[ti:Shanagolden] [ar:Liz Madden] [al:Celtic Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shanagolden (Rerecorded) - Liz Madden [00:02.87]The cold winds from the mountain [00:06.60]Are calling soft to me [00:11.05]The smell of scented heather [00:15.21]Brings bitter memories [00:19.52]The wild and lonely eagle [00:23.45]Up in the summer sky [00:27.48]Flies high over Shanagolden [00:32.32]Where my young Willie lies [00:40.68]I met him in the winter time [00:44.81]When snow was on the ground [00:49.04]The Irish hills were peaceful [00:52.83]And love was all around [00:57.51]Scarcely twenty-one years [01:01.06]A young man in his prime [01:05.16]We were married darling Willie [01:09.49]By the eve of Christmas time [01:18.07]Do you remember darling [01:21.86]When we walked the moonlit road [01:26.15]I held you in my arms love [01:29.95]I would never let you go [01:34.54]Our hands they were entwined love [01:38.67]All in the pale moonlight [01:42.46]By the fields of Shanagolden [01:46.72]On a lonely winter's night [01:55.04]Then came the call to arms dear [01:58.87]And the heath they were aflame [02:03.60]Down from the silent mountains [02:07.60]The Saxon strangers came [02:11.75]I held you in my arms love [02:15.84]My young heart wild with fear [02:19.99]By the fields of Shanagolden [02:23.85]In the springtime of the year [02:28.29]You fought them darling Willie [02:31.96]All through the summer days [02:36.59]I heard the rifles firing [02:40.22]In the mountains far away [02:44.83]I held you in my arms love [02:48.92]Your blood ran free and bright [02:52.82]And you died in Shanagolden [02:57.03]On a lonely summer's night [03:11.60]Oh but that was long ago dear [03:15.42]And your son grows fine and tall [03:20.10]The hills they are at peace again [03:24.34]The Saxon stranger's gone [03:28.50]We'll place a red rose on your grave [03:32.68]By the silvery pale moonlight [03:37.14]And we'll dream of Shanagolden [03:41.58]On a lonely winter's night