Molly Malone
(From The Irish Series)
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(1.)
Will you still be watching for me
when the ships return next year?
When you've had a time without me;
to yourself, and all alone?
I could not promise, nor take your pledging,
when I could not give an answer.
So, don't you stay here my sweet Molly,
I'll not be coming home.
~*~
(2.)
It was fortune's fickle doing,
that led me from your loving arms.
No blame is placed, so hush your crying.
You ever were my cup of cheer.
Young men will wander, far from their homeland,
all thoughts forsaking, to see the world.
Yet when they go out, they soon discover,
the thing they sought for, was always here.
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(3.)
Please tell your father, I've gone a-rovin,
and your mother, she'll understand.
They'll take you back girl, they love you dearly,
as did another, that you have known.
And find a new love, have lots of children~
don't waste your life on such as I.
You'll not remember,and I'll not blame you,
or ere forget you, sweet Molly Malone.
~*~
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An old poem/song I wrote in the 1990S.
I called myself, 'lughhgul' ,then.
I repost it from time to time because;
I love the old Irish,and Scots songs.
This is the best,I think,I've done.
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By lugh
© 2009 lugh
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