The Bay Of Biscay - Karan Casey

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[00:17.42]My Willie sails on board the tender
[00:23.04]where he is I do not know.
[00:28.58]For seven long years I have been waiting
[00:32.84]to cross the Bay of Biscay-o.
[00:38.64]Mary was sleeping her love came creeping
[00:43.84]to her bedroom door did go,
[00:49.04]Saying, “Rise up, Mary, my lovely Mary,
[00:53.98]I'm your charming Willie-o.”
[00:58.36]Willie-
[01:03.76]I'm your charming Willie-o.”
[01:11.34]Mary arose and put on her clothes
[01:16.92]trough her bedroom door did go,
[01:22.24]And there she spared her own true lover
[01:26.54]his face as white as the lily snow.
[01:32.04]“Oh, Willie dear, where are those blushes,
[01:37.42]Those blushes I knew long years ago?”
[01:42.98]“Mary dear, while the clay has changed them,
[01:47.48]I'm the ghost of your Willie-o.”
[01:51.78]Willie-
[01:57.12]I'm the ghost of your Willie-o.”
[02:37.08]They spent the night in deep conversation
[02:42.88]Concerning their courtship years ago.
[02:48.50]Mary dear, while the dawn is breaking,
[02:52.98]The time has come for me to go.
[02:57.46]And I must leave you broken-hearted
[03:02.84]Down her tears they began to flow.
[03:08.34]They kissed ,he embraced and sorrowfully parted
[03:13.14]Just as the cocky began to crow.
[03:17.38]began to crow.began to crow.
[03:23.02]Just as the cocky began to crow.
[03:30.62]when will you return again?
[03:35.80]When the fishes they do fly
[03:40.42]the sea it will run dry
[03:44.70]And the rocks will melt unto the sun.”
[03:51.36]the sun
[03:53.88]the rocks will melt unto the sun.
[04:02.92]lalala……