Rising Gael - Stretched On Your Grave

Rising Gael's version of the Irish classic "Stretched On Your Grave", from the album One More Day. [I prefer this version to any other I've heard, personally]


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Lyrics:

I am stretched on your grave
And I'll lie here forever
If you hands were in mine
I'd be sure they would not sever
My apple tree, my brightness,
It's time we were together
For I smell by the Earth
And I'm worn by the weather.

When my family think
That I'm safely in my bed
Oh, from night until morn
I am stretched out at your head
Calling out unto the earth
With tears hot and wild
For the loss of the boy
That I loved as a child.

Do you remember the night
Oh, the night when we were lost
In the shade of the blackthorn
And the touch of the frost?
Oh, and thanks be to Jesus
We did all that was right
And your maidenhead still
Is your pillar of light.

Oh, the priests and the friars
They approach me in dread
For I love you still
Oh, my life, and you're dead
But I still will be your shelter
Through rain and through storm
And with you in your cold grave
I cannot sleep warm

I am stretched on your grave
And I'll lie here forever
If you hands were in mine
I'd be sure they would not sever
My apple tree, my brightness,
It's time we were together
For I smell by the Earth
And I'm worn by the weather.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rising
• Gael
• Stretched
• On
• Your
• Grave

[TheWindgesang]

really beautifull!

touching and intense...

[DaughterUnderChrist]

thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[MTWitherspoon]

This is the most upbeat Irish love song I've ever heard.

[DaughterUnderChrist]

Glad you like it :)

[mikidzmommy]

saw Rising Gael in Syr, NY Irish Fest 2010,, great song tks for posting

[DRZrider99]

Saw them play in Downtown Wisconsin Dells and they were awesome.

[ElegantNudibranch]

@kevinmunley You should definitely hear the version by Dance Can Dance then.

[jetbuka]

Beautiful voice!

[DaughterUnderChrist]

@xThanatosMorsx Thanks! I tried :)

[BaseJam]

This version is still cool, i love your voice :)

[kevinmunley]

i like this song.... but would rather hear a mournful, slower version.

[natobaden]

intense, moving,