The mountains of Pomeroy

Irish song

The mountains of Pomeroy

The morn was breaking bright and fair,
The lark sang in the sky,
Wheb the maid she bound her goIden hair,
With a blithe glance in her eye;
For, who beyond the gay green-wood,
Was a-waiting her with joy,
Oh, who but her gallant Renardine,
On the mountains of Pomeroy.

An outlawed man in a land forlorn,
He scorned to turn and fly,
But kept the cause of freedom safe
Up on the mountains high.

Full often in the dawning hour,
Full oft in twilight brown
He met the maid in the woodland bow'r,
Where the stream comes foaming down
For they were faithful in a love
No wars could e'er destroy.
No tyrant's law touched Renardine,
On the mountains of Pomeroy.

"Dear love, " she said, "l'm sore afraid,
For the foeman's force and you
They've tracked you in the lowland plain
And all the valley through.
My kinsmen frown when you are named
Your life they would destroy
'Beware,' they say, 'of Renardine,
On the mountains of Pomeroy."

"Fear not, fear not, sweetheart," he cried,
"Fear not the foe for me
No chain shall fall, whate'er betide,
On the arm that would be free!
Oh, leave your cruel kin and come,
When the lark is in the sky.
And it's with my gun I'll guard you,
On the mountains of Pomeroy."

The morn has come, she rose and fled
From her cruel kin and home;
And bright the wood, and rosy red,
And the dumbling torrent's foam.
But the mist came down and the tempest roared,
And did all around destroy;
And a pale, drowned bride met Renardine,
On the mountains of Pomeroy.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pomeroy
• Ireland
• Morre
• and
• Broaders
• folk
• song

[daver852]

This is a great song; I can't understand why it isn't more often recorded.

[lorgain2]

Daver I have many recordings of this by various groups, including the Clancys-Macken, and the Dubliners.

[lorgain2]

Daver sorry I owe you an apology, a thorough search tells me I am wrong, the other recording I came across on Google was by Brendan Dolan you can listen to his full version on his Site, an excellent singer.

[lorgain2]

I will get it right yet, go to Brendan Nolans Site

[lorgain2]

I wish it was me, credit to the performers.

[lorgain2]

eangoria, This is a nice easy going arrangement, Thanks for the publicity.

[TheCiaran99]

im from pomeroy nd its not that great but this song makes it sound better than what it is

[MurrintownLad]

brilliant song,thanks lorgain2

[CiaranLittleIRL]

Great song.. Its about 5 mins away from me..

[32Fearghal]

This Song was writing by a famous Tyrone Man George Sigerson from Strabane.

Great Song.

Amhran den chead scoth.

[cullyrads]

Whats the story of this song? Always liked it but being from Cork Coty never knew the actual history behind it. Please enlighten me!!!

[ChickHardstyle]

I live near pomeroy LOL

[JOHNCONNELLGROUP]

jackie o'brien and the pikemen sing this song at a faster tempo

[nk11090]

TIR EOGHAIN ABU !!!

[HannahGrahamOfficial]

So, I'm a musician and want to record some Irish tracks for my first album as well as my own music, so I searched up Irish songs on google, I've check =ed out alot, and this is my favourite! It makes me feel quite sad in a way!