Friday, July 13, 2012

The Blue Hills of Breffni

Words and Music by Unknown
Performed by Daniel O'Donnell




Blue hills of Breffni shining in the sun
Scenes that I knew so long ago
When in my boyhood barefoot I would run
Through the fields and the woodlands I would go

Down by the river there's an old swinging pole
Where we laughed and played the summer days away
And home in the evening with the sun sinking low
In the blue hills of Breffni far away

Far away, far away
Blue hills of Breffni far away
Old memories burning
Soon I'll be returning
To my blue hills of Breffni far away

Old thatched cottage standing by the stream
Winter nights of story and of song
And the sound of fiddle my father used to play
And the music echoed as we sang along


Neighbors would gather around the old turf fire
And they talked about the heroes of the day
Life was all for living in the days when we were young
In the blue hills of Breffni far away

I had a sweetheart, she was young and fair
And she cared not that I had no wealth or fame
We'd go walking hand in hand along the leafy lane
To the old oak tree where once I carved her name

There we made our promises that we would never part
And our love would last forever and a day
But I went a-roving and left my love behind
In the blue hills of Breffni far away

Far away, far away
Blue hills of Breffni far away
Old memories burning
Soon I'll be returning
To my blue hills of Breffni far away.

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