Macushla means “my sweetheart”. This song is from 1910.
words by Josephine V. Rowe
music by Dermot Macmurrough
From Popular Irish Songs (Dover book): The authors of this song, Josephine V. Rowe and Dermot Macmurrough, had no other popular success. But “Macushla” was so successful that its name was borrowed for a hit Ernest Ball musical in 1914. The great classical tenor John McCormack, this century’s most acclaimed singer of the Irish repertory, gave it and many popular hits of its kind a greater respectability through his performances and recordings.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Macushla! Macushla!
Your sweet voice is calling
Calling me softly again and again
Macushla! Macushla!
I hear its dear pleading
My blue-eyed Macushla
I hear it in vain - Macushla! Macushla!
Your white arms are reaching
I feel them enfolding
Caressing me still
Fling them out from the darkness
My lost love, Macushla
Let them find me and bind me
Again if they will - Macushla! Macushla!
Your red lips are saying
That death is a dream
And love is for aye
Then awaken, Macushla
Awake from your dreaming
My blue-eyed Macushla
Awaken to stay
Sung here by Fred Feild: