A 1878 popular Irish song.
Words and music by Sam Lover.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh! Molly Bawn why leave me pining
All lonely waiting here for you
While the stars above are brightly shining
Because they’ve nothing else to do
The flowers, late, were open keeping
To try a rival blush with you
But their mother, Nature, set them sleeping
With their rosy faces wash’d with dew
Refrain
Oh! Molly Bawn why leave me pining
All lonely waiting here for you
While the stars above are brightly shining
Because they’ve nothing else to do
Molly Bawn, Molly Bawn
- Now the pretty flowers were made to bloom, dear
And the pretty stars were made to shine
And the pretty girls were made for the boys, dear
And maybe you were made for mine
The wicked watchdog here is snarling
He takes me for a thief you see
For he knows I’d steal you, Molly
And then transported I should be
Refrain
Oh! Molly Bawn why leave me pining
All lonely waiting here for you
While the stars above are brightly shining
Because they’ve nothing else to do
Molly Bawn, Molly, Molly Bawn
Sung here by Fred Feild: