Shanagolden (Rerecorded) Lyrics
Shanagolden (Rerecorded) - Liz Madden
The cold winds from the mountain
Are calling soft to me
The smell of scented heather
Brings bitter memories
The wild and lonely eagle
Up in the summer sky
Flies high over Shanagolden
Where my young Willie lies
I met him in the winter time
When snow was on the ground
The Irish hills were peaceful
And love was all around
Scarcely twenty-one years
A young man in his prime
We were married darling Willie
By the eve of Christmas time
Do you remember darling
When we walked the moonlit road
I held you in my arms love
I would never let you go
Our hands they were entwined love
All in the pale moonlight
By the fields of Shanagolden
On a lonely winter's night
Then came the call to arms dear
And the heath they were aflame
Down from the silent mountains
The Saxon strangers came
I held you in my arms love
My young heart wild with fear
By the fields of Shanagolden
In the springtime of the year
You fought them darling Willie
All through the summer days
I heard the rifles firing
In the mountains far away
I held you in my arms love
Your blood ran free and bright
And you died in Shanagolden
On a lonely summer's night
Oh but that was long ago dear
And your son grows fine and tall
The hills they are at peace again
The Saxon stranger's gone
We'll place a red rose on your grave
By the silvery pale moonlight
And we'll dream of Shanagolden
On a lonely winter's night