Product Description
Melody based on a traditional Irish air from The Minstrelsy of Ireland, ed. Alfred Moffat (London: Augener & Co., 1897), p. 90.
Arranged by Konrad Harley (1986-), 2024.
Words by Michael Hogan (The Bard of Thomond) (1828-1899).
Lyrics:
I grieve when I think on the dear happy days of my youth,
When all the bright dreams of this faithless world seem'd truth;
When I stray'd thro' the green wood, as gay as a midsummer bee,
In brotherly love with my Draherin O Machree!
Together we lay in the sweet-scented meadows to rest,
Together we watch'd the gay lark as he sung o'er his nest,
Together we plucked the red fruit of the fragrant hawtree,
And I loved, as a sweetheart, my Draherin O Machree!
Oh! sweet were his words as the honey that falls in the night,
And his young smiling face like the May-bloom was fresh, and as bright;
His eyes were like dew on the flower of the sweet apple tree;
My heart's spring and summer was Draherin O Machree!
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