A pirate boy just stole my heart with eyes so dep and green, with is pixie Polish Irish ways and his love so sweet and free. We nearly went to Istanbul but stayed in our treehouse instead, and now he's set sail for Irish shores but he's taken my heart and left me this song. To adventure with the Irish tribe to Chimera eternal flame, And we laughed and danced and smoked and drank, nearly fell in love again, And our souls had a chat and our heads agreed that our hands should never let go, and now he's set sail for Irish shores but he's taken my heart and left me this song. At Beltane fire we'll meet again to Avalon he'll come, and we'll dance and laugh and drink and play and then I'll sing this song. Till then we'll meet in our dreams and talk of balmy Turkish times, One day I'll set sail for Irish shores, But for now he has my heart and I have his song.

Ar lan y môr mae rhosys chochion Ar lan y môr mae lilis gwynion Ar lan y môr mae 'nghariad inne Yn cysgu'r nos a choddi'r bore. Ar lan y môr mae carreg wastad Lle bum yn siarad gair âm cariad O amgyll hyn hon fe dyf y lili Ac ambell gangen o rosmari. Ar lan y môr mae cerrig gleision Ar lan y môr mae blodau'r meibion Ar lan y môr mae pob rhinweddau. Ar lan y môr mae'n nghariad innau. By the seaside red roses are blooming; By the seaside white lilies are gleaming; By the seaside my true love is dwelling, Sleeping the night and rising in the morning. By the seaside is a flat rock Where my love and I did wander and talk; All around us grew the white lily, And there were sprigs of rosemary. By the seaside are blue stones; By the seaside are the sons' flowers; By the seaside is every virtue; By the seaside is my sweetheart.

By full moon light with the chateau in sight, he stood with his back 'gainst the wall, While watching the dance, he returned her glance, and so she arrived at the ball. She silently stood and she wished that he would, ask her to take to the floor, towards her he came without asking her name, took her hand gave a smile but no more. The couples they span while she danced with her man, and still not a word did they say. With hearts holding tight in that silver moon light, the world it had just slipped away.... The two slowly fell as if under a spell, this love it could last but one song, Such passion, such bliss, on a night such as this, To ask more they both knew would be wrong. They tried to pretend but this dance it would end, What to do when the music did stop, Their time had begun and would end with this one, They embraced closed their eyes and danced on.... The couples they span while she danced with her man, and still not a word did they say. With hearts holding tight in that silver moon light, the world it had just slipped away.... And so the end came as to blow out their flame, They slowed and they slowed til they stood, Still not letting go they just swayed to and fro, Not wanting but knowing they should, They slowly untwined for the first and last time, Looking deep gave a sigh and let go, "Merci", said her man, with a smile and his hand, And his name she would never know.... The couples they span while she danced with her man, and still not a word did they say. With hearts holding tight in that silver moon light, the world it had just slipped away....

I'll tell you a story that happened to me One day as I went down to Youghal by the sea The sun it was high and the day it was warm Says I an auld pint wouldn't do me no harm I went in and I called for a bottle of stout Says the barman I'm sorry the beer is sold out Try whiskey or Paddy ten years in the wood Says I I'll try cider I've heard that it's good O never, o never, o never again If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten I fell to the floor and I couldn't get up After drinking a pint of old Johnny Jump Up After drinkin' a quart I went out to the yard Where I met up with Brophy the big local guard Come here to me boy don't you know I'm the law So I jumped up on the counter and kissed him on the jaw We fell to the floor and we couldn't get up But it wasn't me kissed him twas the Johnny Jump Up And the next thing I met down in Youghal by the sea Was a poor man on crutches and says he to me I'm afraid of me life I'll get hit by a car Would you help me across to the Railwayman's Bar? After drinkin' a pint of that cider so sweet He threw down his crutches and danced round on his feet A man died in the union by the name of McNab They washed him and shaved him and laid him right out on the slab And after the undertaker his measurements did take His wife took him home to a very fine wake It was about twelve o'clock and the beer it was high The corpse he sat up and says he with a sigh I can't get into heaven for they won't let me up Till I bring them a drink of old Johnny Jump Up O never, o never, o never again If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten For I fell to the floor and I couldn't get up After drinking a pint of old Johnny Jump Up

