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See the moon is once more rising
Above our land of black and green
Hear the rebel's voice a-calling
I shall not die though you bury me
Hear the aunt in bed a-dying
Where is my Johnny
Faded pictures in the hallway
Which one of these brown ghosts is he
Fare thee well, my black haired diamond
Fare thee well my own Aisling
Thoughts and dreams of you will haunt me
'Till I come back home again
The wind it blows to the north and south
It blows to the east and west
I'll be just like that wind my love
For I will have no rest
'Till I return to thee
Bless the wind that shakes the barley
Curse the spade and curse the plough
Waking in the morning early
I wish to Hell I was with you now
One, two, three, four telephone poles
Give me a cup of sweet poitin
Madness from the mountains crawling
When I first met you, my own Aisling
Fare thee well, my black haired diamond
Fare thee well my own Aisling
Thoughts and dreams of you will haunt me
'Till I come back home again
Above our land of black and green
Hear the rebel's voice a-calling
I shall not die though you bury me
Hear the aunt in bed a-dying
Where is my Johnny
Faded pictures in the hallway
Which one of these brown ghosts is he
Fare thee well my own Aisling
Thoughts and dreams of you will haunt me
'Till I come back home again
It blows to the east and west
I'll be just like that wind my love
For I will have no rest
'Till I return to thee
Curse the spade and curse the plough
Waking in the morning early
I wish to Hell I was with you now
One, two, three, four telephone poles
Give me a cup of sweet poitin
Madness from the mountains crawling
When I first met you, my own Aisling
Fare thee well my own Aisling
Thoughts and dreams of you will haunt me
'Till I come back home again
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Submitted by
nelliewhiskey On Jun 28, 2008
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Beautiful song that proves Shane to be an outstanding poet. Aisling is a womans adopted from Gaelic as part of the Irish revival, and its actual meaning is "Dream". So, it does not have to be a woman that he left behind - might as well be a vision. The telephone poles mentioned could be as to measure distance or to imply that the narrator has left his home for work; hence, reality forces the narrator away and to leave his dreams (dreamt in the confidence of youth) behind. Those were my two pennies.