Fair Eire’s plains are bonnie,
Where often falls the rain,
‘Twas there that on my true love
At first my eyes have lain
At first my eyes have lain
He shred my heart in pieces
And yet I love him still
His eye is like the hazel
As brown but not as hard
And his liver white as lilies
By love was never scarred
By love was never scarred
He shred my heart in pieces
And yet I love him still
By hair as brown as chocolate
Are his handsome features lined.
And his heart as free as birdie
‘Twas not to be confined
‘Twas not to be confined
He shred my heart in pieces
And yet I love him still
And fleet and swift as roe deer
On slender feet he fled
When ‘er I came near him
And soon my heart it bled
And soon my heart it bled
He shred my heart in pieces
And yet I love him still
And sure as death I never
Will see his like again
That stole my heart so lightly
In rainy Eire’s plain
In rainy Eire’s plain.
He shred my heart in pieces
And yet I love him still