Kilnamartyra Exile-Niamh Parsons

[ti:Kilnamartyra Exile] [ar:Niamh Parsons] [al:Blackbirds & Thrushes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Kilnamartyra Exile - Niamh Parsons [00:04.67]I am a lonely exile, who left my own dear nation, [00:13.35] [00:14.17]To seek a situation in a land beyond the foam; [00:22.98] [00:23.54]I have travelled o'er the ocean, [00:28.74]admidst hardship and through dangers, [00:34.54]And for years I've been a stranger, [00:39.35]to my own dear native home. [00:43.60] [00:44.47]Where once I lived contentedly, [00:48.54]with friends I loved surrounding me. [00:54.72]Care nor grief ne'er troubled me, [00:58.91]nor made my heart feel sore, [01:04.22]But when my days are over [01:09.09]and I'm parted from my country, [01:14.53]And Kilnamartyra homely face, [01:19.78]my eyes shall see no more. [01:26.16]It was there my heart felt happy, [01:28.97] [01:30.83]before I took a notion [01:35.77]To sail across the ocean, [01:40.52]from the land that gave me birth; [01:45.58]Though dark and dismal clouds have [01:50.96]cast their shadows o'er me, [01:55.64]And I knew but pleasure only [02:00.58]while stood on Irish earth. [02:05.95]And though the money tempted me, [02:10.39]far from my cabin home to flee, [02:16.40]And sail across the stormy sea, [02:20.40]in search of gold and store; [02:25.90]I sailed away from Erin, [02:30.65]far from the land that bore, [02:35.46] [02:36.02]And bade my friends in Ireland [02:40.84]arewell for ever more. [02:46.28]I have travelled through Columbia, [02:51.27]all toil and danger storming [02:56.52]From it's farthest eastern borders, [03:01.27]to the westward and the deep; [03:06.34]From its broad extended cotton fields, [03:11.72]on the plains of Alabama, [03:17.03]To the coal mines of Montana [03:21.66]and Rockies wild and steep. [03:26.72]I hunted for prosperity [03:31.34]but still it has eluded me, [03:37.28]and bleak misfortune followed me, [03:41.65]no matter where I'd roam, [03:47.22]And often in my anguish, [03:51.84]I cursed the fate that took me, [03:57.34]From the comrades of my boyhood [04:01.87]and the land I loved so well. [04:07.28]Brief boyhood recollections, [04:12.35]Shall ever fondly bind me [04:17.54]To the friends I left behind me, [04:22.41]across the raging main; [04:27.16]And to you, sweet Kilnamartyra, [04:33.16]where one time I resided, [04:38.90]But now I am divided [04:43.28]by the ocean waves from thee. [04:48.78]Now age is overtaking me [04:53.60]and youth is fast forsaking me, [05:00.03]And friends that once delighted me, [05:04.59]perhaps I'll see no more, [05:09.72]And when my days are over [05:14.85]and death has come and taken me, [05:21.28]I fondly will remember thee [05:26.53]dear land that I adore.