Cara Dillon - Craigie Hill Lyrics
It being in the springtime and the small birds they were singingDown by yon shady arbour I carelessly did strayThe thrushes they were warbling, the violets they were charmingTo view fond lovers talking, a while I did delayShe said, my dear don't leave me all for another seasonThough fortune does be pleasing I'll go along with youI'll forsake friends and relations and bid this Irish nationAnd to the bonny Bann banks forever I'll bid adieuHe said, my dear don't grieve or yet annoy my patienceYou know I love you dearly a more I'm going awayI'm going to a foreign nation to purchase a plantationTo comfort us hereafter all in America yThen after a short while a fortune does be pleasing'Twill cause them for to smile at our late going awayWe'll be happy as Queen Victoria, all in her greatest gloryWe'll be drinking wine and porter, all in America yIf you were in your bed lying and thinking on dyingThe sight of the lovely Bann banks your sorrow you'd give o'erOr if were down one hour, down in yon shady bowerPleasure would surround you, you'd think on death no moreThen fare you well, sweet Craigie Hill, where often times I've rovedI never thought my childhood days I'd part you any moreNow we're sailing on the ocean for honour d promotionAnd the bonny boats are sailing, way down by Doorin shore
