Slieve Galleon Braes
Description
Irish Emigration Ballad by Dolores Keane & John Faulkner.<br /> "As I was walkin' one morning all in the month of May<br /> To view all your mountains and valleys so gay,<br /> I was thinking on the flowers all going to decay<br /> That bloom around ye, bonny, bonny Slieve Galleon Braes.<br /> <br /> Full of times I have wandered with my dog and my gun,<br /> I'd ramble these mountains and your valleys for fun,<br /> But those days they now all over and I can no longer stay<br /> So farewell unto you bonny, bonny, Slieve Galleon Braes.<br /> <br /> How oft in the evening with the sun all in the west<br /> I walked hand in hand with the one I love best<br /> But the hopes of youth are ended and I am far away<br /> So farewell unto you bonny bonny Slieve Galleon Braes<br /> <br /> 'tis not for the want of employment at home<br /> That causes the son of ould Ireland to roam,<br /> But the rates were gettin' higher and I could no longer stay<br /> So farewell unto you bonny, bonny, Slieve Galleon Braes.<br /> <br /> Our isle it will be green and our cottages be gay<br /> Our children will be clothed and our wives will drink strong tea<br /> Oh you tyrannising landlords - I will no longer stay<br /> So farewell unto to you bonny bonny Slieve Galleon Braes."<br /> <br /> Dolores Keane (born 26th September, 1953) is an Irish folk singer and musician. She was a founding member and vocalist of De Dannan, and appeared on the self-titled debut album Dé Danann in 1975. In 1977, Dolores left the group to marry John Faulkner. (Both being multi-instrumentalists, they recorded three albums together.) Dolores played concertina, flute, whistle, hurdy gurdy, and bodhrán. The anthology A Woman's Heart (1992), with three songs by Dolores Keane, was one of the most popular folk anthologies of the nineties.<br /> <br /> Keane is a Traveller and was born in Caherlistrane, County Galway, Ireland. She is a sister of musician Seán Keane. Her aunts Rita and Sara Keane are also singers. She has duetted with American singer John Prine on his album In Spite of Ourselves. In a slight departure, "Tideland" is a mixture of Irish and Norwegian songs, song by Dolores Keane and Norwegian singer Rita Eriksen. It was originally released in 1996 in Norway, but reached a larger audience when it was re-released