Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Bantry Girl's Lament, artist - The Dubliners. Date of issue: 02.03.2014
Song language: English
The Bantry Girl's Lament |
| Oh, who will plough the fields now |
| And who will sow the corn |
| And who will watch the sheep now |
| And keep them from all harm |
| And the stack that’s in the haggard |
| Unthreshed it may remain |
| Since Johnny, lovely Johnny |
| Went to fight the king of Spain |
| Oh, the girls of the Bang |
| In sorrow may retire |
| And the piper and his bellows |
| May go home and blow the fire |
| Since Johnny, lovely Johnny |
| Went sailing o’er the main |
| Along with other patriots |
| To fight the king of Spain |
| The boys will sorely miss him |
| When Moneymore comes round |
| And grieve that their bould captain |
| Is nowhere to be found |
| And the peelers must stand idle |
| Against their will and grain |
| Since the valiant boy who gave them work |
| Now peels the king of Spain |
| At wakes and hurling matches |
| Your likes we’ll never see |
| 'Till you come back again to us |
| Mo storeen g mo chroi |
| And won’t you trounce the buckeens |
| Who show us much disdain |
| Because our eyes are not as bright |
| As those you meet in Spain |
| Oh, if cruel fate should not permit |
| Our Johnny to return |
| His awful loss we Bantry girls |
| Will never cease to mourn |
| We’ll resign ourselves to our sad lot |
| And die in grief and pain |
| Since Johnny died for Ireland’s pride |
| In the sunny land of Spain |