.
Farewell my home high on Knock-na-ree,
And you, farewell, O young fair false maiden!
Who were home and country and life to me.
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