I know a valley fair
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I know a cottage there
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Far in the valley shade, I know a tender maid
Flower of the hazel glade
Eibhlín a Rúin Who in the song so sweet?
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Who in the dance so sweet?
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Dear are her charms to me
Dearer her laughter free
Dearest her constancy
Eibhlín a Rúin Were she no longer true
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What would her lover do
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Fly with a broken chain
Far o'er the bounding main
Never to love again
Eibhlín a Rúin Youth will in time decay
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Beauty must fade away
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Castles are sacked in war
Chieftains are scattered far
Truth is a fixed star
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