Benbulben of Sligo Songtext
von Foster & Allen

High up on Benbulben
Where the green grass is sloped
Where the sheep were so peacefully grazing
Alone with my thoughts
And my youths secret hopes
′Neath the clouds I'd be cheerfully lazing
There on that mountain
Alone I would go
While I fell the stragglers before me
Nature around me was waking anew
And the care were as rare
As the moon when its blue

Benbulben of Sligo majestic you stand
To welcome me back from me travels
When I see the mountain,
I know I′ve come home
Forever and ever and never to roam


Often at daybreak from the cottage I'd see
The sun rising over the mountain
Reflecting the glories of Sligo on me
And its blessings I'll surely be counting
O where in the world would the grass be so green
As the rain falls caressingly o′er it
Wild geese go flying on Benbulben′s heights
Breathing the dawning with their morning flights

Benbulben of Sligo majestic you stand
To welcome me back from me travels
When I see the mountain,
I know I've come home
Forever and ever and never to roam

Land of the poet where Yeats gave us verse
He was raised in the county of Sligo
Memories more precious than coins in a purse
I treasure forever where I go
The sounds in the valleys where the streams gently flow
As they wind their way down to the sea
And the wild mountain heather
That blooms all year round
Will one day have a welcome for me


Benbulben of Sligo majestic you stand
To welcome me back from me travels
When I see the mountain,
I know I′ve come home
Forever and ever and never to roam
Benbulben of Sligo majestic you stand
To welcome me back from me travels
When I see the mountain,
I know I've come home
Forever and ever and never to roam

End