Flight of the Earls

X:1
T:Flight of the Earls
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1969, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:F
C2 |F3 G (FE) (DC) |c3 d c2 B2 |A2 F2 (AG) (FE) | D6
w:To o-ther shores_ a-*cross the sea We speed with swell-*ing_ sail;
E2 |F3 G (FE) (DC) |c3 d c2 B2 |A2 G2 (FG) (A=B) | c6
w: Yet still there lin-*gers_ on our lee A phan-tom In-*nis-*fail.
c2 |d3 B f2 d2 |c3 B A2 c2 |B2 A2 G2 F2 | D6
w: Oh fear not, fear not, gen-tle ghost, Your sons shall turn un-true;
E2 |F3 G (FE) (DC) |c3 d c2 B2 |A2 F2 (AG) (FE) | F6  |]
w:Though fain to fly_ your_ love-ly coast, They leave their hearts_ with_ you.
W:To other shores across the sea
W:We speed with swelling sail;
W:Yet still there lingers on our lee
W:A phantom Innisfail.
W:Oh fear not, fear not, gentle ghost,
W:Your sons shall turn untrue;
W:Though fain to fly your lovely coast,
W:They leave their hearts with you.
W:
W:As slowly into distance dim
W:Your shadow sinks and dies,
W:So o'er the ocean's utmost rim
W:Another realm shall rise.
W:New hills shall swell, new vales expand,
W:New rivers winding flow;
W:But could we for a foster land
W:Your mother love forego?
W:

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