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Like the Bright Lamp (Oh, Erin!)
22874055
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Piano, Vocal, Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1519935
Composed by Irish Traditional. Arranged by Konrad Harley. This edition: pdf, streaming. Celtic, Folk, Irish. Score. 3 pages. Konrad Harley #1093979. Published by Konrad Harley (A0.1519935).Based on the traditional Irish air "Thamama Hulla" from The Minstrelsy of Ireland, ed. Alfred Moffat (London: Augener & Co., 1897), p. 138.
Arranged by Konrad Harley (1986-), 2024.
Lyrics:
Like the bright lamp that lay on Kildare's holy fane,
And burn'd through long ages of darkness and storm,
Is the heart that sorrows have frow'd on in vain,
Whose spirit outlives them, unfading and warm.
Oh, Erin! Oh, Erin! thus bright through the tears
Of a long night of bondage thy spirit appears.
Unchill'd by the rain, and unwak'd by the wind,
The lily lies sleeping through winter's cold hour,
Till spring's light touch her fetters unbind,
And daylight and liberty bless the young flow'r.
Oh, Erin! Oh, Erin! thy winter is past,
And the hope that liv'd through it shall blossom at last.
-Words by Thomas Moore (1779-1852).
-Note: A fire was kept burning at Kildare for centuries in honour of Saint Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–525). That's the "lamp" Moore is referring to in the first verse.
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