From the 1882 musical “The Maid of Arran”.
Words and music by Louis F. Baum.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In the days when our Isle was a Kingdom
And O’Mara was lord of it all
Then the fairest of Arran’s fair daughters
Reign’d a princess in this Castle Hall
Oh, her eyes were the brightest
Her hand was the whitest
And heart of the tightest had she
And she had a lover, and he was a rover
And sailed the blue seas o’er did he
Chorus
Sail’d the seas o’er, sail’d the seas o’er
Sail’d the seas over did he
And she had a lover, and he was a rover
And sailed the seas o’er did he
- But the day came when he had to leave her
And sail to far Africa’s shore
And he vow’d that he’d never deceiver her
But tho’ absent would love her the more
With a kiss on her lips
Then he row’d to his ship
She cable did slip and away
And she utter’d no moan
Of the grief he had sown
When he left her alone, on that day
Chorus
Left her alone, left her alone
Left her alone on that day
She utter’d no moan
Of the grief he had sown
When he left her alone, on that day
- Then she sat herself down at her window
To watch for his coming again
With her eyes gazing far o’er the waters
On her sweet face a look as of pain
Tho’ her fond heart was burning
She stifled its yearning
Her eyes were turning astray
But he came back no more
From far Africa’s shore
Until death came and bore her away
Chorus
Bore her away, bore her away
Death came and bore her away
He came back no more
From far Africa’s shore
Until death came and bore her away
Sung here by Vancha March: