Come Back To Erin

Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen;

Come back, to Aroon, to the land of thy birth

Come with the shamrocks and Spring-time, Mavourneen,

And it's Killarney shall ring with our mirth.

Gap of Dunloe

Killarney, Ireland

Sure, when you left us, our beautiful darling,

Little we thought of the lone winter days

Little we thought of the hush of star shine

Over the mountain, the bluffs, and the braes!

(Chorus)

Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen,

Come back again to the land of thy birth...

Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen,

And it's Killarney shall ring with our mirth.

Over the green seas, Mavvourneen, Mavourneen,

Long shone the white sail that bore thee away;

Riding the white waves that fair summer mornin'

Just like a May-flow'r afloat on the bay.

Connemara Girl

Augustus Nicholas Burke

(1838-1891)

National Gallery of Ireland

Oh, but my heart sank, when clouds came between us

Like a gray curtain the rain falling down,

Hid from my sad eyes the path o'er the ocean,

Far, far away where my Colleen had flown.

(Chorus)

O may the angels, while wakin' or sleep'in,

Watch o'er my bird in the land far away,

And it's my prayers will consign to their keepin'

Care o' my jewel by night and by day.

When by the fireside I watch the bright embers,

Then all my heart flies away o'er the sea,

Cravin' to know if my darling remembers,

Or, if her thoughts may be crossin' to me.

(Chorus)

Have a blessed and beautiful Saint Patrick's Day!
Dia Beannacht Leat
Gaelic for "God Bless You"

"Come Back To Erin"

Composed by

 Charlotte Arlington Barnard

(1830-1869)

writing under the pseudonym "Claribel"