#301 - The Girl I Left Behind Me

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• Composer:
  • traditional Irish
• Also known as:
  • The Girl I Left Behind
  • Brighten Camp
  • The Rambling Laborer
  • The Spailpin Fanach
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• Parsons Code: XDDDDRDDUURRUUUUDDUDDDDRDDUDDD¹⁾
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• Lyrics:
  I'm lonesome since I cross'd the hills,
  And o'er the moor that's sedgy;
  With heavy thoughts my mind is fill'd,
  Since I parted with my Naggy
  When e'er I return to view the place,
  The tears doth fall and blind me,
  When I think on the charming grace
  Of the girl I left behind me.
  
  The hours I remember well,
  When next to see doth move me,
  The burning flames my heart doth tell,
  Since first she own'd she lov'd me:
  In search of some one fair and gay,
  Several doth remind me;
  I know my darling loves me well,
  Tho' I left her behind me.
  
  The beas shall lavish, mare no store
  And the dove become a ranger;
  The falling water cease to roar,
  Before I'll ever change her:
  Each mortal promise faithful made,
  By her whose tears doth blind me;
  And bless the hours I pass away,
  With the girl I left behind me.
  
  My mind her image still retains,
  Whether asleep or waking;
  I hope to see my dear again,
  For her my heart is breaking:
  But if e'er I chance to go that way,
  And that she has not resign'd me;
  I'll reconcile my mind and stay,
  With the girl I left behind me.
  
  
  • from Charms of Melody, c1805