A 1866 Irish popular song
suitable for St. Patrick’s Day
words and music by Claribel
(pseud. for Mrs. Charlotte [Alington] Barnard)
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:
Lyrics
- Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen
Come back, Aroon, to the land of my birth
Come with the shamrocks and Spring-time, Mavourneen
And its Kilarney shall ring with our mirth
Sure, when we lent ye to beautiful England
Little we thought of the lone winter days
Little we thought of the hush of the star shine
Over the mountain, the bluffs and the brays
Refrain
Then come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen
Come back again to the land of thy birth
Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen
And its Kilarney shall ring with our mirth
- Over the green sea, Mavourneen, Mavourneen
Long shone the white sail that bore thee away
Riding the white waves that fair summer mornin’
Just like a Mayflow’r afloat on the bay
O, but my heart sank when clouds came between us
Like a grey curtain the rain falling down
Hid from my sad eyes the path o’er the ocean
Far, far away where my Colleen had flown - O may the angels, O wakin’ and sleepin’
Watch o’er my bird in the land far away
And it’s my pray’rs will consign to their keepin’
Care o’ my jewel by night and by day
When by the fireside I watch the bright embers
Then all my heart flies to England and thee
Cravin’ to know if my darlin’ remembers
Or if her thoughts may be crossin’ to me
Sung here by Fred Feild: