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The Leitrim Queen

from Labor and Love 1988 by Atwater-Donnelly

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The Leitrim Queen
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When youth was mine in health and prime
I longed for wealth and fame
An adventurous one her love controlled
Of Wicklow rebel strain
I wandered down to Edwardstown
Unknown, alone, unseen
I met a girl, a matchless pearl
My County Leitrim queen

Her hair was like the sun-kissed gold
Her cheeks a lily hue
No crayon, chisel, brooch or pen
Could express my colleen true
The beauty she possessed was rare
Her affection never I seen
And the love that mirrored from the eyes
Of my County Leitrim queen

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Along the bent and primrose track
In life's young dawn we strolled
The plans we made, them prayers she said
As my love to her I told
The gentle pressure of her hand
Oh it all seems like a dream
God's will be done, she is gone, she is gone
My County Leitrim queen

For centuries on Leitrim's soil
Her great ancestors dwelled
Till one who married into them
Usurped the land they held
I saw the rose take from her cheeks
Her birthright's loss was keen
She pined, she died, my joy, my pride
God rest my Leitrim queen

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from Labor and Love 1988, released May 9, 1988
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, harmonica

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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