cd: Dulahan
track 7: My Donegal Bride
I heard the rumors off in the wind,
soon after our wedding day
That my sweet love from Donegal town,
might be wandering astray
I punched the messenger square on the nose
For shame he’d make such a claim
For sure she had beaus before I proposed
And I’d other lassies the same
But hearing from you a similar tale
I now confess my concern
But lifelong friend I draw the line
At this unfathomable turn
CHORUS
You make the claim,
she’s been untrue to me
and I’m not one to take sides
But if I must choose only one to believe
It’ll be my Donegal bride
With meekest of voices
I asked her to tell
Had she been sharing her charms
With eyes full of fire she spat her denial
collapsed into tears in my arms
I felt the guilt rising up over me
For falsely accusing betrayal
She whispered my vows are no different now
Than the day you lifted my veil
CHORUS
So onward I go with love in my heart
And doubt in the back of my mind
I should not fear the words that I hear
But I struggle to leave them behind
She holds the answer, I crave the truth
Each time I look in her eyes
All I see is devotion to me
in the face of these terrible lies
CHORUS
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Dulahan Music
Written by Kyle Aughe