X:212
T:Craigie Hills
T:Craigie Hill
R:song
D:Paddy Tunney: The Irish Edge
D:Dolores Keane
D:Dick Gaughan
D:Caladh Nua
D:Cara Dillon
Z:id:hn-song-212
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=60
K:D
(F/E/) | (D/B,/)(A,/B,/) DE | F>E FA | (B>A) B(E/F/) | (E/D/)B,2
(A/B/) | BF AB | (d>B) (c/B/)A | F(F/E/) (F/G/)A | B3
(A/B/) | d>e (d/B/)A | (B>d) d(B/A/) | F>E (D/E/)(F/E/) | (D/A,/)B,2
(A,/B,/) | D>E FA | (BA/B/) F(F/E/) | D(D/E/) D>D | D3 ||
W:It being in spring and the small birds they were singing,
W:Down by yon shady arbour I carelessly did stray,
W:Where the thrushes they were warbling, the violets were charming,
W:For to hear two lovers talking, a while I did delay.
W:
W:She said, "My dear, don't leave me for another season
W:Though fortune may be pleasing I'll go along with you
W:I'll forsake friends and relations and quit this Irish nation
W:And to the bonnie Bann banks forever I'll bid adieu."
W:
W:He said, "My dear, don't grieve me or yet annoy my patience
W:You know I love you dearly although I'm going away
W:I'm going to some foreign nation to purchase a plantation
W:To comfort us hereafter all in Americay."
W:
W:Then after a short while if fortune does be pleasing,
W:'Twill cause them for smile at our late going away,
W:We'll be happy as Queen Victoria, all in her greatest glory,
W:We'll be drinking wine and porter all in Amerikay.
W:
W:The landlords and their agents, the bailiffs and their beagles
W:The land of our forefathers we're forced for to give o'er
W:Now we're sailing on the ocean for honour and promotion
W:And parting with our sweethearts, 'tis them we do adore.
W:
W:If you were in your bed lying and thinking on dying
W:One sight of the bonny Bann banks, your sorrow you'd give o'er
W:And if your were one hour, down in yon shady bower
W:Pleasure would surround you, you'd think on death no more.
W:
W:So fare you well, sweet Craigie Hill, where oft times I have roved in
W:I never thought in my childhood days I'd part you any more
W:But we're sailing on the ocean for honour and promotion
W:And the bonny boats are sailing way down by Doorin shore.