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Lark in the clear air
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from the album 'Cara Dillon'. words Sir Samuel Ferguson, tune traditional, arranged by Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman |
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Sir Samuel Ferguson, a famous poet and Celtic scholar in Belfast, wrote the words of this song in the 1850s. The tune seems to be collected by Mrs. Ferguson in the West of Ireland. |
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Dear thoughts are my mind and my soul it soars enchanted, As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day, For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted, And tomorrow he shall hear all my fond heart longs to say. I will tell him all my love , all my soul's pure adoration, And I know he will hear my voice and he will not answer me nay, It is this that gives my soul all it's joyous elation, As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day. |