Edward on Loch Erne's Shore - Eilis Kennedy, Pauline Scanlon, Donogh Hennessy

The Sun was setting behind the mountain

The dew was falling upon the leaves

And I was seated beside a fountain

And a feathered songster sang on a tree

With love and blessings his notes were sounding

Made me reminded of days of ‘oer

Where in a bower I plucked a flower

And dreamt of Edward on Lough Erne’s Shore

The cuckoo’s notes in the air resounding

Appeal to feeling and pleases the ear

And every note is a bliss abounding

Here in the valley if he were here

Each step I take by the winding river

Where we once rambled in days of oer

Reminds me of my banished Edward

And makes me lonely on Lough Erne’s Shore

A crop of sorrow my heart is reaping

My rose has faded and my hope decayed

And in the night time when all are sleeping

Awake I lie weeping till the break of day

For woe has wed me, delight has fled me

Why did you leave me, my love a stor

But luck compelled it and banished Edward

And now I am lonely on Lough Erne’s Shore

Oh could I move like the moon oer the ocean

I would send a sigh ‘oer the distant deep

Or could I move like a bird in motion

By Edward’s side I would ever keep

I would gently sooth him, with songs amuse him

I would gently sooth him and he would sigh no more

And seven years would soon pass over

And we’d both live happy on Lough Erne’s Shore