Mi geisiaf eto ganu cân I'th gael di'n ôl, fy ngeneth lan I'r gadair siglo ger y tân Ar fynydd Aberdyfi Paham, fy ngeneth hoff, paham Gadewaist fi a'th plant dinam Mae Arthur bach yn galw'i fam Ei galon bron a thorri Mae dau oer lliwaeth yn y llwyn A'r plant yn chwarae efo'r wyn O tyrd yn ôl, fy ngeneth fwyn I fynydd Aberdyfi. 2. Nosweithiau hirion, niwlog, ddu Sydd ar fy mlaen, fy ngeneth gu O agor eto drws y ty Ar fynydd Aberdyfi O na chael glywed gweddi dlos Dy Arthur bach, cyn cysgi nos Ei rhyddiau bychan fel y rhos Yn wylo am ei fami. Gormesaist lawer arnaf, Men; Gormesais innau, dyna'r ben. O tyrd yn ôl, fy ngeneth wen I fynydd Aberdyfi. 3. Fel hyn y geisiaf ganu cân I'th gael di'n ôl, fy ngeneth lan I eistedd eto ger y tân Ar fynydd Aberdyfi. Rwy'n cofio'th lais yn canu'n iach Ond fedri di, na nefoedd fach Ddiystyru gweddi plentyn bach Sydd eisiau gweld eu fami. Rhyw chwarae plant oedd dweud ffarwel; Cydhaddau wnawn, a dyna ddel. Tyrd ithau'n ôl, fy ngeneth fel, I fynydd Aberdyfi. I will try again to sing a song To get you back, my pur girl To the rocking chair near the fire On Aberdyfi mountain Why, my favourite girl, why Did you leave me and my nameless children A little Arthur calls his mother His heart almost broken There are two slow lambs are in the hedge And the children play with the lambs Oh turn back, my dear girl To Aberdyfi mountain. 2. Long, foggy, black evenings On my front, my dear girl oh, open again the door of the house On Aberdyfi mountain You can’t hear the beautiful prayer Of small Arthur, before he sleeps the night To free him into dreams filled with Tears about his mother. I opppressed you a lot, Men; But now I’m oppressed, that's the end. Oh turn back, my white girl To Aberdyfi mountain. 3. It is in this way that I will try to sing a song To get you back, my pure girl To sit again near the fire On Aberdyfi mountain. I remember my voice singing healthily But how ca you or any other Disregard a toddler's prayer Want to see their mother. It was some child's play to say goodbye; I’ll forgive you, all will be well. Just come back, my beautiful girl, To Aberdyfi mountain.

High on a hill the old one stands, Her legs are bent and twisted like her old knotted hands, And firmly she holds to that rock that she clings , As she bends her head so softly to the harsh, salt sea winds. Enchanted lies her valley immaculate below, And into that living sea she’ll watch her river flow, And there held safe the legends and the mystery, Of kingdoms lost beneath the waves of that living sea. But she’s seen princes and kings while the parley and fight, She’s seen bards of myth and magic while they play harp and recite, She’s seen circles and tombs of glittering stone, All from that rocky hillside that is her thorny home. To olds is she now to bear any fruit, And no longer do children sit and play at her foot, She caresses those green hills with her undying gaze, Over which a thousand suns have risen, in a crimson blaze. And a whole hoast of moons of silver diffused, Turn her dark cold river into a glittering muse, And she’s seen princes and kings while they parley and fight, She’s seen bards of myth and magic while they play harp and recite. For countless years and seasons her vigil she has kept, But now she looks around her and often now she’s wept, For ravaged is her hillside with JCB they came, To plunder beauty for money in holiday home shame. And they’ll build 400 houses around that rock she’s known, And none will be lived in and they’ll never be a home, And they’ll kill that old thorn tree with no futher a do, Coz some rotten old thorn tree was spoiling their view! But she’s seen princes and kings while the parley and fight, She’s seen bards of myth and magic while they play harp and recite, She’s seen circles and tombs of glittering stone, All from that rocky hillside that is her thorny home.

Dacw 'nghariad i lawr yn y berllan, Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal O na bawn i yno fy hunan, Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Dacw'r tŷ, a dacw'r 'sgubor; Dacw ddrws y beudy'n agor. Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal, Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal. Dacw’r dderwen wych ganghennog, Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Golwg arni sydd dra serchog. Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Mi arhosaf yn ei chysgod Nes daw 'nghariad i 'ngyfarfod. Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal, Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal. Dacw'r delyn, dacw'r tannau; Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Beth wyf gwell, heb neb i'w chwarae? Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Dacw'r feinwen hoenus fanwl; Beth wyf well heb gael ei meddwl? Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal, Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal There is my sweetheart down in the orchard, Oh how I wish I were there myself, There is the house and there is the barn; There is the door of the cow house open. There is the gallant, branching oak, A vision, lovingly crowned. I will wait in her shade Until my love comes to meet me. There is the harp, there are her strings; What better am I, without anyone to play her for? There’s the delicate fair one, exquisite and full of life; What nearer am I, without having her attention?

