Lough Erne Shore
Source: The Stone Fiddle by Paddy Tunney
Location: New Edition, page 130 / 131
One morning as I went a’ fowling, bright Phoebus adorned the plain.
‘Twas down by the shores of Lough Erne I met with this wonderful dame.
He voice was so sweet and so pleasing, these beautiful notes she did sing,
The innocent fowl of the forest, their love unto her they did bring.
It being the first time I saw her, my heart it did lep with surprise,
I thought that she could be no mortal, but an angel who fell from the skies.
Her hair it resembled gold tresses, her skin was as white as the snow,
And he cheeks were as red as the roses that bloom around Lough Erne Shore.
When I found that my love was eloping, these words unto to her I did say:
“O take me to your habitation, for Cupid has led me astray.”
“For ever I’ll keep the commandments. They say that it is the best plan.
Fair maid who do yield to men’s pleasures, the Scripture does say they are wrong.”
“O Mary don’t accuse me of weakness, for treachery I do disown.
I’ll make you a lady of honour, if with me this night you’ll come home.
O had I the Lamp of Great Aladdin, his rings and his genie, that’s more,
I would part with them all for to gain you and live upon Lough Erne Shore.”
The fame of this fair one’s notorious; her beauty descends from above,
All robbed like a goddess in splendour and fanned by the fragrance of love.
I wish I were able to praise her. Her likes I have not seen before.
So, Mary got married to Willie and they live upon Lough Erne Shore.