《Kilnamartyra Exile》歌词

[00:00:00] Kilnamartyra Exile - Niamh Parsons

[00:00:04] I am a lonely exile, who left my own dear nation,

[00:00:14] To seek a situation in a land beyond the foam;

[00:00:23] I have travelled o'er the ocean,

[00:00:28] admidst hardship and through dangers,

[00:00:34] And for years I've been a stranger,

[00:00:39] to my own dear native home.

[00:00:44] Where once I lived contentedly,

[00:00:48] with friends I loved surrounding me.

[00:00:54] Care nor grief ne'er troubled me,

[00:00:58] nor made my heart feel sore,

[00:01:04] But when my days are over

[00:01:09] and I'm parted from my country,

[00:01:14] And Kilnamartyra homely face,

[00:01:19] my eyes shall see no more.

[00:01:26] It was there my heart felt happy,

[00:01:30] before I took a notion

[00:01:35] To sail across the ocean,

[00:01:40] from the land that gave me birth;

[00:01:45] Though dark and dismal clouds have

[00:01:50] cast their shadows o'er me,

[00:01:55] And I knew but pleasure only

[00:02:00] while stood on Irish earth.

[00:02:05] And though the money tempted me,

[00:02:10] far from my cabin home to flee,

[00:02:16] And sail across the stormy sea,

[00:02:20] in search of gold and store;

[00:02:25] I sailed away from Erin,

[00:02:30] far from the land that bore,

[00:02:36] And bade my friends in Ireland

[00:02:40] arewell for ever more.

[00:02:46] I have travelled through Columbia,

[00:02:51] all toil and danger storming

[00:02:56] From it's farthest eastern borders,

[00:03:01] to the westward and the deep;

[00:03:06] From its broad extended cotton fields,

[00:03:11] on the plains of Alabama,

[00:03:17] To the coal mines of Montana

[00:03:21] and Rockies wild and steep.

[00:03:26] I hunted for prosperity

[00:03:31] but still it has eluded me,

[00:03:37] and bleak misfortune followed me,

[00:03:41] no matter where I'd roam,

[00:03:47] And often in my anguish,

[00:03:51] I cursed the fate that took me,

[00:03:57] From the comrades of my boyhood

[00:04:01] and the land I loved so well.

[00:04:07] Brief boyhood recollections,

[00:04:12] Shall ever fondly bind me

[00:04:17] To the friends I left behind me,

[00:04:22] across the raging main;

[00:04:27] And to you, sweet Kilnamartyra,

[00:04:33] where one time I resided,

[00:04:38] But now I am divided

[00:04:43] by the ocean waves from thee.

[00:04:48] Now age is overtaking me

[00:04:53] and youth is fast forsaking me,

[00:05:00] And friends that once delighted me,

[00:05:04] perhaps I'll see no more,

[00:05:09] And when my days are over

[00:05:14] and death has come and taken me,

[00:05:21] I fondly will remember thee

[00:05:26] dear land that I adore.