The Kerry Dance (Clarence T. Steele)
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- (Posted 2023-12-18) CPDL #78311:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-18). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 350 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Kerry Dance
Composer: James Lynam Molloy
Arranger: Clarence T. Steele
Lyricist: James Lynam Molloy
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1885 Geo. Molineux
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Original text and translations
English text
Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing,
Oh, the ring of the piper’s tune;
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness,
Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon!
When the boys began to gather
In the glen, of a summer night,
And the Kerry piper’s tuning
Made us long with wild delight!
Oh, to think of it,
Oh, to dream of it,
Fills my heart with tears!
Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing,
Oh, the ring of the piper’s tune,
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness
Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon!
Was there ever a sweeter Colleen
In the dance than Eily More,
Or a prouder lad than Thady
As he boldly took the floor?
“Lads and lasses, to your places,
Up the middle and down again!”
And the merry hearted laughter
Ringing through the happy glen!
Oh, to think of it,
Oh, to dream of it,
Fills my heart with tears!
Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing,
Oh, the ring of the piper’s tune,
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness
Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon!
Loving voices of old companions
Stealing out of the past once more,
And the sound of the dear old Music,
Soft and sweet as in days of yore:
When the boys began to gather
In the glen, of a summer night,
And the Kerry piper’s tuning
Made us long with wild delight!
Oh, to think of it,
Oh, to dream of it,
Fills my heart with tears!
Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing,
Oh, the ring of the piper’s tune,
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness
Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon!