The Tern And The Swallow-Cara Dillon

[ti:The Tern and the Swallow] [ar:Cara Dillon] [al:Wanderer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Tern And The Swallow - Cara Dillon [00:19.52]When the Cuckoo is calling over woodland and valley [00:26.83] [00:27.47]And the Tern and the Swallow flies over our bay [00:34.60] [00:35.46]Then it's longing I'll be for the land of my father [00:43.41]Where Bann and black water sweep down to Lough Neagh [00:50.84] [00:51.44]A home I have made in the land of the stranger [00:59.29]And it's manys a long year since I left Derry quay [01:06.11] [01:07.38]Still I dream of the blooming and the glens of old Ireland [01:15.31]Where Bann and black water sweep down to Lough Neagh [01:22.58] [01:26.74]And it'soon I must start and this is my last journey [01:34.69]For my eyes they grow dim and my hair sparse and grey [01:41.91] [01:42.58]And it's soon I must follow the Tern and the Swallow [01:50.62]Where Bann and black water sweep down to Lough Neagh [01:58.74]I long for to see the dark waters of Lough Neagh [02:06.72]And I long for to gaze on Slieve Gallion Braes [02:15.05]And I long for to follow the Tern and the Swallow [02:22.92]Where Bann and black water water sweep down to Lough Neagh [02:30.02] [02:50.33]And when I return to my native land [02:57.33] [02:58.33]In the spring I will hear the Cuckoo sing round Lough Neagh [03:05.66] [03:06.42]And I'll be out there waiting for the Tern and the Swallow [03:14.38]Where Bann and black water sweep down to Lough Neagh [03:21.21] [03:22.38]And all I ask is a cairn in the land of my father [03:30.48]Where Bann and black water [03:34.06]Sweep down to Lough Neagh