song lyrics
Brighidin Ban Mo Store lyrics

I am a wand ring minstrel man,
And Love my only theme,
I ve stray d beside the pleasant Bann,
And eke the Shannon s stream;
I ve pip d and play d to wife and maid
By Barrow, Suir, and Nore,
But never met a maiden yet
Like Brighidin Ban Mo Store.

My girl hath ringlets rich and rare,
By Nature s fingers wove -
Loch-Carra s swan is not so fair
As her breast of love;
And when she moves, in Sunday sheen,
Beyond our cottage door,
I d scorn the high-born Saxon queen
For Brighidin Ban Mo Store.

It is not that thy smile is sweet,
And soft thy voice of song -
It is not that thou fleest to meet
My comings lone and long;
But that doth rest beneath thy breast,
A heart of purest core,
Whose pulse is known to me alone,
My Brighidin Ban Mo Store!