Shannon, Oh Shannon
[ Cally Krallman / Randy Wills ]
She loved her dear Shannon, a fisher was he…
Both raised at The Burren, near the edge of the sea
One day he said “Darling, it’s my time to go…
On a seafaring venture, to where I don’t know”
She reached for her locket, with his picture inside--
It was all that she had to remember him by
Said he would be back, by the next quarter moon---
At the Cliffs of the Moher, he’d come home to her soon
“If I don’t return Clare, then shall you forget,---
To the tide you will throw the golden locket
CHORUS
She cried…Shannon, oh, Shannon please come back to me
You know my heart needs you more than the sea
Shannon, Oh, Shannon, it’s near quarter moon---
Shannon oh Shannon, come back to me soon
Time was so slow …each day she would wait…
Dreams of her lover, not knowing his fate
She opened the locket and looked at his smile…
Would he ever return to his dear Emerald Isle
The night finally came, the moon was so shy---
Stars danced in the ballroom of the black Irish sky
Just when she thought the cliff called her name…
On the waves of the ocean reflected a flame
A night lamp burned bright from the dark ship out there…
Shannon returned to his beautiful Clare
CHORUS
She cried…Shannon, oh, Shannon please come back to me
You know my heart needs you more than the sea
Shannon, Oh, Shannon, it’s near quarter moon---
Shannon oh Shannon, come back to me soon
Shannon, oh, Shannon please come back to me
You know my heart needs you more than the sea
Shannon, Oh, Shannon, It’s near quarter moon---
Shannon oh Shannon, come back to me soon
Shannon oh Shannon, come back to me soon
