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Donal Dhu
My name is Donal Dhu,
I’m an outlaw bold and true,
I roam the country through
From Saxon bandits free.
But I loved a maiden fair
She had dark and glossy hair,
She sold me in despair;
She’s the dear maid to me!
Margaret Kelly was her name,
And burning was the flame
That was hidden in her bosom
When first I knew her name.
But her love grew false and cold,
And an outlaw’s life she sold,
For the Saxon’s worthless gold;
She’s the dear maid to me!
My Sires were princes grand
Throughout old Ireland:
From many a mighty band,
We held our castles free;
‘Till the Saxons’ gainst us rose,
An outlaw’d man I rove,
Lamenting my false love.
She’s the dear maid to me!
Cursed was the hour,
When revenge o’er me had power;
I slew my beauty’s flower
When I heard her perjury.
This good ‘scian’ by my side,
I struck deep in my bride,
And her life’s blood ebbed away.
She’s the dear maid to me.