Текст песни Clancy Brothers - The Bantry Girls Lament
Clancy Brothers - The Bantry Girls Lament слова песни
1 * * 57Who will plow the field now, and who will sow the corn1 * * 57Who will wash the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn4 1 * 57The stack that`s in the haggard, un-touched it may re-main1 * 4 57 1Since Johnny went a-thrashing all in the wars of SpainCHORUS:4 * 1 *Johnny, lovely Johnny, he`s sailing o`er the main1 * 4 57 1A-long with other patriots, to fight the King of SpainAnd the girls from the bawn-oag in sorrow may re-tireThe piper and his bellows, (may) go home and blow the fireAt fairs and hurling matches, your likes we seldom seeTill you come home a-gain to us, a-storeen oag mo creeAnd a cruel fate will not permit our Johnny to re-turnHis heavy loss, we Bantry girls will never cease to mournWe re-sign ourselves to our sad lot, and die in grief and painJohnny died for freedom`s sake in the foreign lands of SpainNOTES:- Gaelic phrases are spelled phonetically- Haggard: a threshing yard- Ba/no/g: a green patch of ground (Ireland?)- Mi/an fhomhair: harvest month- Asto/iri/n o/g mo chroi: little young treasure of my heart