Altan - The Flower Of Magherally
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[Verse 1]
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One pleasant summer's morning, when all the flowers were springing O
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Nature was adorning and the wee birds sweetly singing O
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I met my love near Banbridge Town, my charming blue-eyed Sally O
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She's the queen of the County Down, the flower of Magherally O
[Verse 2]
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With admiration I did gaze upon this blue-eyed maiden O
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Adam wasn't half so much pleased when he met Eve in Eden O
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And her skin was like the lily white, that grows in yonder valley O
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She's my queen and my heart's delight, the flower of Magherally O
[Verse 3]
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Her yellow hair in ringlets clung, her shoes were Spanish leather O
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Her bonnet with blue ribbons strung, her scarlet cap and feather O
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Like Venus bright she did appear, my charming blue-eyed Sally O
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She's the girl that I love dear, the flower of Magherally O
[Verse 4]
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I hope the day will surely come when we'll join hands together O
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'Tis then I'll bring my darling home in spite of wind or weather O
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And let them all say what they will and let them reel and rally O
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For I shall wed the girl I love, the flower of Magherally O