Craigie Hill Lyrics

It being in the spring and the small birds they were singing,
Down by yon shady arbour I carelessly did stray,
Where the thrushes they were warbling,
The violets they were charming
To view fond lovers talking, a while I did delay.

She said, my dear don't leave me all for another season,
Though fortune does be pleasing I 'll go along with you,
I 'll forsake friends and relations and bid this Irish nation,
And to the bonny Bann banks forever I 'll bid adieu.

He said, my dear don't grieve or yet annoy my patience,
You know I love you dearly the more I'm going away,
I'm going to a foreign nation to purchase a plantation,
To comfort us hereafter all in Amerikay.

Then after a short while a fortune does be pleasing,
'Twill cause them for smile at our late going away,Cara Dillon - Craigie Hill - http://motolyrics.com/cara-dillon/craigie-hill-lyrics.html
We'll be happy as Queen Victoria, all in her greatest glory,
We'll be drinking wine and porter all in Amerika y.

The landlords and their agents. The bailiffs and their beagles.
The land of our forefathers, we're going for to give o'er
Now we're sailing o'er the ocean for honour and promotion
And parting from our sweethearts - its them we do adore

If you were in your bed lying and thinking on dying,
The sight of the bonny Bann banks, your sorrow you'd give o'er,
Or if were one hour, down in yon shady bower,
Pleasure would surround you, you'd think on death no more.

Then fare you well, sweet Cragie Hills, where often times I've roved,
I never thought my childhood days I 'd part you ever more,
Now we're sailing o'er the ocean for honour and promotion,
And the bonny boats are sailing, way down by Doorin shore