I sat within a valley green,
Sat there with my true love
My heart strove to choose between,
Me old love and the new love
The old for her, the new that made,
Me think on
Ireland dearly
While soft the wind blew down the glade,
And shook the golden barley
Twas hard the mournful words to frame,
To break the ties that bound us
But harder still to bear the shame,
Of foreign chains around us
And so I said,
"The mountain glen, I'll seek at morning early
And join the brave united men
While soft wind shook the barley
Twas sad I kissed away her tears
Her arms around me clinging
When to my ears that fateful shot
Came out the wildwood ringing
The bullet pierced my true love's breast
And there upon my breast she died
While soft wind shook the barley
I bore her to some mountain stream
And many's the summer blossom
I placed with branches soft and green
About her gore-stained bosom
I wept and kissed her clay-cold corpse
Then rushed o'er vale and valley
My vengeance on the foe to wreak
While soft wind shook the barley
Twas blood for blood without remorse
I took at Oulart Hollow
I placed my true love's clay-cold corpse
Where mine full soon may follow
Around her grave I wondered drear
Noon, night and morning early
With aching heart when e'er I hear
The wind that shakes the barley
[00:30.511]I sat within a valley green,
[00:34.523]
[00:35.840]Sat there with my true love
[00:39.566]
[00:40.900]My heart strove to choose between,
[00:45.142]
[00:45.942]Me old love and the new love
[00:50.183]
[00:51.253]The old for her, the new that made,
[00:56.571]
[00:57.107]Me think on
[00:58.960]
[00:59.233]Ireland dearly
[01:01.889]
[01:02.947]While soft the wind blew down the glade,
[01:07.458]
[01:08.531]And shook the golden barley
[01:12.529]
[01:17.051]Twas hard the mournful words to frame,
[01:21.027]
[01:21.559]To break the ties that bound us
[01:25.809]
[01:27.149]But harder still to bear the shame,
[01:31.141]
[01:31.418]Of foreign chains around us
[01:35.657]
[01:37.518]And so I said,
[01:39.328]
[01:39.863]"The mountain glen, I'll seek at morning early
[01:46.250]
[01:47.581]And join the brave united men
[01:51.295]
[01:52.634]While soft wind shook the barley
[01:56.360]
[02:00.345]Twas sad I kissed away her tears
[02:04.328]
[02:04.863]Her arms around me clinging
[02:08.876]
[02:10.204]When to my ears that fateful shot
[02:13.919]
[02:14.197]Came out the wildwood ringing
[02:17.903]
[02:19.762]The bullet pierced my true love's breast
[02:22.699]
[02:27.749]
[02:29.612]And there upon my breast she died
[02:33.062]
[02:34.667]While soft wind shook the barley
[02:38.930]
[03:43.218]I bore her to some mountain stream
[03:47.473]
[03:48.007]And many's the summer blossom
[03:51.996]
[03:53.332]I placed with branches soft and green
[03:56.526]
[03:57.335]About her gore-stained bosom
[04:01.604]
[04:03.197]I wept and kissed her clay-cold corpse
[04:06.382]
[04:07.187]Then rushed o'er vale and valley
[04:11.179]
[04:12.243]My vengeance on the foe to wreak
[04:15.956]
[04:16.750]While soft wind shook the barley
[04:21.534]
[04:26.355]Twas blood for blood without remorse
[04:29.826]
[04:30.875]I took at Oulart Hollow
[04:34.325]
[04:35.399]I placed my true love's clay-cold corpse
[04:39.672]
[04:39.946]Where mine full soon may follow
[04:43.401]
[04:45.514]Around her grave I wondered drear
[04:48.982]
[04:49.791]Noon, night and morning early
[04:54.044]
[04:55.363]With aching heart when e'er I hear
[04:59.337]
[05:01.497]The wind that shakes the barley