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Lyrics for Croppie Boy by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Croppie Boy | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 166 | | | | Lyrics: | The Croppie Boy
Good men and true in this house who dwell,
To a stranger
buichall* I bid ye tell
Is the priest at home, or may he be seen
I would speak a word with
Father Green.
"The priest's at home and he may be seen,
'Tis aisy speakin' with
Father Green
But you must wait while I go and see
If the holy father alone may
be."
The lad has knelt to tell his sins
"In Nomine Deo" the youth begins,
At
"Mea Culpa" he beats his breast
And in broken murmurs he speaks the rest.
I cursed
three times since last Easter day,
At mass-time once I went to play
I passed the church
yard one day in haste
And forgot to pray for my mother's rest.
At the siege of Ross
did my father fall,
And at Gory my loving brothers all.
I alone am left of my name and
race
I shall go to Wexford to take their place.
I bear no hate 'gainst no living
thing
But I love my country above the King
Now, Father, bless me and let me go
To
die, if God hath ordained it so.
The priest said naught, but a rustling noise
Made
the boy look up in wild surmise;
The robes were gone, and in scarlet there
Stood a yeoman
captain with fiery glare.
With fiery glare and with fury hoarse,
Instead of a
blessing he breath'd a curse
" 'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive
For this
one last hour's your time to live."
"On yonder river three tenders float,
Your
priest's on one if he isn't shot
We hold this house for our lord, the King
And the men
say, Aye! May all traitors swing."
At Geneva Valley the young man died,
And at
Passage there was his body laid
Good people who live in peace and joy
Breathe a prayer,
shed a tear for the Croppie boy.
* youth, or boy
(Recorded by Patrick
Galvin on a Riverside 10", I think)
@Irish @soldier @death
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