Four green fields    (video)    (midi)

 

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1. “What did I have ?” said the fine old woman.

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    “What did I have ?” this proud old woman did say.

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    “I had four green fields, each one was a jewel,

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    but strangers came and tried to take them from me.

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    But my fine strong sons, they fought to save my jewels,

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    they fought and they died,         and that was my grief,” said she.

 

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2. “Long time ago,” said the fine old woman,

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    “long time ago,” this proud old woman did say.

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    “There was war and death, plundering and pillage,

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    my children died, by mountain, valley and stream.

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    And their wailing cries, they reached the very heavens,

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    and my four green fields,         ran red with their blood,” said she.

 

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3. “What have I now ?” said the fine old woman.

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    “What have I now ?” this proud old woman did say.

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    “I have four green fields, one of them's in bondage,

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    in strangers hands that tried to take it from me.

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    But my sons have sons, as brave as were their fathers,

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    and my four green fields,         will bloom once again said she,

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    and my four green fields,         will bloom once again said she.

 

    (The Dubliners)