The Flower of Magherally O

 

Track 11 (Trad. Arr. Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne) 

THE FLOWER OF MAGHERALLY O
  
 One pleasant summer’s morning when all the flowers were blooming O 
 Nature was adorning and the wee birds they were singing O
 I met my love near Bambridge Town, my charming blue eyed Sally O
 She is the Queen of the County Down, my Flower of Magherally O
  
 With admiration I did gaze upon that blue eyed Lassie O
 Adam never had so much joy, when he saw Eve in Eden O
 Her skin was like the lily white, that blooms in yonder garden O
 She is my queen and my heart’s delight, my Flower of Magherally O
  
 Her yellow hair in ringlets hung, her boots of Spanish leather O
 Her bonnet with blue ribbons on, her scarlet scarf and feather O
 Like Venus bright she did appear, my charming blue eyed Sally O
 She is the girl that I love dear, my Flower of Magherally O
  
 And I hope the day will surely come, when we’ll join hands together O
 It’s then I’ll bring my true love home, in spite of wind and weather O
 And let them all say what they will, and let them reel and rally O
 For I will wed the girl I love, my Flower of Magherally O