Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt - Kellswater lyrics
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Here`s a health to you bonny Kellswater Where you get all the pleasures of life Where you get all the fishing and fowling And a bonny wee lass for your wife. Oh it`s down where yon waters run muddy I`m afraid they will never run clear And it`s when I begin for to study My mind is on him that`s not here. And it`s this one and that one may court him But if any one gets him but me It`s early and late I will curse them The parting lovely Willie from me. Oh a father he calls on his daughter Two choices I`ll give unto thee Would you rather see Willie`s ship a sailing See him hung like a dog on yonder tree. Oh father, dear father, I love him I can no longer bide it from thee Through an acre of fire I would travel Along with the lovely Willie to be. Oh hard was the heartbreak I`m finding She took from her full heart`s delight May the chains of old Ireland come find them And softly their pillows at night. Oh yonder there`s a ship on the ocean And she does not know which way to steer From the east and the west she`s a-blowing She reminds me of the charms of my dear. Oh it`s yonder my Willie will be coming He said he`d be here in the spring And it`s down by yon green shades I`ll meet him And among wild roses we`ll sing. For a gold ring be placed on my finger Saying love bear this in your mind If ever I sail from old Ireland You`ll mind I`ll not leave you behind. Here`s a health to you bonny Kellswater Where you get all the pleasures of life Where you get all the fishing and fowling And a bonny wee lass for your wife.