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Bonny Portmor lyrics
O bonnie Port Mór, I'm sorry to see
Such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree,
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day,
Till the longboats from Antrim came to float it away.
O bonnie Port Mór, you shine where you stand,
And, the more I think on you, (the more you seem grand.)
If I had you now as I had once before,
All the Lords in Old England would not purchase Port Mór.
All the birds in the forest, they bitterly weep,
Saying, "Where shall we shelter? O where shall we sleep?";
For the oak and the ash, they are all cutten down,
And the walls of bonnie Port Mór are all down to the ground.
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Part of these releases
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- Track 10 on Nights from the Alhambra -
- 9 Cymbeline
- 11 Santiago
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estel elenriel 0 points
oh bonny portmore,i am sorry to see
such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree
for it stood on your shore for many a long day
till the long boats of antrim came to float it away
2 "oh bonny portmore you shine where you stand
and the more i think of you the more i think long
if i had you now as i had once before
all thr lords of old england would not purchase portmore"
all the birds in the forest they bitterly weep
saying where shall we shelter and where shall we sleep
for the oak and the ash they are all cutten down
and the walls of bonny portmore are all down to the ground
repeat verse 2