Dear Black Head, will you go with me
Where the Tir na n'Og shines mistily?
Climbing the mountains or sailing the sea,
Dear Black Head, will you go with me?
On seas uncharted though we set sail
I will not fail you though all things fail;
I'd drown light-hearted your love to be,
Dear Black Head, will you go with me?
Avourneen deelish, your dear black head
Shall know no sorrow until I'm dead:
Your borrow in sorrow or shame I'll be,
Dear Black Head, if you'll go with me.
And till the Islands of Youth we find
Oh, I'll be faithful and you'll be kind —
Your heart of gold shall my castle be,
Dear Black Head, if you'll go with me!
I am busy working to bring Nora Hopper Chesson's "Dear Black Head" to life through some unique musical arrangements and will have a full analysis of the poem here for you soon.
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