My Lagan Love

One of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Often discussed as to whether it concerns the Lagan in Donegal or the Lagan in Belfast. We generally only hear the first and third verses.

MY LAGAN LOVE
Where Lagan stream sings lullaby there blows a lily fair:
The twilight gleam is in her eye, the night is on her hair
And, like a love-sick lenanshee, she hath my heart in thrall;
Nor life I owe, nor liberty, for Love is Lord of all.

Her father sails a running-barge 'twixt Leambeag and The Bruim
And on the lonely river barge she clears the hearth for him
When she was only fairy-high her gentle mother died
But dew-love keeps her memory green on the Lagan side.

And often when the beetle's horn hath lulled the eve to sleep,
I steal unto her sheiling lorn, and thro' the dooring peep.
There on the cricket's singing stone she spares the bogwood fire,
And hums in sad sweet undertone the song of heart's desire.

Her welcome, like her love for me, is from her heart within
Her warm kiss is felicity that knows no taint of sin
And when I stir my foot to go 'tis leaving love and light
To feel the wind of longing blow from out the dark of night.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lagan
• Belfast
• Donegal
• streams
• lullaby
• love
• song
• maureenderry
• Ireland
• classical
• folk

[JoyousinJesus]

Wow, what a VOICE!! 

[maureenderry]

@JoyousinJesus Thank you for your very nice comment.

[Utubeboo1]

Stunning ......... I have heard an Angels voice this day. Lovely, truly lovely.

[maureenderry]

@Utubeboo1 Oh thank you for such a lovely comment.

[costernocht]

Maureen, I just listened to this after several months' absence, and it's as beautiful as ever - the greatest version, IMHO. Thank you again for sharing your gift.

[maureenderry]

@costernocht Thank you so much. I love this song myself.

[lorenbliss]

I first heard this on a recording by Susan Reed in 1959 -- an album tragically no longer available. For reasons too complex to explain here, it truly changed my life. Yours is the first performance I have heard of this exquisite song that equals -- and sometimes exceeds -- the poignant enchantment of the original. Thank you; blessed be. 

[TheFlameTop]

I was hearing this one in my mind thisafternoon and I wondered exactly how old this song might be , though quite old i certainly know .

I just want to say thank you , you've done beautifully here Maureen !

[MEDSEC20]

As you say, one of the most beautiful songs and music ever written.  Well done, and thank you for the lyrics.

[suryayt01]

@suryayt01 I need the piano accompaniment in Bmajor scale

[suryayt01]

Hi Maureen

Can I get the piano music sheet for this rendition ?

Plz plz .plz plz

[ExtravaganzaBullshit]

What a beautiful song and how beautifully sung. Your voice is sincere as well as accomplished. It's especially powerful if the song depicts love of homeland. I might cover it myself. I can imagine it with violin and acoustic guitar. Thanks for sharing!

[cocklesandmussels]

Lovely song. The words were written by Joseph Campbell in 1904, to an air collected in Donegal 50 years previously.

[Debussy55555]

I first heard the Eileen Donaghy version of this song in the 1960s and this is best I have heard since then. This song needs to be performed at a slow tempo to bring out all the emotion it contains. Maureen's version is hauntingly beautiful and captures the emotion perfectly. It is a privilege to listen to her sing the song.