COME BACK TO ERIN. NO.5

THE

BELFAST LOVERS. YOU lovers all attention pay, the truth I will pen down,

I courted this fair maid, and she lives near Belfast Town, She was proper and handsome, in every degree, Her eyes they were like diamonds bright, & her teeth like ivory

I being a farmers only son, my age is Twenty-one, I courted this fair maid, the fairest sun shone on, I have my riches plenty, she's of low degree, Which made my parents stop me, and that proved my destiny.

This sent me to America, my fortune for to try, I sailed on board the " North Star," that now lies in the seas, But fortune proved most kind to me, a plank brought me on shore I n order for to see my girl in Belfast town once more.

'Twas early the next morning, by the dawning of the day, A. lady she came up to me, and thus to me did say, My lovely youth, come tell the truth, what caused your misery, Was it from the Heavens you fell, or where is your country ?

I am an Irishman, I said, the trutfi 1 now lay down, My parents they are wealthy, they live near Belfast Town, For the courting of a pretty maid, they've sent me far away, I was shipwrecked on the North Star, thats now beneath the wave

This lady fell in love with me, the tears fell from her eyes, Come tell me are you married, to the girl you left behind, For I have Gold at my command, and riches I have great, If you go with m e in wedlock bands, you'll be lord of my estate. To join with you my lady, is a thing I cannot do, For I am bound and promised, and bound on oath so true, Unto another fair maid, that lives near Belfast Town, No other one upon this earth, will ere my favour gain. This lady fell in deep despair, the tears fell from her eyes, Here is four-hundred pounds in gold, to take you across the sea, For love I find is more than gold, or any earthly store, [more. May He who rules above protect my love, to Belfast Town once

MAGGIE

MAY! TH E spring had came, the flowers in bloom,

The bird sang out their lay, 'Down by a little running brook,

I ' saw first Maggie May.. She had a roguish jet-black eye,

Was singing all the day, Oh! how I love her none can tell,

My little Maggie May. Chorus.

My little witching Maggie, Maggie, singing all the day,

Oh! how I love her none can tell, My little Maggie May.

Though years rolled on, yet still I love, With heart so light and gay,

And never will this heart deceive My own dear Maggie May.

When others thought that life was gone, And death would lake away,

Still by my side did linger one— And that was Maggie May.

May Heaven protect her for my sake, I pray both night and day;

That I'ere long, may call her mine, My own dear Maggie May.

And she's all the world to me, And though I'm far away,

I oftimes think of the running brook, And my little Maggie May.

COME BACK TO ERIN.

COME back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen Come back Aroon, to the land of thy birth,

Come with the shamrock and spring time Mav's, And its Killarney shall ring with our mirth,

Sure when we lent ye to beautiful England, Little we thought of the cold winter nights,

Liitle we thought of the hush of the starshine, Over the Mountains, the Bluffs and the Brays.

Chorus : Then come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavour Come back again to the land of thy birth, [neen, Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen,

And its killarney shall ring with our mirth.

Over the green sea, Movourneen, Movourneen, Long shone the white sail that bore thee,

Biding the white waves that fair summer, Just like a May flower afloat on the bay, [us,

Oh, but my heart sank when clouds came between Like a grey curtain the rain falling down,

Hid from my sad eyes the path o'er the ocean, Far, far away, where my colleen had flown.

O may the angels, O waking or sleeping, Watch ever my bind in the land far away,

A n d its prayers will consign to their keeping, Care of my jewel by night and by day,

When by the fireside I watch the bright ember, Then all my heart flies to England and thee,

Craving to know if my darling remember, Or if her thoughts may be crossing to me,