Slieve Gallen Braes

Melody -

1. As I went out one morning
All in the month of May
To view all your mountains
And valleys so gay,
I was thinking of the flowers
All a-going to decay
That bloom around you,
Bonny, bonny Slieve Gallen Braes.

2. Full oftimes I have wandered
With my dog and my gun,
To view all your mountains
And your valleys for fun,
But those days they now are gone,
And I am far away,
So farewell unto you
Bonny, bonny, Slieve Gallen Braes.
  3. My name is young MacGarvey,
As you will understand,
I have a small farm
And it's very good land,
But the rents are getting higher
And I can no longer stay
So farewell unto you
Bonny, bonny, Slive Gallen Braes.

4. It wasn't the lack
Of employment alone,
That caused the poor sons
Of old Erin to roam,
But it was the cruel landlords
Who drove us all away
So farewell unto you
Bonny, bonny, Slive Gallen Braes.


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