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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (live) Lyrics
I sat within the valley green
I sat with my true love
My sad heart strove the two between
the old love and the new love
The old for her
the new that made me think of Ireland dearly
while soft, the wind blew down the glen
and shook the golden barley
'Twas hard the woeful words to frame
to break the ties that bound us
And harder still to bear
the shame of foreign chains around us
And so I said
"The mountain glen I'll meet at morning early
and I'll join the bold united men"
while soft winds shook the barley
'Twas sad, I kissed away her tears
my fond arm round her flinging
When a foe, mans shot burst on our ears
from out the wildwoods ringing
A bullet pierced my true love's side
in life's young spring so early
And on my breast in blood she died
while soft winds shook the barley
But blood for blood without remorse
I've ta'en to her hollow
I've lain my true love's clay-like corpse
where I full soon may follow
Around her grave I wander drear
In noon, night and morning early
With breaking heart when e'er
I hear the wind that shakes the barley
I sat with my true love
My sad heart strove the two between
the old love and the new love
The old for her
the new that made me think of Ireland dearly
while soft, the wind blew down the glen
and shook the golden barley
to break the ties that bound us
And harder still to bear
the shame of foreign chains around us
And so I said
"The mountain glen I'll meet at morning early
and I'll join the bold united men"
while soft winds shook the barley
my fond arm round her flinging
When a foe, mans shot burst on our ears
from out the wildwoods ringing
A bullet pierced my true love's side
in life's young spring so early
And on my breast in blood she died
while soft winds shook the barley
I've ta'en to her hollow
I've lain my true love's clay-like corpse
where I full soon may follow
Around her grave I wander drear
In noon, night and morning early
With breaking heart when e'er
I hear the wind that shakes the barley
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