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When I left Ireland long ago,

I promised my return I'd show

So many years have past that day,

I fear she's turned away

I often curse that fateful night,

I kissed her lips and held her tight

And pledged that I'd return in time,

with fortune at my side

But it was not for gold she pined,

but sorrow born being left behind

That western ocean so unkind,

could she forgive the tides?

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There's not a night I'll live to see,

without her redhaired memory

She swore to God she'd wait for me,

as faithfully she cried

But I set off to take my stand,

her locket in my calloused hands

I'd make my way in this new land

return to claim my bride

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The fortune it eludes me still,

I labor in a Boston mill

If only I could know her will,

has time erased that flame

And I'm between two countries torn,

the land I'm on, the land I'm born

I'd go to her could I afford

but sadly I remain.

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Dulahan Music
Written by Kyle Aughe