Letra de Jimmy Whelan

One evening of late as I went a-walking Watching the sunbeams as evening drew nigh It's onwards I rambled and I spied a fair maiden A-weeping and a-wailing with many's a sigh For one who has gone and now lies lonely Lonely for one no mortal can tell Her deep roaming waters roll swiftly around him And the grass, it grows green over young Jimmy's grave "Oh Jimmy," she cried, "Now, don't go and leave me Don't go and leave me here for to mourn Take me, oh take me along with you, darling Down to your grave and the cold, silent tomb" "My darling," he said "You are asking a favor That no mortal on earth could grant unto thee Death is the dagger that has torn us asunder And wide is the grave, love, between you and me For 'tis oft times you walk by the banks of the river My spirit will watch you to guard and to keep There will I hover and ever fly over To protect you, my darling, from the cold, silent tomb One fond embrace, love, and then I must leave you One loving farewell and then we must part" Cold were the arms that encircled around her And cold was the form she pressed to her heart So slowly he rose from the banks of the river And up to the skies he then seemed to go Leaving this fair maid by the side of the water A-weeping and a-wailing in anguish and woe "Oh Jimmy Whelan," she cried, "Now, don't go and leave me Don't go and leave me here for to mourn Take me, oh take me along with you, darling Down to your grave and the cold, silent tomb" 1