Gortnamona - Brendan O'Dowda

Brendan O'Dowda singing Gortnamona, written by Percy French.

Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona,
I thought the birds were singing in the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it was my heart that was singing, singing, singing,
With the joy that you were bringing, oh my love, to me

Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona,
I thought the wind was sighing round the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it was the banshee that was crying, crying, crying,
And I knew my love was dying far across the sea.

Now if you go through the woods of Gortnamona,
You'll hear the raindrops creeping through the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it is the tears thatI am weeping, weeping, weeping,
For the loved one that is sleeping far away from me.

Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona,
I thought the birds were singing in the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it was my heart that was singing, singing, singing,
With the joy that you were bringing, oh my love, to me

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• gortnamona
• ireland
• irish
• folk
• song
• music
• brendan
• o'dowda
• woods

[lorgain2]

Dominiquedy, You mean the late Brendan has a beautiful voice.

[lorgain2]

naychud, Percy French was a very clever man, anyone who seen his story on a BBC programme a few years ago would have realised there was a hell of a lot more to French than comical, come-all-yees. Thanks for the comment naychud.

[lorgain2]

SebbyDebb, The name O`Dowda , [Irish, O`Dubhda]

a north of Ireland name, in County Derry the Duddy name is a corrupt form of the name.

[lorgain2]

The Irisher, I would agree with your comments on Brendan, I wiil look through my collection for The Pearl Fishers.

[lorgain2]

Thanks Terry.

[lorgain2]

Thanks Maureen.

[rockgor]

The melody sounds familiar, but I don't remember hearing this

Percy French song before. If you search the net for Gortnamona

House, you can see the mansion where the song was written.

Tnx 4 the lovely post.

[dcconsi]

for my auntie katie lorton

[jeana1001]

I love this.

[clarebannerman]

The definitive version of this beautiful ballad. Remember Brendan on the radio from the early 60's.

[dominiquedv]

You have a beautiful voice.

[naychud]

This song proved that there was more to Percy French than Phil theFluter`r Ball and all that sure and begorrah stuff.