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First Line: I wish I were on yonder hill
Last Line: "shule, shule, shule aroon, etc."
Subject(s): Homesickness


I WISH I were on yonder hill,
'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill,
Till every tear would turn a mill,
Is go dee tu mavourneen slaun!
Shule, shule, shule aroon,
Shule go suckir, agus shule go cuin,
Shule go deen durrus augus eiligh lume,
Is go dee tu mavourneen slaun!

I'll sell my rock, I'll sell my reel,
I'll sell my only spinning-wheel,
To buy for my love a sword of steel,
Is go dee tu mavourneen slaun!
Chorus -- Shule, shule, shule aroon, etc.

I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red,
And round the world I'll beg my bread,
Until my parents shall wish me dead,
Is go dee tu mavourneen slaun!
Chorus -- Shule, shule, shule aroon, etc.

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
I wish I had my heart again,
And vainly think I'd not complain,
Is go dee tu mavourneen slaun!
Chorus -- Shule, shule, shule aroon, etc.

But now my love has gone to France,
To try his fortune to advance;
If he e'er come back 'tis but a chance,
Is go dee tu mavourneen slaun!
Chorus -- Shule, shule, shule aroon, etc.





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