Letras
There was a lord who lived in the town
Who had a lovely handsome daughter
She was courted by a fair young man
Who was a servant to her father
But when her parents came to know
They swore they'd ban him from the island
The maid she knew that her heart would break
Had she to part with young Matt Ireland
So straight away to her love she goes
Into his room to awake him
Saying "Arise my love and go away
This very night you will be taken
I overheard my parents say
In spite of me they would transport you
So arise my love and go away
I wish to God I'd gone before you"
They both sat down upon the bed
Just for the sight of one half-hour
And not a word did either speak
As down their cheeks the tears did shower
She laid her head upon his breast
Around his neck her arms entwined them
"Not a Duke nor Lord or Earl I'll wed
I'll wait for you my own Matt Ireland"
The lord discoursed with his daughter fair
One night alone in her bedchamber
Saying "We'll give you leave for to bring him back
Since there's no-one can win your favour"
She wrote a letter then in haste
For him her heart was still repining
They brought him back, to the church they went
And made a lord of young Matt Ireland