The Rose of Mooncoin - Paddy Reilly

Oh how sweet 'tis to roam by the Suir’s lovely stream

And to hear the birds coo 'neath the morning sunbeams

Where the thrush and the robin their sweet notes entwine

On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin

Flow on lovely river, flow gently along

By your water’s so sweet sounds the lark’s merry song

On your green banks I’ll wander where first I did join

With you lovely Molly, the Rose of Mooncoin

Oh Molly dear Molly it breaks my fond heart

To know that we two forever must part

I’ll think of you Molly while sun and moon shine

On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin

Flow on lovely river, flow gently along

By your water’s so sweet sounds the lark’s merry song

On your green banks I’ll wander where first I did join

With you lovely Molly, the Rose of Mooncoin

She has sailed far away o’re the dark rolling foam

Far away from the hills of our dear Irish home

Where the fisherman sports with his small boat and line

On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin

Flow on lovely river, flow gently along

By your water’s so sweet sounds the lark’s merry song

On your green banks I’ll wander where first I did join

With you lovely Molly, the Rose of Mooncoin