Where Lagan stream sings lullaby There blows a lily fair The twilight gleam is in her eye The night is on her hair And like a love-sick lennan-shee She has my heart in thrall Nor life I owe nor liberty For love is lord of all And often when the beetle's horn Hath lulled the eve to sleep I steal unto her shieling lorn And thru the dooring peep There on the cricket's singing stone She spares the bogwood fire And hums in sad sweet undertone The songs of heart's desire Nor life I owe nor liberty For love is lord of all For love is lord of all

I am stretched on your grave And I'll lie here forever If your hands were in mine I'd be sure they would not sever My apple tree, my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather When my family thinks That I'm safely in my bed From morn until night I am stretched at your head Calling out to the earth With tears hot and wild For the loss of the girl That I loved as a child Do you remember the night Oh, the night we were lost In the shade of the blackthorn And the cold chill of frost Oh, and thanks be to Jesus We did all that was right And your maiden head still Is your pillar of light The priests and the friars They approach me in dread Because I love you still Oh, my love and you're dead I still will be your shelter Through rain and through storm And with you in your cold grave I cannot sleep warm So I am stretched on your grave And I'll lie here forever If your hands were in mine I'd be sure they would not sever My apple tree, my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather

I ba beth a byddaf brydd? Ie pam y byddaf brydd? I ba beth y byddaf brydd? A throi llawenydd heibio. Tra bod yn ieuanc ac yn llon, Tra bod yn ieuanc ac yn llon, Tra bod yn ieuanc ac yn llon, Rhof hwb i'r galon eto! For what reason will I be soil? Yes why must I be soil? For what reason must I be soil? And turn joy away? While being younger and happy, While being younger and happy, While being younger and happy, I will give the heart a boost again!

A gentleman was passing by And he asked for a drink as he was dry At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o My cup is full up to the brim And if I were to stoop I might fall in At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o If your true love was passing by You'd fill him a drink if he was dry At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o She swore by grass, she swore by corn Her true love had never been born At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o He said to her you're swearing wrong Six fine children you've had born At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o If you be a man of noble fame You'll tell to me the father of them At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o There's one of them by your brother John At the well below the valley-o One of them by your Uncle Don At the well below the valley-o Two of them by your father dear At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o If you be a man of noble fame You'll tell to me what did happen to them At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o There's one of them buried beneath the tree At the well below the valley-o Another two buried beneath the stone At the well below the valley-o Two of them outside the graveyard wall At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o If you be a man of noble fame You'll tell to me what will happen myself At the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o You'll be seven years a-ringing a bell At the well below the valley-o And seven years a-burning in hell At the well below the valley-o I'll be seven years a-ringing a bell But the Lord above may save my soul From burning in hell at the well below the valley-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o Green grows the lily-o Right among the bushes-o

Bryan O'Lynn had no breeches to wear He got him a sheepskin to make him a pair, With the fleshy side out and the woolly side in, "Whoo, they're pleasant and cool." says Bryan O'Lynn. Bryan O’Lynn had no hat to put on, So he found an old beaver to make him a one, It had none of the crown and less of the brim, Sure its fine ventilation, said Bryan O’Lynn Bryan O'Lynn to his house had no door, He'd the sky for a roof and the bog for a floor, He'd a way to jump out and a way to swim in, "Tis a fine habitation," says Bryan O'Lynn. Bryan O’Lynn went a courting one night, And he set both a mother and daughter to fight, To fight for his hand they both stripped to the skin, “Hell, I’ll marry you both” said Bryan O’Lynn Bryan O'Lynn, his wife, and wife's mother, They all went home o'er the bridge together, The bridge it broke down and they all tumbled in, "Well, we'll go home by water," says Bryan O'Lynn.

As futher away I travel from home, From friends and family and places I know, I find I am torn in the choices I make, To leave is so hard but to stay a mistake. And I know in my heart that I must go away, And I know in my heart that I’ll come home some day, Back to the loved ones I have left behind, And I know in my heart that they really don’t mind. Mae fy nghalon yn hiraethu am gwlad fy Mam, Am cany mor a swn y don, Am calon a chariad a golau’r byd, Am awyr a harddwch a’r llefydd hyd. A rwyn gwbod y rhyw ddydd fi ddoe yn ol, I gerdded mewn ysbryd dros bryn a ddol, I wella fy nghalon a gweled y tir, A teimlo henaint y llefydd mor hyd. Rwyn meddwl am gerdded ar hyd y glannau, A wynebay y rhai sy’n aros amdan a’i, Yn gwlad y beirdd o Gymru fyd! Sy’n llawn o nerth y bobol hyd. A rwyn gwbod y rhyw ddydd fi ddoe yn ol, I gerdded mewn ysbryd dros bryn a ddol, I wella fy nghalon a gweled y tir, A teimlo henaint y llefydd mor hyd. And I know in my heart that I must go away, And I know in my heart that I’ll come home some day, Back to the loved ones I have left behind, And I know in my heart that they really don’t mind.