THE CLIFFS OF MOHER – Dermot Kelly
Recorded
by Curtis & Loretta "Gone Forever". "We learned it from a cassette
tape of a woman singing and playing harp. We learned it for a wedding,
and the bride had bought this tape from a woman playing and singing
harp, on the Cliffs of Moher!" The woman who sings and plays the harp
on the Cliffs of Moher is Tina Morrissey. She recorded the song "Cliffs
of Moher" by Dermot Kelly under her maiden name of Tina Mulrooney on
her first CD "A Memory of Ireland". Dermot Kelly now lives in
Liscannor, near the Cliffs.
I’m sitting on the cliffs of
Moher
Looking out to sea
The broad Atlantic swells below me
A bridge love between you and
me
The puffins cry above the
tide
The seagulls glide through
the air
Calling you back from New York City
Back home to the county of Clare
Come back, come back sweet
Annie
Come back, for I will be
there
We’ll sing and
we’ll play
In the old fashioned way
On the hillside of sweet County Clare
I’ll hold your hand
We’ll walk through the burren
With limestone and flowers so
rare
The yellows and reds
The gold in their petals
Will match your blue eyes and
fair hair
We’ll visit Quinn Abby and
Fein Cill Sula
Where holy ones once knelt in
prayer
But how can this be if you
stay away darling
From your
home in the county of Clare
I’m looking across at the
great Aran islands
Inis Maan, Inis Mor, Inis
Oirr
They’ve nestled there neatly
Caressed by the ocean
Surrounded by water so clear
But you have the smoke
And the dust of the city
Where people pass by and
don’t care
There’s love and there’s
welcome
As warm as the sunshine
For you in the county of Clare
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