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Ben Bulben of Sligo

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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