| lyric | 1. Kathleen Mavourneen! the grey dawn is breaking,
The horn of the hunter is heard on thehill,
The lark from her llight wing the bright dew is shaking;
Karhleen Mavourneen, what! slumb’ring still?
Oh! hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever?
Oh! hast thou forgotten this day we must part?
It may be for years, and it may be forever,
Oh! why art thou solent, Kathleen Mavourneen?
2. Kathleen Mavourneen! awake from thy slumber,
The blue mountain glows in the sun’s golden light;
Ah! where is the spell that once hung on thy numbers,
Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night.
Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling,
To think that from Erin and thee I must part.
It may be for years, and it may be forever,
Oh! why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
It may be for years, and it may be forever,
Then why art thou silent, Kathleen Mavourneen? |