Lyrics from Nora

Note: the lyrics differ somewhat from what was sung in the film as there seem to be many variations on these old Irish songs.

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She is Far from the Land
Thomas Moore

She is far from the land, where her young hero sleeps,
And lovers are round her, sighing;
But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps,
For her heart in his grave is lying!

She sings the wild song of her dear native plains,
Every note which he lov'd awaking --
Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains,
How the heart of the Minstrel is breaking!

He had lov'd for his love, for his country he died,
They were all that to life had entwin'd him, --
Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried,
Nor long will his love stay behind him.

Oh! make her a grave, where the sun-beams rest,
When they promise a glorious morrow;
They'll shine o'er her sleep, like a smile from the West,
From her own lov'd Island of sorrow!

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The lass of Aughrim
as sung by Ewan McGregor and Susan Lynch

Well if you be the Lass of Aughrim
As I suppose you to be
Come give me the last token
Between you and me

Ah Gregory don't you remember
That night on the hill
When we swapped rings off each other's hands
Surely against my will

Mine was of the beaten gold
Yours but black tin
Yes mine was of the beaten gold
Yours but black tin

(repeat all verses)

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The Man Who Broke the Bank At Monte Carlo

As I walk along the Bois Boulong
With an independent air,
You can hear the girls declare
'He must be a millionaire'!
You can hear them sigh and wish to die,
You can see them wink the other eye
At the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo!

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The Green Isle of Erin
Traditional / Arrangements : Eric Robertson

There is a voice in the silence
A voice ever calling
A voice like the song of a far distant sea
A music the soul
Of the wild breakers roaring
If floats like a dream
O'er the waters to me

I hear it with tears
And a heart wildly beating
While far and alone
In a strange land I roam
And I weep as I list
And my prayers give it greeting
The voice of the green Isle
My country and my home

(Chorus)
Oh green isle of Erin
That waits for me yonder
Though fate may decree
T'is forever be part
Still exiled and lonely
Where ere I may wander
The green Isle of Erin
Remains in my heart

There is nowhere a sea
Like the blue rippling ocean
That surges around
And beside that dear strand
There's nowhere a star
That looks down in devotion
So bright as are those
That shine down on the land

(Chorus)

With tears in my heart
Tears beyond all controlling
I wake and remember
An exile am I
And Ipray as tho' between us
The wide seas are roaring
To come home to thee
It is only to die

Oh green isle of Erin
That waits for me yonder
Though fate may decree
T'is forever be part
Still exiled and lonely
Where ere I may wander
The green Isle of Erin
Remains in my heart

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