• Adapted
      GIN a body meet a body
        Comin’ through the rye,
      Gin a body kiss a body,
        Need a body cry?
      Every lassie has her laddie,—
        Ne’er a ane hae I;
      Yet a’ the lads they smile at me
        When comin’ through the rye.
    Amang the train there is a swain
      I dearly lo’e mysel’;
    But whaur his hame,...

  • The Harp that once through Tara’s halls
      The soul of music shed,
    Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls
      As if that soul were fled.
    So sleeps the pride of former days,
      So glory’s thrill is o’er,
    And hearts that once beat high for praise
      Now feel that pulse no more!

    No more to chiefs and ladies bright
      The harp of Tara...