Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Offaly Rover
a rover I have been and a rover I will stay
but to that faithful county I will return some day
Uibh Fhaile how I love you with your heather scented air
silently the peaceful brosna calls her sons from far and near
Oh Kinnitty I long to see
when the woodbine's in full bloom
or stroll the fields around Ferbane hear the wild birds in full tune
at Clonmacnoise I see you
onto Banagher we'll stray
where the fishermen will drink and tear of the ones that got away
Though dead are still in exile
are some friends I used to know
still I must pass Killoughy
where great sportmen are laid low
By Croghan HillI see you
where in childhood I did play
so adieu to you beloved Slieve Bloom
I must be on my way
Pile the brown turf on the fire bring the keg in from the barn
let the blacksmith sing his rebel song and the poacher tell his yarn
come close my friends and neighbors fill your glasses to the brim
as we toast our Offaly heros from the heather, hill and glen
