Jimmy Whelan - Karan Casey

One evening of late as I went a walking

Watching the sunbeams as evening drew nigh

'Twas onwards I rambled and I spied a fair maiden

A weeping and a wailing with many’s a sigh

For one who is gone and now lies lonely

Lonely for one no mortal can tell

Her deep roaming waters roll swiftly around him

And the grass it lies 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 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 onto thee

For 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 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

Then slowly he rose from the banks of the river

Up to the skies he then seem to go

Leaving this fair maid by the side of the water

A weeping and a wailing with many’s a sigh

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 along with you darling

Down to your grave and the cold silent tomb