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Fair-Haired Cassidy

I fled from the summit of Croagh Patrick
Down to you at towards Slieve Bawn1
Searching for the girl who had left my mind tormented
And made a black coal of my heart
My shoulders hunched up to my ears
And I received a sharp, clear summons from death
No one could hear my story at that moment
And not think the fair-haired Cassidy a pitiful wretch
 

At the top of the stairs is the finest of maidens
A merry light-hearted girl with a fair bosom
Isn't it a pity she's not mine, she who has neither cattle or wealth
But still refuses me her hand
Oh, I would build her a grand house on the side of the road
And provide coaches at the service of her family
Oh amber-haired one, if only you'd milk my cows for me
I wouldn’t care how you bind the harvest sheaves
 

I was in college until I was old enough to shave
And another five years at the seminary2
I received a fine education from the Church
But regrettably, I broke away from it
Oh, before the King of Grace I very much fear
That I am not fated to be set free3
And that my sins are greater than half of Croagh Patrick
Because of the love I gave to the bailiff's daughter
 

Isn't it strange the how you made me believe
That the grass wouldn't grow from the ground
That the moon wouldn't shine on Ireland
That the stars wouldn't light at the beginning of night?
There’s neither force nor power in the heat of the sun
And until the fish swim in the sea without water
Until the floods rise as high as the mountains
I will never forsake the love of my heart
 

• 1. Slíabh Bághna na Tuatha, Co. Roscommon
• 2. I don’t think “ardscoil” here means “high school,” but rather, special higher education beyond college, as in a seminary.
• 3. Or alternately, saved from damnation. “Saor” can mean “free” or “saved”—so perhaps both?

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