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ELLEEN A-RUIN by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN

First Line: FOR EVER, FOR EVER, YOU HAVE MY HEART
Last Line: WE BOTH WILL BE HAPPY TILL DEATH SHALL COME, %O, ELLEEN A-RUIN!

For ever , for ever, you have my heart,
O Eileen a-Roon!
'Tis rueful, ' tis woeful, when lovers part,
O Eileen a-Roon!
Mayo would I travel from morn to night,
For one sweet smile of your face of light,
For one soft kiss from your red lips bright,
My Eileen a- Roon!
O! how shall I woo you-how make you mine-
Fair Eileen a- Roon?
Can warm words win you? can gold? can wine?
Sweet Eileen a- Roon?
I would walk the wide world from east to west,
Inspired by love, if I could but rest
One heavenly hour on your beauteous breast,
O Eileen a- Roon!
Come with me, come with me, then, darling one!
Come, Eileen a- Roon!
The moments are precious-
Oh, let us be gone,
My Eileen a- Roon!




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